Original Article
  • Automotive Door Impact Beam Development using Thermoplastic Composite 

  • Won-Seock Kim*†, Kyung-Chul Kim**, Woo-Cheol Jung**, Hwa-nam Kim***

  • * Lotte Chemical Co., Ltd
    ** CAMS Co., Ltd.
    *** G-Geumgang Co., Ltd.

  • 열가소성 복합재 적용 자동차 도어 임팩트 빔 개발

  • 김원석*† · 김경철** · 정우철** · 김화남***

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Correspondence to

  • Won-Seock Kim

  • Lotte Chemical Co., Ltd

  • E-mail: wonseock@lotte.net