the idea precisely aims at improving blind spot visibility. we basically concentrated our research on a- pillar of the car chassis over the driver side which tends to block away sizable vehicles, when one’s car reaches an intersection. these pillars restricts the driver to see the road at the time of turn of a vehicle. thus we came up with a solution of transparent a- pillars using alon material which may effectively enhance visibility issues thereby not compromising its function of providing support to the car frame as well. this material is thermally resistant, hard, and it has also good resilience property. this material is good for making this transparent pillar because of its intense flexural strength. most important property of this material is that this material is fully transparent. this concept will also lead to better design aesthetics. the material in use would be suitably fabricated via ceramic processes of forging it to the required component and then joining the piece using effective joining methods like brazing or soldering which produces excellent result in term of pressure bearing ability etc. material to be used alon(aluminium oxynitride) that we would be using to make these transparent a pillars is aluminium oxynitride or alon is a transparent polycrystalline ceramic with cubic spinel crystal structure composed of aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen. it is currently marketed under the name alon by surmet corporation. alon is optically transparent (≥80%) in the near-ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. it is 4 times harder than fused silica glass, 85% as hard as sapphire and nearly 15% harder than magnesium aluminate spinel. the material is stable up to 1,200 °c (2,190 °f). it can be fabricated to transparent windows, plates, domes, rods, tubes and other forms using conventional ceramic powder processing techniques. because of its relatively low weight, optical and mechanical properties, and its resistance to damage due to oxidation or radiation, it shows promise for use as infrared, high-temperature and ballistic- and blast-resistant windows. properties mechanical properties:- • young modulus : 334 gpa • shear modulus : 135 gpa • poisson ratio : 0.24 • knoop hardness : 1800 kg/mm2 (0.2 kg load) • fracture toughness : 2.0 mpa•m1/2 • flexural strength : 0.38–0.7 gpa • compressive strength : 2.68 gpa thermal and optical properties:- • specific heat : 0.781 j/(g•°c) • thermal conductivity : 12.3 w/ (m•°c) • thermal expansion coefficient : ~4.7×10−6/°c • transparency range 200–5000 nm originality of the innovation our idea is based on the simple fact that applies to the all vehicles. normally, 90% of all the vital drivers takes the form of the visual input through the windshield and other glasses. so we designed the new technique through which the driver is able to see more efficiently. this totally the transparent pillar through which the driver can efficiently see the turns around him can easily maintain his safety .now there were some companies who has tried to eradicate these blind spots.till date only some manufacturers tried to take the forward leap but failed due to some or the other issues. volvo tried out its superior vision concept by throwing in partially transparent a- pillars, which considerably reduced blind-spot points but never made it to production phases. moreover it did not completely eradicate the blind spot problem; it just tried to reduce it.
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