An extremely high level of safety in operation is essential in load-bearing areas in the automobile. This entails ensuring strength, slow component failure, thermal stability as also creep and ageing resistance in areas where thermoplastic materials come up against their practical limits. On the other hand, the useful qualities of long-fiber-reinforced thermosetting plastics can be brought to bear here. This paper describes the development of the engine mount, starting with a feasibility study based on the technical specifications, then passing through the stages of simulation, static and operating strength design, and ending with validation in component testing. Comprehensive material data sets relating to the mechanical properties of materials were created for use in numerical component design and validated in new approaches to material modeling.
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