Fatigue4Light takes part in the FLAMINGo final conference Fatigue4Light was represented in the final event of the FLAMINGo project, held as part of the eMove360° conference on Electric and Autonomous Mobility on October 15th in Munich, Germany. This event showcased the innovative achievements of FLAMINGo and its key contributions to sustainable mobility, particularly in the…
Presenting Fatigue4Light outcomes during a webinar on lightweight aluminium manufacturing technologies for automotive applications Sergio Jiménez, Fatigue4Light project’s coordinator and Associate Lecturer from the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), participated in the webinar “Lightweight Aluminium Manufacturing Technologies for Automotive Applications”, organised by the FLAMINGo project in collaboration with the European Federation for…
A high cycle fatigue numerical framework for component-level virtual fatigue testing: Application to a light-duty vehicle lower control arm Engineering Structures, Volume 311 (2024) by Luis Antonio Gonçalves Junior; Sergio Jiménez; Alejandro Cornejo and Lucia Gratiela Barbu (CIMNE – Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria; Polytechnic University of Catalonia – UPC); Michele Maria Tedesco…
High cycle fatigue life estimation of punched and trimmed specimens considering residual stresses and surface roughness International Journal of Fatigue, Volume 186 (2024). by David Gustafsson; Erik Olsson (Luleå University of Technology); Sergi Parareda (Eurecat Technology Centre) and Rémi Munier (ArcelorMittal France) Shear cutting processes have a detrimental effect on fatigue of high strength…
CIMNE disseminates Fatigue4Light at the RTR Conference CIMNE, acting as the Fatigue4Light project coordinator, presented the project in the 7th edition of the European Conference on Results from Road Transport Research (RTR 2024), taking place from 5th – 7th of February in Brussels (Belgium). The project’s coordinators Lucia Barbu, and head of fatigue at CIMNE,…
Novel lightweight materials to reduce weight of chassis components of Electric Vehicles by 40% The Fatigue4Light EU-funded project has proposed novel material solutions based on high-strength steels, composites and hybrid materials with the objective to reduce the weight of electric car chassis components by 40%, obtaining a zero-emission vehicle chassis while ensuring good fatigue performance.…
Celebrating the final General Assembly of Fatigue4Light On January 15th, the Fatigue4Light consortium met to celebrate the final project’s General Assembly in CIMNE, project’s coordinator, facilities located in Barcelona. Representatives from each partner entity joined the meeting to present, review and evaluate the results achieved during the project’s execution. The Fatigue4Light project, started last February…
