Mr. Clay W. Maranville Profile

Clay W. Maranville

Staff Technical Leader at Ford Motor Co

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Proceedings Article | 27 March 2018 Open Access

Using smart materials to solve new challenges in the automotive industry

Kerrie Gath, Clay Maranville, Janice Tardiff

Proceedings Volume 10602, 1060202 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296622

KEYWORDS: Smart materials, Manufacturing, Thermoelectric materials, Roads, Shape memory alloys, Additive manufacturing, Unmanned vehicles, Magnetism

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Ford has an extensive history of developing and utilizing smart and innovative materials in its vehicles. In this paper, we present new challenges the automotive industry is facing and explore how intelligent uses of smart materials can help provide solutions. We explore which vehicle attributes may provide most advantageous for the use smart materials, and discuss how smart material have had technical challenges that limit their use. We also look at how smart materials such as gecko inspired adhesion is providing opportunities during the vehicle assembly process by improving manufacturing quality, environmental sustainability, and worker safety. An emerging area for deployment of smart materials may involve autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions, where customer expectations are migrating toward a seamless and adaptive experience leading to new expectations for an enhanced journey. Another area where smart materials are influencing change is interior and exterior design including smart textiles, photochromatic dyes, and thermochromatic materials. The key to advancing smart materials in automotive industry is to capitalize on the smaller niche applications where there will be an advantage over traditional methods. Ford has an extensive history of developing and utilizing smart and innovative materials. Magnetorheological fluids, thermoelectric materials, piezoelectric actuators, and shape memory alloys are all in production. In this paper we present new challenges the automotive industry is facing and explore how intelligent uses of smart materials can help provide solutions. We explore which vehicle attributes may provide most advantageous for the use smart materials, and discuss how smart materials have had technical challenges that limit their use. An emerging area for deployment of smart materials may involve autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions, where customer expectations may require a seamless and adaptive experience for users having various expectations.

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2003 Paper

Magnetorheological fluid damper dynamics: models and measurements

Clay Maranville, John Ginder

Proceedings Volume 5056, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483467

KEYWORDS: Fluid dynamics, Magnetism, Particles, Data modeling, Mathematical modeling, Finite element methods, Performance modeling, Safety, Systems modeling, Control systems

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