Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Automotive

Vehicles are complex mechanical systems with strong nonlinear characteristics and which can present some uncertainties due to their dynamic parameters such as masses, inertias, suspension springs, tires side slip coefficients, etc.

A vehicle is composed of many parts, namely the unsprung mass, the sprung mass, the suspension which makes the link between these two masses and therefore ensures passenger comfort, and also the pneumatic which absorbs the energy coming from the road and ensures contact between the vehicle and the road. In addition to its complexity and the presence of...

Textile Werkstoffe bergen ein extrem vielfaltiges Potenzial an Eigenschaften. Daher sind sie haufig Trager und Treiber fur innovative, ressourceneffiziente Leichtbau- und High-Tech-Anwendungen. Experten der Textiltechnik vermitteln in dem Band Grundlagen- und Spezialwissen uber die Textil- und Konfektionstechnik, uber die Textilchemie sowie uber die Leistungsfahigkeit textiler Werkstoffe. Leser erfahren, welche Moglichkeiten es gibt, textile Strukturen einzusetzen, etwa im Composite, im Bauwesen, in der Sicherheits- oder Membrantechnik.

This book presents, in a comprehensive way, current unmanned aviation regulation, airworthiness certification, special aircraft categories, pilot certification, federal aviation requirements, operation rules, airspace classes and regulation development models.

It discusses unmanned aircraft systems levels of safety derived mathematically based on the corresponding levels for manned aviation. It provides an overview of the history and current status of UAS airworthiness and operational regulation worldwide. Existing regulations have been developed considering the need for a complete...

The Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles provide a complete coverage of the fundamentals, new technologies, and sub-areas essential to the development of intelligent vehicles; it also includes advances made to date, challenges, and future trends.

Significant strides in the field have been made to date; however, so far there has been no single book or volume which captures these advances in a comprehensive format, addressing all essential components and subspecialties of intelligent vehicles, as this book does.

Since the intended users are engineering practitioners, as...

Vehicle Dynamics and Control provides a comprehensive coverage of vehicle control systems and the dynamic models used in the development of these control systems. The control system applications covered in the book include cruise control, adaptive cruise control, ABS, automated lane keeping, automated highway systems, yaw stability control, engine control, passive, active and semi-active suspensions, tire-road friction coefficient estimation, rollover prevention, and hybrid electric vehicles. In developing the dynamic model for each application, an effort is made to both keep the...

Recent advances in catalysis technologies and new materials make fuel cells an economically appealing and clean energy source with massive market potential in portable devices, home power generation and the automotive industry. Among the more promising fuel-cell technologies are proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs).

Sliding-mode Control of PEM Fuel Cells demonstrates the application of higher-order sliding-mode control to PEMFC dynamics. Fuel-cell dynamics are often highly nonlinear and the text shows the advantages of sliding modes in terms of robustness to...

Das Fachbuch liefert eine Einfuhrung in das Thema Elektrik/Elektronik-Architekturen im Kraftfahrzeug. Dabei betrachten und analysieren die Autoren Echtzeit-Netzwerke als Gesamtsystem und erweitern den Blickwinkel schrittweise: von der Beschreibung des zeitlichen Verhaltens einzelner Komponenten bis zur Bewertung von verteilten eingebetteten Systemen. Uber den technischen Standard in der Industrie hinausgehend werden auch Verfahren dargestellt, die in der Erforschung sind oder bereits in den industriellen Entwicklungslaboratorien Anwendung finden.

This crucial volume arose out of the success of the first workshop of the Cyprus Institute held in 2005. The proceedings present an overview of the implications of climate change for the eastern Mediterranean and the impact of climate change response on regional economic activity, particularly in the hydrocarbon industry. This book is aimed not just at scientists and researchers but should command a much wider audience, including policy makers and politicians.

This text is an introduction to the dynamics of active structures and to the feedback control of lightly damped flexible structures; the emphasis is placed on basic issues and simple control strategies that work.

Now in its third edition, more chapters have been added, and comments and feedback from readers have been taken into account, while at the same time the unique premise of bridging the gap between structure and control has remained. Many examples and problems bring the subject to life and take the audience from theory to practice.

The book has chapters dealing with some...