doi:10.1177/1099636220909947engValladares Hernando, DavidCastejón Herrer, LuisCuartero Salafranca, JesúsMalón Litago, HugoRanz Angulo, DavidIlijevic, StefanAgustin, XavierDevelopment of a new car C-pillar made of sandwich structuresART-2020-117106This article presents the experimental–numerical analysis carried out in order to achieve a new automotive component, consisting of a C-pillar constituted by sandwich structure made of steel skins and a rigid foam core. The objective was to achieve a lighter component than the corresponding reference configuration, yet fulfilling mechanical requirements related to stiffness and strength. In fact, the new C-pillar should be at least stiffer and stronger than the reference component. In addition, the final price of the new C-pillar should be in the same range as the price of the initial component, which made it impossible to apply expensive materials such as carbon fiber composite materials.2020http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/12788010.1177/1099636220909947http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127880oai:zaguan.unizar.es:127880JOURNAL OF SANDWICH STRUCTURES & MATERIALS 23, 6 (2020), 2586-2613All rights reservedhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess