The Perspective of The Real Designing Trends to Increase The Glazing Surface on Vehicles

Among the several main dimensions of the
land vehicles system, the personalization of cars
seems, at present, to be the parameter involving
the greatest real competition among world-wide
car makers and thus its needs of more
innovation. It can be shown by a wide
investigation of the author, that the
personalization might also be approached by the
strong increase in the curved body, transparent
surface and better comfort in summer and winter
ambient conditions. So it is now a challenge of
glass makers and transformers to satisfy the
demand of multifunctional glazing with complex
shapes, better visibility, solar control, color
coordination, thermal and acoustical suitable
performances by new glasses, including the
suitable, antireflecting, antifogging, privacy,
impact resistance and encapsulated; all at
reasonable industrial cost and suitable
mechanical strength. Some examples, such as a
wholly transparent roof will be suitably treated
with a strategical approach by glass transformer.
All these points are the base of advantages and
disadvantages of the predicting increase of
glazing surface on vehicles.

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