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In this - the second programme related to the Car Body Case Study - three alternative materials to steel for car bodies are highlighted.
In this - the second programme related to the Car Body Case Study - three alternative materials to steel for car bodies are highlighted.
| Module code and title: | TS251, An introduction to materials |
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| Item code: | TS251; 14 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:29 |
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| Producer: | Tony Jolly |
| Contributors: | Paul Haussauer; Alan Hill; Charles Newey; Keith Williams |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Advantages; Disadvantages; Foam sandwich; GRP; Plastic Mini; Steel alternatives; Wood-framed sports car |
| Footage description: | Charles Newey introduces the programme. Shots of a Clan Crusader car pulling up. Paul Haussauer, its designer, gets out. Shots of the Amigo car pulling up. Frank Costin,its designer, gets out. Shots of a plastic Mini car pulling up. Alan Hill one of its developers, gets out. Newey at a table with these three designers. He introduces each in turn. Paul Haussauer with a body shell of his Clan Crusader. He explains the basic principles of his design. (The car body is of GRP construction) Film shots at the Clan Crusader factory. Commentary by Keith Williams discusses some of the properties of GRP. Shots of a Crusader body shell and undertray being manufactured. Cutting and lamination of the glass matting is shown. Haussauer explains how stress areas are strengthened in his GRP car. Shots of the Crusader body and undertray being joined together. Keith Williams provides the commentary. Newey questions Frank Costin about the Amigo car. Still shots of the Amigo. Costin explains why he used plywood for body construction and describes the principle of the torsional ring. Costin uses diagrams and models to aid. Costin discusses the advantages in using wood for car body construction. Newey introduces a film sequence showing an early plastic bodied car. Shots of this experimental car during a road test. This car has a "foam sandwich" integral construction. The principle of this type of construction is explained. Shots of the stress carrying undertray of the experimental car at the assembly plant. The construction technique is shown and explained. Further shots of the car being road tested. Newey introduces Alan Hill who will discuss his plastic Mini. Alan Hill with a cut-away section of a plastic Mini. He explains its design and construction principles. Shots of polyurethane foam being mixed in the studio. Shot of the car body mould. Newey sums up with a short discussion on materials other than plastic which were used in the plastic Mini. Paul Haussauer explains why he used plywood for part of the construction of his GRP car. Frank Costin explains once again why he used timber construction for his Amigo car. Alan Hill examines reasons why steel is still a suitable material for large volume production and explains how plastic could be used on this scale. Costin and Haussauer discuss the corrosion and rot proof properties of their cars against steel cars. Costin then discusses the tooling costs for a plastic car. Hill then examines these on a mass production basis. Newey begins a discussion on impact tests for cars. Film shots of a plastic Mini undergoing a collision test at 30 m.p.h. Commentary by Newey and Hill. Film shots of a steel Mini undergoing the same test. Commentary by Hill compares the results. Still shot of the Clan Crusader during a 30 m.p.h. crash test. Haussauer and Newey discuss the results. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71028 |
| Production number: | 00525_5040 |
| Videofinder number: | 1566 |
| Available to public: | no |
