Download or read book Materials for Automobile Bodies written by Geoffrey Davies and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 Introduction -- 2 Design and material utilization -- 3 Materials for consideration and use in automotive body structures -- 4 The role of demonstration, concept and competition cars -- 5 Component manufacture -- 6 Component assembly: materials joining technology -- 7 Corrosion and protection of the automotive structure -- 8 Environmental considerations -- 9 Future trends in automotive body materials.