PREFACE INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE Introduction Future Vehicles and Materials Technologies Kimihiro Shibata Automobile Aluminium Sheet Takashi Inaba Plastic Technology for Automotive Modules Kazuhisa Toh FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Introduction Oxygen and Nox Storage on Model Automotive Materials Studied with Atomic Resolution Stm Michael Bowker The Magnetorheological Fluids for Automotive Applications Kevin O'Grady, V. Patel, and S.W. Charles Behavior of Automotive Materials Subjected to Impact Loading Nik Petrinic High Temperature Electronic Materials for the Automotive Environment Colin Johnston Smart Materials and the Automobile Clifford Friend LIGHT METALS Introduction Formability of Aluminium Alloys as Automotive Body Panels Effect of Crystallographic Texture Hirofumi Inoue Development of Ductile Magnesium for Future Structural Application Toshiji Mukai and Kenji Higashi Enhancement of Crashworthiness in a Commercial Closed-Cell Aluminum by the Modification of Cellular Structures T. Miyoshi, M. Itoh, T. Mukai, S. Nakano, and K. Higashi Repeated Thermo-Mechanical Treatment to Produce a Heavily Deformable Hyper-Eutectic Al-Si-(Fe, Cu) Material Osamu Umezawa Compressive Properties of Cellular Metals Mamoru Mabuchi Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Stainless Steel Sandwich Sheets with Fibrous Metal Cores Designed for Automotive Applications A.E. Markaki and Bill Clyne PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING Introduction Welding and Joining in the Auto Sector J.G. Wylde and J.M. Kell Microstructural Control of TiAl-Based Intermetallic Alloys with High Environmental Embrittlement Resistivity Takayuki Takasugi Casting Processes for the Automotive Sector Mark Jolly Improving Damage Tolerance in Composite Structures: A Focus on Limiting Microcracking and Delamination Ivana Partridge Perspectives on High-Performance Surface Treatments and Composites for Autosport Applications Roger Davidson, Ed Allnutt, and Will Battrick INDEX