Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Automotive

A how-to-do-it resource for researchers and professionals, this book brings together discussions of technical issues in driving simulation with broad areas in which driving simulation is now playing a role. Covering basic and advanced topics, the book examines hardware and software selection; visual database and scenario development; independent subject variables; and dependent vehicle, environmental, and psychological variables. It also explores statistical and biostatistical analysis, discusses different types of drivers, reviews existing and future key-in vehicle devices, and describes...

From the development of polymers that make cars lighter to fuels that make them run cleaner, the chemist s role in the automotive industry has evolved to be one that is more outside the laboratory than in it. Drawing on the author s 20 years of experience in vehicle design and laboratory experience, The Role of the Chemist in Automotive Design elucidates how the skills of chemists are put to use in the automotive industry and their effect on all phases of design.

A glance through the table of contents provides an overview of the issues commonly encountered...

Following the success of the first (1995) edition, this fully updated report will provide a global overview of the use of automotive plastics and composites in passenger vehicles, with an analysis of markets and trends to the year 2007. Special attention is given to vehicle weight reduction.

For a PDF version of the report please call Tina Enright on +44 (0) 1865 843008 for price details.

Available for the first time in English (from the second edition in German), this book will serve as an invaluable reference source for automotive design, test, and development engineers, as well as a useful student text.

CONTENTS INCLUDE

• Basic characteristics of wheel suspensions
• Kinematic analysis of wheel suspensions
• The tyre
• Springs and dampers
• Traction and braking
• Cornering
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Since 1995 the annual international forum on Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications (AMAA) has been held in Berlin. The event offers a unique opportunity for microsystems component developers, system suppliers and car manufacturers to show and to discuss competing technological approaches of microsystems based solutions in vehicles.

The book accompanying the event has demonstrated to be an efficient instrument for the diffusion of new concepts and technology results. The present volume including the papers of the AMAA 2005 gives an overview on the state-of-the-art and...

Anschaulich, luckenlos, theoretisch fundiert: dieses Nachschlagewerk und Arbeitsbuch in 3., aktualisierter und erweiterter Auflage. Das notwendige Rustzeug zur (elasto-)kinematisch einwandfreien Entwicklung fur Praktiker: Auf der Basis fundierter Grundlagen untersucht der Autor typische Lastfalle und deren Wechselwirkungen mit der Radaufhangung. Plus: Elasto-Kinematik in einem eigenen Kapitel. Der prazise Uberblick uber die gangigen Systeme.

One of the next challenges in vehicular technology field is to improve drastically the road safety. Current developments are focusing on both vehicle platform and diverse assistance systems. This book presents a new engineering approach based on lean vehicle architecture ready for the drive-by-wire technology.

Based on a cognitive functionality split, execution and command levels are detailed. The execution level centralized over the stability control performs the motion vector coming from the command level. At this level the driver generates a motion vector which is continuously...

Die Fahrzeugakustik hat sich wahrend der beiden letzten Jahrzehnte nicht nur in der wissenschaftlichen und messtechnischen Vorgehensweise deutlich weiterentwickelt, sondern sie ist auch bei Entscheidungsprozessen wahrend des Fahrzeugentwicklungsprozesses zu einem wichtigen Kriterium fur das Management geworden, da es den Kaufentscheid des Kunden deutlich mit beeinflusst.

Das Buch wendet sich an Einsteiger in die Fahrzeugakustik in der Ausbildung und Praxis sowie Personen, die in ihren Entscheidungen haufig die akustische Betrachtungsweise mit ins Kalkul ziehen mussen. Es vermittelt...

Der Betrieb eines Verkehrsflugzeuges ist in eine hochkomplexe Aufgabe und bedarf der Beachtung vieler Parameter, Vorschriften und Einflusse. Von ganz besonderer Bedeutung ist hierbei das Thema Flugleistung. Sie beschreibt die Anforderungen an das technische Leistungsvermogen eines Flugzeuges eine bestimmte Aufgabe zu verrichten. Ausgehend von den aerodynamischen Gegebenheiten und den behordlichen Vorschriften, werden die wirtschaftlichen und flugbetrieblich relevanten Aspekte umfassend auf Basis der einzelnen Flugphasen Start, Steigflug, Streckenflug, Sinkflug, Anflug und Landung...

As technology improves, so does the sophistication of driving simulators. Meanwhile, as the volume of traffic increases, simulators are being seen as a real addition to the driving trainer's armory. This book explains the basics of education and training using simulators and their ability to improve safety on our streets. Kappler shows that they can be used for documentation, data acquisition, data analysis, evaluation, and modeling as well as for simple training.

"Systems of Commercial Turbofan Engines" gives the reader information about the operation of the engine systems, its components and the terminology used throughout the industry. The engine systems are explained by the use of examples from today's engines. So the readers, from aircraft mechanics to commercial pilot, become familiar with the current technology in this field and attains a deeper knowledge of the systems of commercial turbofan engines.

To understand the operation of gas turbine engines used in aircraft, it is not enough to understand the basic operation of a gas...