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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Laurel Manor Conference Center
39000 Schoolcraft Road
Livonia, Michigan 48150
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Registration is closed. Please stay tuned for "save the date"
notifications for Great Designs in Steel 2010!!
Great Designs in
Steel is the premier forum for the latest trends and applications in
automotive steel technologies. This all-day, three-track program
features more than 30 technical presentations on advanced
high-strength steels, automotive safety and manufacturing
technologies.
The 2009
program will offer track sessions with presentations given by
various North American steel industry representatives and success case
studies from automotive designers and engineers, illustrating the latest
trends in steel usage for vehicles on the road today,
including:
- 2009 Ford F-150 Body Structure
Technologies
- Highly Optimized Advanced
High-Strength Steel Rear Chassis
- Applications of Advanced
High-Strength Steel in the 2009 Acura TL
and 2009 Honda Pilot
- Durability Performance of
Steel Fuel Tanks in Aggressive Flex Fuels
- Automotive Lightweighting and
Upcoming Energy-Climate Policy Opportunities
- Future Steel Vehicle Design
Methodology - Highly Optimized Front Rail Achieving 40% Mass
Reduction
- Tailored Steel Products
– A Smart Investment
- Mass Efficient Architecture
for Roof Strength
- Die Wear Stamping
Technologies
- A Comparative Study of Joint
Efficiency for Advanced High-Strength Steels
- Future of Steel in the
Automobiles of the 21st Century
- The Unique Formability of
Advanced High-Strength Steels
- An Experimental Study on Shear
Fracture of Advanced High-Strength Steels
- Effects of Material Properties
and Weld Geometry on Fatigue Performance of DP780 and Mild Steel GMAW
Lap Joints
- Crush Performance of Thin
Walled Spot-Welded and Weld-Bonded Sections
- Optimized Steel Solutions for
Roof Strength Using AHSS
- Characterization and
Prediction of Fracture of Advanced High-Strength Steels
in Automotive Applications
- Development of a Complex Phase
Steel for Rim Application by ArvinMeritor Wheels Division as a Strategy
for Weight Reduction
- The Challenges of Advanced
High-Strength Steels at Rescue and Extrication Incidents
- Future Generation Passenger
Compartment
- Material Comparison for
Lightweight Liftgates
- Future Steel Vehicle -
Advanced Powertrains and the Influence on Material Selection
- Metallic Material Trends for
North American Light Vehicles
- Advanced High-Strength Steels
and Tubular Multi-Wall Technology in a
Twist Axle Application
- Bending Process Optimization
of Dual Phase 780 (DP780) Tubes for Body Structural and Chassis
Applications
- and more....
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For more information,
please contact:
Deanna Lorincz
Director, Communications
Tel: 248.945.4763
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