Fiberglass-reinforced thermoset materials offer significant advantages to the automotive body design engineer. Parts manufactured from this material possess substantially different properties than zinc or steel parts. These differences must be recognized by the part user so that necessary action may be taken to assure satisfactory part performance.
Some Considerations Relative to Use of Sheet Molding Compound for Automotive Exterior Body Panels
Sae Technical Papers
1972 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition ; 1972
1972-02-01
Conference paper
English
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