LiteBus                                                                                              

LiteBus – Modular Light Weight Sandwich Bus Concept

: Contractor
EU (STREP)

: Total project investment
€ 3.3M

: Project duration
36 months

: Consortium
INEGI – Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial
CaetanoBus – Fabricação de Carroçarias S.A.
Mauri & C. s.a.s.
NTET S.p.A
Centre International de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Royal Institute of Technology
Suministros y Servicios Unificados de Carroceria SL
The University of Oxford
Diseno Industrial ITALDESIGN
FiberSensing – Sistemas Avançados de Monitorização, S.A.
Technical University Clausthal

: Description
The project is focused on the development of a novel technology to manufacture bus/coach bodies using load carrying sandwich multimaterial panels that have to meet tough design requirements, such as: high static and dynamic performance, high flexural and torsional stiffness, adequate acoustics, crashworthiness, higher safety for passengers, reduced harm to pedestrians in case of accident, fire safety, corrosion resistance, easy repair characteristics and reduced assembly time.

: Status
Finished in Q3 2009

: Web
www.litebus.com