Automobile leaf springs from composite materials

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Hybrid composite laminates reinforced with glass/carbon woven fabrics for lightweight load bearing structures (2012, background): “While fibreglass composites have been increasingly used to replace steel in automotive industry [6,7], the adoption rate for carbon fibre composites which are much lighter, stronger and stiffer than glass fibre composites, remains low.”
Recent progress of reinforcement materials: a comprehensive overview of composite materials (2019, unknown): “fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite structure [137,138].”
Design optimization and manufacture of hybrid glass/carbon fiber reinforced composite bumper beam for automobile vehicle (2015, background): “Using these advantages, the weight of automotive structural parts could be reduced without any degradation of mechanical performances [4].”