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| 1 The Closed-Loop A ir RE vitalisation S ystem ARES is a proof of technology Payload. The objective of ARES is to demonstrate with regenerative processes: the provision of the... | |
| A belt driven Front End Accessory Drive (FEAD) is used to efficiently supply power to accessory components on automotive engines. The total energy absorbed by the FEAD consists of the... | |
| A canister filled with activated carbon prevents the emission of hydrocarbon into the air, through repeated adsorption and desorption process. A small amount of hydrocarbon, with n-butane as one of... | |
| A comprehensive multi-physics theoretical model of the solenoid valve used in an automobile transmission is constructed using the finite element method. The multi-physics model includes the coupled effects of electromagnetic,... | |
| A computationally efficient engine model is developed based on an extended NO emission model and state-of-the-art soot model. The model predicts exhaust NO and soot emission for both conventional and... | |
| A computer controlled steering system providing an artificial feel or synthetic torque feedback to the driver has recently been launched into production in the commercial vehicle market. This work compares... | |
| A convenient way of modelling turbochargers is based on data maps. These models are easy to put into place, require low CPU charge and are control-oriented. Data relative to compressor... | |
| A correlation study was performed between static wind tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for a small hatchback vehicle, with the intent of evaluating a variety of different wheel... | |
| A difficulty which exists when applying diagnostic techniques on large-scale diesel engines operating on the field, is that usually it is not possible to obtain measurement data at a wide... | |
| A Distance Control Assist System (DCA) aiming at facilitating the driver maintaining a following distance to a lead vehicle in congested traffic was developed. The DCA imposes active force to... | |
| A Dual Piston Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) engine has been newly developed. In order to ensure the strength of the Dual Piston, the design guidelines were established. There are two... | |
| A dual piston Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) engine has been newly developed. This compact VCR system uses the inertia force and hydraulic pressure accompanying the reciprocating motion of the piston... | |
| A field experiment was performed to measure the effects of oncoming illuminance profiles with different photometric and temporal characteristics on visual recovery and subjective discomfort. Target detection time was correlated... | |
| A flash evaporation model is being developed to capture the effects of bubble nucleation and growth inside multi-hole injector nozzles to investigate the flash evaporation in fuel injector sprays in... | |
| A hardening depth evaluation technique using eddy current has been developed, which can be applied to a mass production line for destructive (cutting) inspections. Using this technique, changes in the... | |
| A key step in Model-Based Design is the deployment of an algorithm as machine code onto a target processor in the production vehicle. Modern software tools automatically generate the algorithmic... | |
| A laboratory study was performed to assess the effects of SO 2 poisoning on the NO x conversion of iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) SCR catalysts. Thermally aged samples of... | |
| A laboratory study was performed to optimize a zoned configuration of an iron (Fe) SCR catalyst and a copper (Cu) SCR catalyst in order to provide high NO x conversion... | |
| A lightweight body sealer that cures at low temperatures was developed. In order to make the sealer lightweight, it is necessary to add light raw materials. In this development, the... | |
| A method for detection of ethanol content in fuel for an engine equipped with direct injection (DI) is presented. The methodology is based on in-cylinder pressure measurements during the compression... | |
| A multi-axial test device was designed to obtain the material properties of the lumbar spine in combined loading modes. The custom designed tester consists of a rigid platen driven by... | |
| A multi-dimensional combustion code implementing the Conditional Moment Closure turbulent combustion model interfaced with a well-established RANS two-phase flow field solver has been employed to study a broad range of... | |
| A multi-objective genetic algorithm coupled with the KIVA3V release 2 code was used to optimize the piston bowl geometry, spray targeting, and swirl ratio levels of a high speed direct... | |
| A new approach is proposed for fault detection. It builds on using the relationships between sensor values on vehicles to detect deviating sensor readings and trends in the system performance. | |
| A new hybrid transmission has been developed for New compact class vehicles. The development of this transmission has been aimed at improving fuel economy and achieving the weight reduction and... | |
| A new measurement system for dummy movement and chassis deformation in crash tests overcomes the restriction of blind areas in the existing photo camera observation. An inertial platform technique with... | |
| A new method is proposed for the analysis and design of multipulse three-phase rectifiers such as 12- and 18-pulse rectifiers. The method is based on describing the voltage transformation of... | |
| A new multiple dc-inputs direct electric-power converter (D-EPC) has been developed. It is placed between multiple dc power sources and an ac motor, eliminating the need for a dc/dc converter... | |
| A newly developed small-sized IES (inductive energy storage) circuit with semiconductor switch at turn-off action was successfully applied to an ignition system. This IES circuit can generate repetitive nanosecond pulse... | |
| A novel nitride based coating system (BELCOAT-SS) was developed for the stamping dies for ultra high-tensile strength steel. It is characterized by an excellent wear resistance and low deposition temperature... | |
| A number of alternative capacitor technologies have been studied and high-temperature extruded polymer film capacitors hold the promise to meet the critical needs for temperature, energy density, reliability, cost and... | |
| A number of oxidation catalysts have been prepared using different types of advanced support materials such as ceria-zirconia, silica-titania, spinels and perovskites. Active metals such as Pd and Au-Pd were... | |
| A numerical method specially designed to predict unsteady aerodynamics of road vehicle was developed based on unstructured Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) technique. The code was intensively optimized for the Earth Simulator... | |
| A numerical study of a racecar front wing is presented. The focus of the study is to investigate the aerodynamics characteristics of a wing operating in a small ground clearance. | |
| A physics-based control-oriented model is developed to dynamically predict cycle-to-cycle combustion timing in transient fueling conditions for Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines. The model simulates the engine cycle from... | |
| A piston in a diesel engine is subject to the high pressure and the high thermal load. The high structural reliability is required to the piston in the automotive diesel... | |
| A planar temperature imaging diagnostic has been developed and applied to an investigation of naturally occurring thermal stratification in an HCCI engine. Natural thermal stratification is critical for high-load HCCI... | |
| A previously developed Stochastic Reactor Model (SRM) is used to simulate combustion in a four cylinder in-line four-stroke naturally aspirated direct injection Spark Ignition (SI) engine modified to run in... | |
| A promising SCR-only solution is presented to meet post-2010 NO x emission targets for heavy duty applications. The proposed concept is based on an engine from a EURO IV SCR... | |
| A recent Gartner Dataquest study predicts that the total worldwide automotive semiconductor market will grow from $20.1 billion in 2007 to $25.9 billion by 2010. The study also predicts that... | |
| A Reliability-Based Design Optimization (RBDO) method for multiple failure regions is presented. The method uses a Probabilistic Re-Analysis (PRRA) approach in conjunction with an approximate global metamodel with local refinements. | |
| A Retractable Float System is being developed by Tigerfish Aviation as a retro fit to existing aircraft. The concept of the Retractable Float System is to fold the floats into... | |
| A robust optimization approach has been applied to the design of a piezoelectric brake. The force generated by the piezoelectric actuator is transmitted to the pad shoe through a lever. | |
| A set of five operationally-practi cal aerodynamic drag reduction devices have been developed for application to the trailer of a tractor-trailer vehicle. The devices have undergone extensive aerodynamic analysis, wind... | |
| A spectroscopic trace gas sensor using a distributed feedback diode laser at \u03bb=1.53 μm and based on quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy technique is described. The sensor is capable of quasi-simultaneous... | |
| A study was made to determine the effectiveness of low power wind energy harvesting for mobile applications. Experimental and simulated data has shown that harvesting of alternative energy resources is... | |
| A study was performed to determine the fluid structure interaction (FSI) for a prototype truck hood for transient aerodynamic loads. The growing need to make vehicle panels lighter to enhance... | |
| A transport equation residual model incorporating refined G-equation and detailed chemical kinetics combustion models has been developed and implemented in the ERC KIVA-3V release2 code for Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI)... | |
| A tribometer, based on a pin-on-disc machine, uses a PZT drive to produce small sinusoidal fluctuations of sliding speed. The frequency and amplitude of these fluctuations can be controlled, and... | |
| Accounting for more than 90% of the molecules and more than 75% of the mass [ 1 ], hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. Due to the... | |
| Advanced chemistry batteries may help reduce weight and increase aircraft performance. Lithium Ion chemistries' high energy density enables 40% weight savings over existing baseline, Lead Acid and Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries. | |
| Advanced high strength steels (AHSS) are particularly attractive to automotive industry. Stamping AHSS parts, however, results in accelerated die wear problems which could emerge after few thousands of stampings. The... | |
| Aerodynamic had played a primary role in high performance car since the late 1960s, when introduction of the first inverted wings appeared in some formulas. Race car aerodynamic optimisation is... | |
| Aerodynamic noise generated in a miniature car had been evaluated using numerical simulation. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) was applied to analyze the transient flow field and the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings (FW-H)... | |
| Air Conditioning systems with reheat reduction based for energy efficiency have generally been implemented with either electronic variable compressors through active stroke control or with fixed displacement compressors through modifying... | |
| Alcohol-related collisions cause numerous deaths and injuries. The purpose of this paper is to review the technological changes that could be made and are being made that could reduce rates... | |
| Ambulances are largely exempt from crashworthiness and occupant protection passive safety design standards in the USA, and have a poor road safety record. This comparative evaluation of USA 'concept safety'... | |
| An analytical procedure for the evaluation of the elasticplastic behavior of spot welded joints is presented. The procedure is based on a new theoretical model of spot weld region: a... | |
| An electric vehicle model has been developed with four direct-drive in-wheel motors. A high-level vehicle stability controller is proposed, which uses the principles of fuzzy logic to determine the corrective... | |
| An experimental investigation has been carried out to quantify the performance enhancements with a suction line heat exchanger (SLHX) in an AC system. An off-the shelf double pipe cross fluted... | |
| An experimental investigation of combustion cycle-by-cycle stability under cold idling conditions has been carried out on a Dl diesel to examine the influence of pilot fuel injection strategy. The engine... | |
| An experimental investigation of the minimum mileage between required brake adjustments is presented, for a particular vehicle configuration, fully loaded, on a defined route. To insure the results represented maximum... | |
| An HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) method to measure the concentration of six organic acids in E-85 fuel has been developed. A three point calibration curve is established using standard... | |
| An identification based approach to the design and implementation of a Kalman-filter feedback control method for the transient chassis dynamometer is presented. The requirements for torque controllers for high speed... | |
| An increasing number of vehicular electronic control units (ECU) are equipped with reprogrammable flash memory. The software program in the flash memory determines the behavior of the ECU. The program... | |
| An Intermittent Megawatt Generator (IMG) has been designed by Innovative Power Solutions (IPS) to meet the needs of future directed energy loads on high-performance aircraft. These loads significantly impact the... | |
| An investigation was performed to identify the benefits of cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) when applied to a potential ethanol flexible fuelled vehicle (eFFV) engine. The fuels investigated in this... | |
| An LNT + SCR diesel aftertreatment system was developed in order to meet the 2010 US HD EPA on-road, and tier 4 US HD EPA off-road emission standards. This system... | |
| An overview of aircraft DC power quality specifications reveals that only minor changes have occurred in recent years within industry standards. Current and future advanced electronic aircraft are requiring significant... | |
| Analytical ferrography of used oils is most often associated with machine maintenance programs where it is used as a predictive tool to avoid catastrophic failures. The technique is not widely... | |
| Angular contact ball bearings are the most commonly used types of bearings. Although simple in appearance, these bearings have a complicated and nonlinear behavior, and have significant effect on the... | |
| Aqueous silver(I) is added at trace levels (0.1 - 1.0 mg/L) to spacecraft potable water as a biocide. Development of a method that can be deployed on orbit and in... | |
| As accurate measuring of head accelerations is an important aspect in predicting head injury, it is important that the measuring sensor be well-coupled to the head. Various sensors and sensor... | |
| As an alternative method to Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), Energy Finite Element Method (EFEM) offers several unique advantages for vibro-acoustic analysis of structural-acoustic systems. In this paper, the theory of... | |
| As new passenger cars are constantly getting cleaner, their contribution to air pollution is in large part defined by the in-use emissions degradation. In this respect, malfunctions in emissions-related components... | |
| As on-highway heavy-duty diesel engine designs have evolved to meet tighter emission regulations, the crankcase environment for heavy-duty engine lubricants has become more challenging. The introduction of Exhaust Gas Recirculation... | |
| As the complexity of current automobiles increases, new and innovative diagnostic methods for car maintenance and diagnostic inspection are greatly needed. This paper introduces a new diagnostic approach, which learns... | |
| As the need for more advanced human modeling tools has grown, so has the focus on research and development with posture-prediction capabilities for the design and analysis of products, and... | |
| At present Li-ion batteries are the premier rechargeable energy storage technology and they offer a promising future as a power source for high energy density battery applications. Unfortunately, their high... | |
| Automotive fixed orifice tube (FOT) systems are especially prone to cycling losses due to their clutch cycling operation. Therefore, it is important to better understand the dynamics of the refrigerant... | |
| Automotive manufacturers and engineers have paid attention to promoting engine performance with low emissions satisfying many emission regulations. With such goals in mind, we have investigated new cooling strategies such... | |
| Automotive manufacturers continue to move further toward powertrain electrification. There are already many hybrid electric vehicles on the market that are based on a variety of system architectures. Ford Motor... | |
| Automotive manufacturers often rely upon features such as automatic locking to enhance the security and crashworthiness of doors in rollover accidents. This can be verified in warnings conveyed to vehicle... | |
| Automotive simulators offer an immersive environment to operate vehicle systems in a safe and repeatable manner. A fundamental question exists regarding their effectiveness for an identified task. For instance, driving... | |
| Aviation has experienced one hundred years of evolution, resulting in the current air transportation system dominated by commercial airliners in a hub and spoke infrastructure. While the first fifty years... | |
| Baffles are known to help reduce the amplitude of fluid slosh in partly filled tanks, particularly during braking and acceleration. The transient fluid slosh approach is proposed to evaluate the... | |
| Based on the third generation of hydraulic engine mounts (HEMs), which has three types of hydraulic mechanisms such as inertia track, decoupler and disturbing plate, the influences of the three... | |
| Beginning in 2007, heavy-duty engine manufacturers in the U.S. have been responsible for verifying the compliance of in-use vehicles with Not-to-Exceed (NTE) standards under the Heavy-Duty In-Use Testing Program (HDIUT). | |
| Beginning in 2007, heavy-duty engine manufacturers in the U.S. have been responsible for verifying the compliance on in-use vehicles with Not-to-Exceed (NTE) standards under the Heavy-Duty In-Use Testing Program (HDIUT). | |
| Biomechanical surrogates are used in various forms to study head impact response in automotive applications and for assessing helmet performance. Surrogate headforms include those from the National Operating Committee on... | |
| Bosch Automotive Semiconductor Unit investigated destroyed semiconductor devices (ASIC) from electronic control unit complaints, which failed due to electrical overstress. It turned out that failure fingerprints could only be reproduced... | |
| Characteristics analysis of hydraulically damped rubber mount (HDM) for vibration isolation in automotive powertrain is very important at the design and development stage of HDM. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) between rubber... | |
| Clemson University has recently partnered with the State of South Carolina, BMW, Michelin, Timken, and other partner companies to create new MS and PhD programs in Automotive Engineering. These academic... | |
| Clutch actuation systems are complex systems where hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and electrical components are coupled. This paper presents a detailed clutch actuation model composed of components from multi-domains like mechanical... | |
| Commercial vehicle manufacturers face unique challenges for the development of vehicle electronics systems. For one, customers typically have unique requirements coupled with an expectation of high reliability. Vehicle electronics is... | |
| Compact heat exchangers are commonly used in diesel engines to reduce the temperature of recirculated exhaust gases, resulting in decreased NO x emissions. These exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers experience... | |
| Compact PCB power relays were tested in repetitious on/off operations to define their reliability through a quantitative analysis of failure cycles and an investigation of relay property changes and contact... | |
| Corrosion is one of the main issues causing noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) in the wheel-end brake system. This paper describes the development of a sacrificial shield, mounted between the... | |
| Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) is increasingly being recognized as the protocol of choice for vehicle safety applications by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and road operators. DSRC offers the ability... | |
| Demands on loaded, rotating components, e.g., bearings, shafts & gears continue to escalate. Modern manufacturing strategies require improvements in traditional measurements and process control tools. Traditionally residual stress examination in... | |
| Design of a light duty diesel for an automotive market presents contradictory challenges related to passenger car requirements for a compact, low weight design versus the diesel's base engine that... | |
| Design optimization is an important engineering design activity. Performing design optimization in the presence of uncertainty has been an active area of research. The approaches used require modeling the random... | |
| Despite the rapid progress in the development of autonomous vehicles, as seen in the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007, there has been very little emphasis on minimizing costs. Some teams spent... | |
| Despite the recent trend toward increased use of Fly-By-Wire systems, conventional cable control systems remain a popular option for most general aviation aircraft, as they provide a reliable and economical... | |
| Die-casting is an attractive method to produce near-net-shape metallic components. However, in such dies heat-checking is the most common die failure mechanism. To minimize this risk attention must be paid... | |
| Diesel aftertreatment systems configured with a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) upstream of an urea selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst run the risk of precious metal contamination. During active diesel particulate... | |
| Diesel fuel injection control systems, which are one of the expected solutions for meeting emission regulations, and achieving economical fuel consumption, consist of many parameters. To optimize this system, we... | |
| Diesel low-temperature combustion strategies often rely on early injection timing to allow sufficient fuel-ambient mixing to avoid NO x and soot-forming combustion. However, these early injection timings permit the spray... | |
| Different EGR system layouts (a Long Route, a Short Route, and a combination of the two) were evaluated by means of both numerical simulation and experimental tests. In particular, a... | |
| Digital filters are used in many automotive applications ranging from identification and conditioning of signals in an engine controller to digital radio receivers. Often these filters are implemented in fixed... | |
| Disc brake squeal can be classified as a form of friction-induced vibration. The elimination of brake squeal noise is very important as the problem causes discomfort of the vehicle occupant... | |
| Double-hole nozzle and multiple injections have the potential for better fuel atomization and mixing in DI engine. In order to evaluate the behavior of the spray for the double-hole nozzles... | |
| Drilling compound hole is very common material processing operation in engineering industry. In this special machining process before drilling the hole the part is rotated about an auxiliary axis parallel... | |
| Due to current economic conditions, aircraft companies of today are experiencing an increasing need for their fleets to maintain safe operation beyond their original design life. The result is a... | |
| Due to the advancements in passenger car Diesel engine design, the contribution of transient emission spikes has become an important fraction of the total emissions during the standardized test cycles,... | |
| Due to the increase of computer performance, modern screw design is more and more based on finite element analyses. Depending on the problem, different possibilities of modelling bolted joints are... | |
| Due to the instabilities that may occur in power systems with regulated loads such as those used in military aircraft, ships, and terrestrial vehicles, many analysis techniques and design methodologies... | |
| Due to the progression of environmental regulations, as they pertain to interior air quality, automakers and their respective supply-chain are considering current and future volatile organic compound (VOC) requirements of... | |
| Due to the stringent requirements to reduce the tail pipe emissions of NO x , Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems are used to remove NO x using ammonia. When a... | |
| During an ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA), both the heat generated by the astronaut's metabolism and that produced by the Portable Life Support System (PLSS) must be rejected to space. The heat... | |
| During railway braking, dissipation of high energy due to friction leads to transient and localised thermal phenomena such as hot bands and hot spots. These localisation phenomena interact with third... | |
| Electric parking brake (EPB) system provides the roomy space for vehicles compared with traditional handbrake system. Combining a control unit realizes the intelligent functions, which make vehicles more convenient and... | |
| Electronic Control Modules (ECM) on Heavy Duty truck engines have the ability to control or monitor important engine and vehicle parameters. Examples of these parameters are fuel consumption, cruise control... | |
| Electronic engine controls based on non-intrusive diagnostics can significantly help in complying with the stricter and stricter regulations on pollutants emissions and fuel consumption. The aim of this paper is... | |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) has the potential of improving yaw stability and reducing the occurrence of a crash when a vehicle experiences a rear tire tread separation. Two instrumented 4-door,... | |
| Emergence of fatty acid methyl esters (biodiesel) as a diesel fuel blend component, as well as fuel additization for management of mandated fuel sulfur reductions, have resulted in dramatic increases... | |
| Engine control units (ECUs) on heavy trucks have been capable of storing "last stop" or "hard stop" data for some years. These data provide useful information to accident reconstruction personnel. | |
| ERTS is a computer controlled golf car whose primary functional goal is autonomous real-world navigation . Its mission is to serve as a platform for collaborative research in diverse areas... | |
| Estimates of the effectiveness of the high-hydrogen containing materials, sodium alanate and ammonia borane, are made by calculating dose and dose equivalent for the 1977 solar minimum and 1970 solar... | |
| Ethanol has been gaining attention as a partial substitute in North American pump gasoline in amounts up to 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, or what is commonly known as "E85". | |
| Ethanol is commonly employed as a transportation fuel in Brazil. However, since pure ethanol's flash point is 12°C, flex-fuel vehicles marketed in Brazil are currently equipped with a redundant fuel... | |
| Exhaust gas recirculation, fuel injection strategy and boost pressure are among the key enablers to attain low NOx and soot emissions simultaneously on modern diesel engines. In this work, the... | |
| Exposure estimates inside space vehicles, surface habitats, and high altitude aircraft exposed to space radiation are highly influenced by secondary neutron production. The deterministic transport code HZETRN has been identified... | |
| Facing the CO 2 emission reduction challenge, the combination of downsizing and turbocharging appears as one of the most promising solution for the development of high efficiency gasoline engines. In... | |
| Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a well established safety analysis technique used for the assessment of safety critical engineering systems in the automotive industry. Although FMEA has been... | |
| Fatigue behavior of dissimilar Al/Fe spot friction welds between aluminum 6000 series alloy and coated steel sheets in lap-shear and cross-tension specimens is investigated based on experiments and three-dimensional finite... | |
| Fatigue behavior of laser welds in lap-shear specimens of high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels is investigated based on a fatigue crack growth model. Fatigue experiments of laser welded lap-shear... | |
| Field data is used to evaluate the number of light vehicle occupants injured or killed in side underride crashes with "combination trucks". Statistical analyses were performed of federal crash data... | |
| Flax, which is known for its linens and oils that are used for industrial products, can also be utilized as a cost effective and environmentally acceptable approach to the creation... | |
| Focus on sustained lunar operations and human exploration of Mars has become the National Aeronautical Space Administration 's (NASA) goal for the 21 2x century. NASA's objective is to provide... | |
| For DC brush motors directly driven by 42V vehicle battery, carbon brush deterioration due to high voltage arc is a major factor to determine motor life [ 1 ]. The... | |
| For more than 40 years NASA and other government space programs around the globe have been flying parabolic maneuvers in various aircraft to give astronauts and researchers brief periods of... | |
| For over 20 years, automotive manufacturers have been harnessing the power of 3D to help create, optimize and produce great vehicles. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) capabilities such as concurrent development,... | |
| For some years, OEMs and suppliers have been using CAD tools to improve efficiencies in both mechanical design and electrical design. Modern CAD tools have evolved from simple drafting and... | |
| For the estimation of life expectancy and dynamic fatigue of a machine, the overall load configuration of the typical application is of major importance. Regarding commercial vehicles, the load spectrum... | |
| Forward Collision Warning (FCW) systems are intended to alert drivers when they may be at risk of a rear-end crash with a vehicle directly ahead unless they take immediate action. | |
| From a quarter to one half of all projects that fail to meet their imperatives of cost, performance/quality or schedule are in some way associated with missing, poorly written or... | |
| From the early beginning of space programs metallic Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) have been considered as promising technology to protect space vehicles against the severe aerodynamic heating encountered during re-entry... | |
| From the viewpoint of protection of the global environment, reduction of CO 2 emissions are high-priority issues for vehicles, along with the demand for increased power performance. One of the... | |
| Fuel additives are being used more frequently to meet "premium diesel fuel" requirements. Although these additives improve performance, they also affect the water separation characteristics. This program was designed to... | |
| Fuel cell hybrid systems have emerged rapidly in efforts to reduce emissions. The success of these systems mainly depends on implementation of suitable control architectures. This paper presents a control... | |
| Fuel consumption has been a core consideration since the beginning of the transportation era. These are reasons related to our environment, and to economics. In the competitive truck industry fuel... | |
| Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) were used to measure subjects' cerebral blood flow in order to investigate higher-order human brain function activity associated with cognition... | |
| Given the increased use of programmable embedded electronic systems (PEES) in automotive applications and their vital importance, it is not only important for engineers to design PEES in such a... | |
| Global acceptance and use of biofuels is growing rapidly in the transportation sector. Diminishing reserves of limited and costly fossil fuel resources and a growing realization that world peak oil... | |
| Heavy trucks are involved in many accidents every year and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is viewed as a means to help mitigate this problem. ESC systems are designed to reduce... | |
| Heavy trucks can have the capability to record vehicle status and performance data. In many applications, this capability is intrinsic to the powerplant's electronic controls. However little information has been... | |
| High Efficiency Clean Combustion (HECC) strategies such as homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and pre-mixed charge compression ignition (PCCI) offer much promise for the reduction of NOx and PM from... | |
| High level vacuum die casting (HLVD) allows the casting products heat treatable with aid of minimized gas contents (e.g. max 1cc/100gAl), therefore it shows improved mechanical properties. In order to... | |
| High sensitivity and capacity thin film pressure sensors using the piezoresistive effect of ytterbium (Yb) thin films have been developed on metal plates using semiconductor manufacturing technology. The pressure sensors... | |
| High technology, spark ignition direct injection (SIDI), engines are currently capable of achieving optimum horsepower and ULEV emissions levels. However, to meet the requirements of modern automotive powertrains, the task... | |
| Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines have the potential for high fuel efficiency and low NO x emissions. The major disadvantage of HCCI remains the narrow operating range. One way... | |
| Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) has been shown as a promising technique for simultaneous NOx and soot reduction while maintaining diesel-like efficiency. Although HCCI has been shown to yield very... | |
| Honda has succeeded in developing the new fuel cell (FC) vehicle designed into a dynamic, full-cabin sedan, the FCX Clarity, originating from the new V Flow FC platform. The key... | |
| How can car designers evaluate device's position inside a car today? Today only subjective tests or "reachability" tests are made to assess if a generic user is able to reach... | |
| Hydrotreating of vegetable oils or animal fats is an alternative process to esterification for producing biobased diesel fuels. Hydrotreated products are also called renewable diesel fuels. Hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO)... | |
| In early design phases vehicle safety testing has revealed the occurrence of both spot weld failure and sheet metal tearing that contributed to below specification performance. This would require redesign... | |
| In modern aircraft development, effective stability and control analysis running parallel to the aircraft design is essential to the success of the manufacturer. Numerous aircraft manufacturers have had to spend... | |
| In order to achieve the required future CO 2 reduction targets, significant further development of both gasoline and diesel engines is required. One of the main methods to achieve this... | |
| In order to understand the flow and wind noise characteristics generated by the outside rearview (OSRV) mirror, a series of wind noise measurements for two production mirrors was conducted at... | |
| In recent years more data is logged from the electronic control units on-board in commercial vehicles. Typically, the data is transferred from the vehicle at the workshop to a centralized... | |
| In recent years, More-Electric and All-Electric Architectures are being adopted extensively for next generation of aircraft. In this new architecture, many systems rely primarily on the use of electrical energy. | |
| In recent years, the temperature of automobile exhaust gas is on a rising trend due to lowering pollutant emissions and improving fuel economy, and exhaust gas temperature reaches as high... | |
| In the agricultural production process the tractor still has a vital role. It moves, carries, and powers agricultural implements that carry out the actual tasks like tilling, seeding etc. The... | |
| In the current study, thermoforming and compression analysis were carried out for the woven composite egg-box panel with the non-orthogonal constitutive material model, which is proposed by Xue et al... | |
| In the frame of the multi-disciplinary programme MoMa-COUNT [ 2 ], multi-functional protections for human space exploration are being investigated, paying particular attention to flexible materials, selected also for their... | |
| In the preliminary design phase of an aircraft, handbook methods are used to size the aircraft and to predict its aerodynamic characteristics and flight performances. For a new twin-boom pusher... | |
| In the present paper a theoretical model for the analysis of compound crank axle is presented. It is based on the set of equilibrium, constitutive and congruence equations of the... | |
| In the present study, two kinds of simplified vehicle models, which can reproduce flow structures around the two sedan-type vehicles in the previous study, are constructed for the object and... | |
| In the Sabatier reactor, oxygen is recovered (as water) by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide. Half of the reacted hydrogen is contained within the product water, the other half forms methane... | |
| In this article a new zero-dimensional model is presented for simulating the cylinder pressure in direct injection diesel engines. The model enables the representation of current combustion processes considering multiple... | |
| In this paper a performance analysis of a Networked Control System ( NCS ) based in Controller Area Network ( CAN ) is presented. The analysis is done considering three... | |
| In this paper the integrated control of front and rear active differentials with active front steering is investigated in order to improve dynamics, stability and to reduce the drawbacks of... | |
| In this paper we study the nonlinear steady-state dynamic of a reduced finite element model of a brake system subjected to flutter instability. Both the pad and the disc are... | |
| In this paper, the stress intensity factor solutions for spot welds in U-shape specimens are investigated by finite element analyses. Three-dimensional finite element models are developed for U-shape specimens to... | |
| In this paper, various micromechanics models based on actual microstructures of DP steels are examined in order to determine the reasonable range of martensite volume fraction where the methodology described... | |
| In this study fatigue tests of GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) welded joints were conducted on both 1.6mm body sheet (DQSK-GA, DP590-GA, DP780-GI, and TRIP 780-GI) and 3.4mm frame materials... | |
| In this study, high-temperature deactivation of a fully-formulated lean NO x trap (LNT) is investigated with an accelerated aging protocol where accelerated aging is accomplished by rapid temperature cycling and... | |
| In this work the modal analysis of a three-wheeled tilting motorcycle is presented. This new kind of vehicle has two front wheels and a single rear wheel, but is driven... | |
| In this work, a boosted single-cylinder spark ignition port-fuel injection optical engine was used for the experimental activity. Firstly, it was equipped with a four-valve head of a commercial turbocharged... | |
| In this work, a model predictive functional control approach for automotive three-way catalyst oxygen storage state control is demonstrated on a Ford 2.0 liter I4 Duratec SI engine. The control... | |
| In this work, a quasi-dimensional, multi-zone combustion model is analytically presented, for the prediction of performance and nitric oxide (NO) emissions of a homogeneous charge spark ignition (SI) engine, fueled... | |
| In this work, heat loss was investigated in two different HCCI single cylinder engines. Thermocouples were adapted to the surfaces of the cylinder heads and the temperature oscillations were detected... | |
| Inadvertent vehicle movement incidents, in which a vehicle rolls away after the driver has exited, may occur in automatic transmission vehicles as a result of environmental, vehicular, and/or driver factors. | |
| Increasing injection pressures together with Diesel fuel lubricated Common Rail pumps replacing oil lubricated systems demand a more sophisticated investigation of robustness and durability against particle contamination of fuel. The... | |
| Instrumented earplugs were first introduced in 2000 by the Air Force Research Lab as a means of measuring head accelerations in race car drivers after it was shown that instrumented... | |
| Intake tuning is a widely recognized method for optimizing the performance of a naturally aspirated engine for motorsports applications. Wave resonance and Helmholtz theories are useful for predicting the impact... | |
| Intermittent wiring faults are among the most frustrating, time consuming, and expensive problems to diagnose in electrical systems. These sporadic problems occur when wires are wet, vibrating, under pressure, or... | |
| Internal combustion engine design is a complex operation in which a large quantity of variables must be considered. In industrial field, a new internal combustion engine project starts from the... | |
| It is a well known fact that indicated efficiency of a SI engine at WOT is predominantly limited by knock occurrence. Therefore many investigations have been carried out to avoid... | |
| It is difficult for a conventional robust control algorithm to assure the performance of a slip speed control system, because the plant (lockup system) includes the nonlinear characteristics of the... | |
| It is well documented that the aerodynamic downforce that is developed by a NASCAR race car is degraded when closely following another car. This may lead to handling imbalance and... | |
| It is well known that high ethanol content fuels have to face poor quality regarding startability in cold conditions on a spark ignited engine. This paper will show test results... | |
| It is well known that lubricating oil consumption (LOC) is much affected by the cylinder bore deformation occurring within internal combustion engines. There are few analytical reports, however, of this... | |
| It was reported that n-heptane and toluene blended fuels (NTL series fuels) showed the dual phase high temperature heat release (DP-HTHR) combustion in a previous SAE paper [ 1 ]. | |
| Knowledge mapping is a first and mandatory step in creation of system architecture. This paper considers the conceptual modeling of automotive systems, and discusses the creation of a knowledge-based model... | |
| La 1-x A x Ni 1-y B y O 3 nanostructured perovskite-type oxides catalysts (where A = Na, K, Rb and B = Cu; x = 0, 0.2 and y... | |
| Large trucks were involved in more than 26,000 crashes between April 2001 and December 2003 as a result of making lane changes, merges, and turns [ 1 ]. As an... | |
| Launched on August 3, 2004, MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) will be the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. Designed and built by The Johns Hopkins... | |
| Light weight aerospace fastening collars were manufactured from 2099 alloy which is a new generation Al-Li alloy developed by Alcoa. The collars studied in this work are threaded self-locking collars... | |
| Lithium-ion batteries provide high specific energy, high power capability and long term reliability when compared to other types of battery cell chemistries. In addition, they are effective in a diverse... | |
| Low temperature combustion (LTC) strategies, which can mitigate emissions of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) from diesel engines, typically have longer ignition delays compared to conventional... | |
| Low temperature combustion (LTC), though effective to reduce soot and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) simultaneously from diesel engines, operates in narrowly close to unstable regions. Adaptive control strategies are developed... | |
| Low-cost lean NOx aftertreatment is one of the main challenges facing high-efficiency gasoline and diesel engines operating with lean mixtures. While there are many candidate technologies, they all offer tradeoffs. | |
| Low-temperature combustion of diesel fuel was studied in a heavy-duty, single-cylinder, optical engine employing a 15-hole, dual-row, narrow-included-angl e nozzle (10 holes × 70° and 5 holes × 35°) with... | |
| Many companies have successfully adopted Lean manufacturing as an operational philosophy, creating a universal understanding of value and waste which in turn provides significant advantages in the market. However, few... | |
| Many efficient modeling methods have been developed for analyzing the effects of component-level variations and uncertainties on the system-level response of complex structures. However, relatively little work has addressed the... | |
| Many experimental efforts to track fuel-air-residual mixture preparation in internal combustion engines have employed laser induced fluorescence (LIF) of tracers. Acetone and 3-pentanone are often chosen as tracers because of... | |
| Many uncertainties exist in the sheet metal stamping such as the variation of incoming material properties, die and press setup conditions, long-term tool wear and degradations. They are interacting in... | |
| Many vehicle and engine test studies have shown that the fuel efficiency of automobiles can be improved by reducing friction between moving parts. Typically, organic friction modifiers such as glycerol... | |
| Measurement of particle number was introduced in the Euro 5/6 light duty vehicle emissions regulation. Although particle number measurement systems have to be calibrated by the manufacturers, labs have to... | |
| Methyl esters of saturated/unsaturate d higher aliphatic acids (FAMEs) and a FAME of waste cooking oil (WCOME) were heated at 120°C in an air gas flow. The samples were analyzed... | |
| Mg 96 Zn 2 Y 2 cast alloy is composed of an \u03b1 -Mg phase, Mg 12 ZnY phase and Mg 3 Zn 3 Y 2 phase. The coarse dendritic... | |
| Model-based development of embedded automotive control software is characterized by the use of executable models throughout the entire development process. Modeling and simulation tools that are frequently used in this... | |
| Model-based software development and automatic code generation have become increasingly established in recent years. The automotive industry has widely adopted and successfully deployed these methods in many different series production... | |
| Modeling and simulation are commonly used in all stages of the design process. This is particularly vital to the success of systems engineering projects where the system under consideration is... | |
| More and more stringent restrictions concerning the pollutant emissions of ICE ( Internal Combustion Engines ) constitute a major challenge for the automotive industry. New combustion strategies such as LTC... | |
| Moving ground systems with rotating wheels have been used in wind tunnel tests during the last decades. Several studies on the effects of rotating wheels and the importance of wheel... | |
| NASA's Constellation program has selected the closed cycle hydrogen oxygen Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) regenerative Fuel Cell (RFC) as its baseline solar energy storage system for the lunar outpost and... | |
| Negative valve overlap (NVO) is a valve strategy employed to retain and recompress residual burned gases to assist HCCI combustion, particularly in the difficult regime of low-load operation. NVO allows... | |
| New and unprecedented changes in customer demands, globalization, cost pressures, innovative product development strategies to shorten product development time, and changing external landscape with reduction of trade barriers, poses challenges... | |
| New Generation Advanced Hydraulic-Mechanical Transmission (A-HMT) with the Lock-Up mechanism and the automatic start clutch mechanism was developed. In the lock-up mechanism, an electronic control in conjunction with transmission control... | |
| Nissan began developing a fuel cell vehicle (FCV) in 1996 and has participated in fleet programs in the USA (CaFCP) and in Japan (JHFC) since 2001 to promote FCV development... | |
| Nitrocarburizing is an economical surface hardening process and is proposed as an alternative heat treatment method to carbonitriding. The focus of this study is to compare the size and shape... | |
| Noise generation in axial piston machines can be attributed to two main sources; fluid borne and structure borne. Any attempt towards noise reduction in axial piston machines should focus on... | |
| Nowadays a great attention is paid to the level and quality of noise radiated from the tailpipe end of intake and exhaust systems, to control the gas dynamic noise emitted... | |
| Objective: A friction rollover test was conducted as part of a rollover sensing project. This study evaluates vehicle and occupant responses in the test. Methods: A flat dolly carried a... | |
| One essential feature of the 787 production system is the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), also known as the Dreamlifter, 2x and its ability to quickly and efficiently transport large... | |
| One main challenge during the validation of automotive communication architectures is to consider the assembled system and more especially the interactions between the different components. We propose in this work... | |
| One of the key coating layers that inhibits corrosion on modern automobiles is the pretreatment film. This layer, which is typically a tri-cationic zinc phosphate material, provides both corrosion protection... | |
| One of the known causes of motor vehicle fires is hot surface ignition of combustible material that contacts engine exhaust system components. While ignition is a complicated phenomenon, the temperature... | |
| One of the most common failure modes for a friction interface is the accumulation of glaze on the friction material surface. Until recently, our analysis of glaze chemistry has always... | |
| One of the most significant manufacturability-cr iterions of a tubular component in bending and/or hydroforming operation is the formability limit of the selected tube material. Currently the most common tool... | |
| One of the most significant tasks in automotive design is related to the implementation of gearboxes capable of reducing the torque gap during the gearshift process and, at the same... | |
| One popular complement to track testing that successful race teams use to better understand their vehicle's behavior is dynamic shaker rig testing, such as 7-post and 8-post testing. Compared to... | |
| One popular complement to track testing that successful race teams use to better understand their vehicle's behavior is dynamic shaker rig testing. Compared to track testing, rig testing is more... | |
| Operator error is a primary cause of vehicle accidents, yet human ingenuity is critical to effectively react in situations automation is not prepared to handle. Human operators have always been... | |
| Over the last decade large safety improvements have been made in crash protection for stock car racing drivers. It has been well established that in side and rear impacts the... | |
| Phase change materials (PCMs) are extensively used in many engineering areas for thermal management purposes. This paper investigated the application of PCMs for vehicular systems, especially for the thermal protection... | |
| Pollutants are a major issue of diesel engines, with oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and airborne total particulate matter (TPM) of primary concern. Current emission standards rely on laboratory testing using... | |
| Polymers are one of the major constituents in electrical components. A study investigating pre-combustion off-gassing and particle release by polymeric materials over a range of temperatures can provide an understanding... | |
| Premixed Charge Compression Ignition (PCCI), a Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) strategy for diesel engines is of increasing interest due to its potential to simultaneously reduce soot and NO x emissions. | |
| Presented here are analyses and statistical summaries of data collected from 11,299 flight operations recorded on 6 BE-1900D aircraft during routine commuter service over a period of three years. Basic... | |
| Previous literature has shown that serious neck injury can occur during rollover events, even for restrained occupants, when the occupant's head contacts the vehicle interior during a roof-to-ground impact or... | |
| Provision of service information in various languages has been a must in the automotive industry. However, in the commercial vehicle industry, it is unclear how manufacturers are managing this daunting... | |
| Purpose: This study analyzes the effect of front seat performance on occupant injury in rear crashes where there is a 2nd row passenger seated behind the front occupant. Methods: The... | |
| Raising interest in Diesel powered passenger cars in the United States in combination with the government mandated policy to reduce dependency of foreign oil, leads to the desire of operating... | |
| Recent surveys show that the number one issues in car electronics are cost reduction and better collaboration across the complex automotive design chain of IP providers, semiconductor providers, subsystem suppliers... | |
| Recently built or refurbished wind tunnel facilities show a trend towards a detailed simulation of road conditions. Therefore, these wind tunnel facilities are equipped with boundary layer conditioning systems and... | |
| Recently, emission regulations have been strict in many countries, and it is very difficult technical issue to reduce emissions of diesel cars. In order to reduce the emissions, various combustion... | |
| Repeatabilities of PM measurements on a heavy-duty diesel engine equipped with a diesel particulate filter (DPF) using a filter weighing method and a number counting method with a full flow... | |
| Research has been conducted to use an interconnection inverter for a stand-alone generator with an aim to provide a small gas engine cogeneration system with a backup function to serve... | |
| Research was conducted on cold startability with a focus on the vaporization characteristics of ethanol blended fuel (E85). Cold startability was tested with a conventional gasoline engine with standard calibration... | |
| Rheological and tribological properties of a model lubricant consisting of a two-component liquid crystal, mixtures of Sudan Black B (dye) and 4-cyano-4\u2032hexyl biphenyl (6CB, liquid crystal), nano-films confined between mica... | |
| Rubber O-rings installed in hydrogen tanks for fuel cell electric vehicles are repeatedly exposed to high pressure hydrogen gas. Exposure to high pressure gas sometimes causes cracks as a result... | |
| Safety is a requirement concerning an increasing number of automotive applications. Recent safety standards set requirements for designing safety-critical systems. Among others, these specifications include a comprehensive detection and handling... | |
| Safety-related systems in road vehicles are subject to hazard analysis as part of developing their safety requirements. Automotive hazard analysis leads to a requirement for target risk reduction in the... | |
| Saft is working on advanced 28V Li-ion batteries for use in NAVY unmanned aircraft applications. This battery employs seven (7) prismatic state-of-the art Li-ion cells connected in series. The battery... | |
| Selecting a proper implementation method for software timers in automotive body control applications is one of the crucial steps in the process of software development. We found it particularly true... | |
| Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalysts have been demonstrated as effective for controlling NOx emissions from diesel engines, maintaining high NOx conversion even after the extended high temperature exposure encountered in... | |
| Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalysts have been designed to reduce NOx with the assistance of an ammonia-based reductant. Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) have been designed to trap and eventually oxidize... | |
| Several configurations of truck tractor sleeper cabs were tested and modeled to investigate the potential to reduce heating and cooling loads. Two trucks were tested outdoors and a third was... | |
| Shadowgraph/schliere n imaging techniques have often been used for flow visualization of reacting and non-reacting systems. In this paper we show that high-speed shadowgraph visualization in a high-pressure chamber can... | |
| Simultaneous low NOx (< 0.15 g/kWh) & soot (< 0.01 g/kWh) are attainable for enhanced premixed combustion that may lead to higher levels of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide emissions as... | |
| Since 1992, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has been working on the development of fuel cell system technology. TMC is designing principal components in-house, including fuel cell stacks, high-pressure hydrogen storage... | |
| Smart Touch 2x sensing is a breakthrough in human interface technology allowing direct access to computer power, such as with the highly successful iPhone\u2122 and other handheld devices. By combining... | |
| Societal demands of recent years have increasingly pressured the development of greener technologies in all sectors of the nation's transportation infrastructure, including that of civilian aviation. This study explores the... | |
| Software has rapidly gained importance as a driver for innovation in automobiles. Since many safety-related automotive systems make intensive use of software, the upcoming ISO 26262 poses several requirements addressing... | |
| Solar Orbiter is the next solar-heliospheric mission in the Science Programme of ESA. The mission will provide the next major step forward in the exploration of the Sun and the... | |
| Solar proton events (SPEs) represent the single-most significant source of acute radiation exposure during space missions. Historically, an exponential in rigidity (particle momentum) fit has been used to express the... | |
| Solid Oxide Electrolysis with an embedded Sabatier reactor is being developed for regenerative air revitalization. In a previous effort, an embedded Sabatier reactor was demonstrated using a nickel-based electrode in... | |
| Some of the engine components are connected both to the chassis and to the engine. These parts are subject to vibrational loads coming from the road and the engine. Engine... | |
| Stable isotopic tracer in combination with TOF-SIMS (time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy) is proposed as a versatile tool for investigation of tribo-chemistry. This unique technique is based on tracing 2H... | |
| Studies used 1981-2006 FARS and state crash data to examine the relative importance of vehicular, driver, and environmental factors in influencing odds of driver fatality in two-vehicle (car-to-car, light truck-to-car,... | |
| Subject of this work is a simulation model for PCCI combustion that can be used in closed-loop control development. A detailed multi-zone chemistry model for the high-pressure part of the... | |
| Subject of this work is the recently introduced extended R epresentative I nteractive F lamelet (RIF) model for multiple injections. First, the two-dimensional laminar flamelet equations, which can describe the... | |
| Suspension kinematic parameters such as camber, caster and king-pin angles as well as track width are important in improving handling performance and stability of a vehicle. Using a new model... | |
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| Technological development of materials derived from plants (e.g., polylactic acid (PLA), and the like) is required to break dependence on fossil fuels and reduce CO 2 . PLA has inferior... | |
| The ability to make fully resolved turbulent scalar field measurements has been demonstrated in an internal combustion engine using one-dimensional fluorobenzene fluorescence measurements. Data were acquired during the intake stroke... | |
| The addition of molybdenum dithiocarbamate (MoDTC) to engine oil improves the fuel consumption of vehicles. However, this is also widely known to cause deposit accretion in the Thermo-Oxidation Engine Oil... | |
| The Advanced Crash Avoidance Technologies (ACAT) program initiated by the National Highway Safety Administration had two major objectives. These were to develop a standardized Safety Impact Methodology (SIM) tool to... | |
| The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the mechanism of knocking with respect to flame propagation behavior based on 3D simulations conducted with the Universal... | |
| The aim of this work is to improve the performance of a racing motorcycle by means of gearbox tuning. The Optimal Maneuver Method , which essentially simulates an ideal driver... | |
| The air brake system has been widely used since its great superiority over many other kinds of brake systems, but the capacity and the stability of air brake system are... | |
| The auto industry has had decades of experience with designing safe vehicles. The introduction of highly integrated features brings new challenges that require innovative adaptations of existing safety methodologies and... | |
| The basis for the analysis of friction in brake systems is the brake pad's tribological interface. An investigation of this interface reveals friction intensive surface structures, so-called 'patches'. Their development... | |
| The basis for this analysis was NASS/CDS 1997 to 2006. In the NASS database there were 60 cases with major fires in side impact crashes, 37 of which were in... | |
| The basis for this paper is associated with off brake disc thickness variation (DTV) generation. This paper focuses on an experimental methodology developed to determine the rotor wear rate given... | |
| The buildup of deposits in EGR coolers causes significant degradation in heat transfer performance, often on the order of 20-30%. Deposits also increase pressure drop across coolers and thus may... | |
| The concept of two closely spaced micro-orifices (group hole nozzle) has been studied as a promising technology for the reduction of soot emission from direct injection (DI) diesel engines by... | |
| The conventional approach for simulating external flow field over an automobile is to use body fitted (BF) mesh. However, depending on the geometrical complexity of the boundaries, grid generation and... | |
| The crash recorder is an important data gathering device in motorsports. Since the introduction of crash recording in Indy Cars in 1993, the data gathered has been critical in developing... | |
| The demand of fulfilling the increasing requirements to shorten development lead times force suppliers to enhance modularity and flexible applicability of their machinery component portfolio. The presented examples show how... | |
| The design of a cost-effective SIL3/ASILD-compliant failsafe computer control system is a great challenge because of the requirements of IEC 61508 and/or ISO CD 26262. In this paper the formal... | |
| The design of compact and lightweight power transmission devices was studied for specialized high power applications, including airborne with operating voltage fixed at 270 Volts and less than 30 meter... | |
| The development of a modern transportation product requires that the safety of the product be considered at every stage of its life, from initial design to ultimate product disposal. Virtually... | |
| The development of a new Nitric Oxide (NO x ) reaction mechanism has been conducted by adding species, including hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and the CH radical to a reduced chemistry... | |
| The development of an automatic defogging system using an accurate windshield humidity sensor and the existing HVAC hardware is described herein. Improved cabin temperature control and forward visibility for the... | |
| The development of energy-saving technologies is in great demand recently to stop global warming. We are committed to developing the Ejector Cycle as an energy-saving technology for refrigerating air conditioners. | |
| The door closing effort is a quality issue concerning both automobile designers and customers. This paper describes an Excel based mathematical model for predicting the side door closing effort in... | |
| The drag reduction device of a bluff-body was developed by slanting the rear underbody as a hip-up shape and adding flaps to the rear-end. The experiments were conducted in an... | |
| The drilling process is currently applied for bolt or rivet assembly of composite structures. As for metallic structures, the twist drill is the most commonly used cutter. At the hole... | |
| The effect of cavitation plays a fundamental role in the hydraulic components design and the capability of predicting its causes and characteristics is fundamental for the optimization of fluid systems. | |
| The effect of the ring pack storage mechanism on the hydrocarbon (HC) emissions from an air-cooled utility engine has been studied using a simplified ring pack model. Tests were performed... | |
| The effect that thermally and compositionally stratified flowfields have on the spatial progression of iso-octane-fueled homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion were directly observed using highspeed chemiluminescence imaging. The stratified... | |
| The effects of combining premixed, low temperature combustion (LTC) with biodiesel are relatively unknown to this point. This mode allows simultaneously low soot and NO x emissions by using high... | |
| The electrical and mechanical failures (such as bearing and winding failures) combine to cause premature failures of the generators, which become a flight safety issue forcing the crew to land... | |
| The Energy Finite Element Analysis (EFEA) has been developed for computing the structural vibration and the interior noise level of complex structural-acoustic systems by solving governing differential equations with energy... | |
| The fatigue behavior of Hilok fastener joints under constant amplitude loading has been investigated experimentally. The effects of load transfer in an unbalanced joint configuration was characterized in terms of... | |
| The flame front propagation in normal and abnormal combustion was investigated. Cycle-resolved flame emission imaging was applied in the combustion chamber of a port fuel injection boosted spark ignition engine. | |
| The focus of this paper is an air charge estimator for engine control system applications which do not feature a mass air flow (MAF) sensor. The proposed approach, beyond its... | |
| The frequency response of steering effort torque changes according to the influence of vehicle dynamics. To help enhance feel, a new electronic power steering (EPS) control has been constructed. As... | |
| The Friction Stir Spot Welding (FSSW) process is a derivative of the friction stir welding (FSW) process, without lateral movement of the tool during the welding process. It has been... | |
| The frictional behaviour at the pad-disc interface has been simulated on the nanometer scale with the aid of the method of Movable Cellular Automata (MCA). The boundary conditions of the... | |
| The full vehicle simulation on durability proving grounds is a well established technique in the development process of passenger car manufacturers. The respective road surfaces are designed to generate representative... | |
| The G-equation model was implemented in the commercial code ANSYS CFX and validated against experimental data in order to successfully simulate turbulent premixed combustion in internal combustion engines. The model... | |
| The goal of this paper is to advance rollover crash reconstruction techniques beyond the assumption typically made that a rolling vehicle decelerates at a constant rate. The paper presents and... | |
| The goal of this paper is to delineate recent experimental evidence that the presence of conforming surface wear groove tends to stabilize the vibration and noise response of aircraft brakes. | |
| The goal of this research is to investigate the physical parameters of stoichiometric operation of a diesel engine under a light load operating condition (6\u223c7 bar IMEP). This paper focuses... | |
| The handling and braking responses of a heavy vehicle equipped with a cross-axle fluidically-coupled hydro-pneumatic suspension concept are investigated. The proposed fluidically-coupled suspension is conceived by diagonally interconnecting different hydraulic... | |
| The Indy Racing League (IRL) continuously strives to improve safety for drivers of open wheel racecars. As part of a comprehensive engineering effort, the IRL carefully investigates crashes that occur... | |
| The influence of fuel rail pressure (FRP) and urea-selective catalytic reduction (SCR) on particulate matter (PM) formation is investigated in this paper along with notes regarding the NOx and other... | |
| The International Space Station (ISS) currently provides human waste collection and hygiene facilities in the Russian Segment Service Module (SM) which supports a three person crew. An additional set of... | |
| The introduction of CO 2 -reduction technologies like Start-Stop or the Hybrid-Powertrain and the future emissions regulations require a detailed optimization of the engine start-up. The combustion concept development as... | |
| The Johnson Space Center Water and Food Analytical Laboratory (WAFAL) performed detailed ground-based analyses of archival water samples for verification of the chemical quality of the International Space Station (ISS)... | |
| The Lightweight Contingency Water Recovery System (LWC-WRS) harvests water from various sources in or around the Orion spacecraft in order to provide contingency water at a substantial mass savings when... | |
| The lost foam casting process (LFCP) is a near-net shape casting process. This process is the most energy efficient casting process available. "Foundry Management and Technology" magazine analyzed the lost... | |
| The maintenance of cabin air-quality aboard spacecraft requires a proper balance of contamination generation and removal, and environmental monitoring. Achieving this balance is paramount to a spacecraft's ability to sustain... | |
| The mechanism of noise production in engine accessory drive belts was discussed. Applying geometric considerations to the transversal vibration of the belt, which is one cause of belt noise, the... | |
| The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument is one in a suite of twelve instruments which will fly onboard the Indian Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft scheduled for launch in 2008. Chandrayaan-1 is India's... | |
| The most common trigger for event data collection in Heavy Vehicle 2x ECMs is a sudden decrease in the calculated vehicle speed. The calculated vehicle speed is a by-product of... | |
| The movement to more-electric architectures during the past decade in military and commercial airborne systems continues to increase the complexity of designing and specifying the electric power system. In particular,... | |
| The new materials and material combinations such as composites and titanium combinations used on today's new airplanes are proving to be very challenging when drilling holes during manufacturing and assembly... | |
| The objective of the paper is to characterize the diesel spray under the ambient conditions relevant for direct injection (D.I.) diesel engines. The particular emphasis is on the comparisons between... | |
| The objective of the study was to quantify styrene and hexanol generated during the baking of a model sweetpotato bread (SPB) using three different sorbent based tubes. Volatiles were trapped... | |
| The objective of this investigation is to optimize light-duty diesel engine operating parameters using Adaptive Injection Strategies (AIS) for optimal fuel preparation. A multi-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code with... | |
| The objective of this paper is to devise innovative lightweight design concepts for heavy vehicle structures. A 1 to 4 prototype of a trailer was built to assess the feasibility... | |
| The objective of this project was to replace electromechanical power line contactors with a Static Transfer Switch (STS) to improve the transfer of electrical power between aircraft generators and decrease... | |
| The objective of this research is a detailed investigation of multiple injections in a highly-dilute diesel low temperature combustion (LTC) regime. This research concentrates on understanding the performance and emissions... | |
| The objective of this research is a detailed investigation of unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) in a highly-dilute diesel low temperature combustion (LTC) regime. This research concentrates on understanding the mechanisms that... | |
| The one-dimensional (1D) modeling of a turbocharged engine requires the availability of the turbine and compressor characteristic maps. This leads to two main problems: performance maps of the turbocharger device... | |
| The Orion Crew and Service Modules are often compared to the Apollo Command and Service Modules due to their similarity in basic mission objective: both were dedicated to getting a... | |
| The Orion crew module (CM) is being designed to perform survivable land and water landings. There are many issues associated with post-landing crew survival. In general, the most challenging of... | |
| The paper addresses the characterization of global burn rates for gasoline fueled internal combustion engines applying direct injection and mixture stratification. Effects of variations in engine speed and load as... | |
| The paper covers the NO x performance evaluation of an LNT + SCR system designed to meet the 2010 on-highway heavy-duty (HD) US EPA emission standards. The system combines a... | |
| The paper describes a 'virtual motorsports' event developed by the University of Windsor Vehicle Dynamics and Control Research Group. The event was a competitive project-based component of a Vehicle Dynamics... | |
| The paper describes a closed-loop vehicle simulation environment developed to support a virtual vehicle design and testing methodology, proposed for the University of Windsor Formula SAE team. Virtual prototyping and... | |
| The paper presents a study on the prediction of wear for systems in which progressive wear affects the operating conditions responsible for the wear. A simple slider-crank mechanism with wear... | |
| The paper reports on a combined experimental and numerical investigation of the aero-thermal behavior of a vented automotive brake disc. The aim is to assess to which extent nowadays available... | |
| The paper reviews the development and optimization of a SI high performance engine, to be used in Formula SAE/Student competitions. The base engine is a single cylinder Yamaha 660cc motorcycle... | |
| The physical 1-D model of a radial turbine consists of a set of gas ducts featuring total pressure and/or temperature changes and losses. Therefore, the wave propagation and filling/emptying plays... | |
| The piezoelectric cylinder pressure transducer is ubiquitous for developing and optimizing the combustion process in modern internal combustion engines. Over the past three decades, significant advances in cylinder pressure transducer... | |
| The power and thermal management system (PTMS) developed by Honeywell for aircraft is an integral approach combining the functions of the auxiliary power unit (APU), emergency power unit (EPU), environmental... | |
| The pressure of the combustion gas in a diesel engine is higher than that in a gasoline engine, so the cylinder head gasket that seals the combustion chamber is exposed... | |
| The pretreatment of aluminum sheet material in preparation for further paint application can be challenging due to the presence of a thick oxide layer. The composition of the oxide layer... | |
| The primary coating layer that inhibits salt spray induced corrosion on vehicle bodies is electrocoat. The application of electrocoat involves the electrodeposition of a polymer film on all metallic components... | |
| The properties sought in a multi-layer steel cylinder head gasket include cylinder pressure sealing and fatigue strength in order for there to be no damage while the engine is in... | |
| The purpose of this paper is to clarify the vibration properties of the extended expansion engine with a multiple linkage system. The mass systems were used to obtain a substitution... | |
| The purpose of this paper is to compare classical handbook methods used to predict performance parameters such as range and endurance to computer based methods. Three different methods are compared:... | |
| The purpose of this paper is to present the results of hot surface ignition (HSI) testing and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) auto-ignition testing (AIT) performed on gasoline... | |
| The purpose of this research is to develop a prediction technique that can be used in the development of port fuel-injection (hereinafter called PFI) gasoline engines, especially for general purpose... | |
| The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects on the engine's efficiency and exhaust gas emissions by the use of ethanol/gasoline blends in conventional technology vehicles. The fuels... | |
| The reliability of engine valve springs is a very important issue from the point of view of warranty. This paper presents a combined experimental and statistical analysis for predicting the... | |
| The research described examines the relationship between damage/repair scenarios and the resulting effect on the coupled response of the structure. The monocoque is simplified as a box beam and damage... | |
| The results of a traffic crash reconstruction often include vehicle speeds to address causation and changes in velocity to indicate crash severity. Since these results are related, they should be... | |
| The results of automatic X-ray inspection of cast parts rely heavily on the quality of the imaging components. Flat panel detectors suffer from a number of flaws, the most serious... | |
| The rising cost of fuel, global warming and the economy in general has increased awareness about the importance of vehicle weight as it relates to consumer cost savings at the... | |
| The SAE Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) Safety Working Group has been addressing FCV safety for over 9 years. The initial document, SAE J2578, was published in 2002. SAE J2578 has... | |
| The seatbelt system, originally designed for protecting occupants in frontal crashes, has been reported to be inadequate for preventing occupant head-to-roof contact during rollover crashes. To improve the effectiveness of... | |
| The second-generation air-fuel ratio control method has been developed to reduce exhaust gas emissions in accordance with the improvements in catalysts. The control system consists of a feedforward control using... | |
| The Sublimator Driven Coldplate is a unique piece of thermal control hardware that has several advantages over a traditional thermal control scheme. The principal advantage is the possible elimination of... | |
| The survey we are going to present comes from the request to optimize an industrial product pre-assembly chain. Considering the good results we obtained, we've built up a methodology and... | |
| The Swift mission Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) Detector Array thermal control system includes two propylene loop heat pipes (LHPs), eight ammonia constant conductance heat pipes (CCHPs), a radiator that has... | |
| The thick oxide layer of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) devices significantly reduces the junction leakage current at elevated temperatures compared to similar Si devices, resulting in an elevated maximum operating temperature. The... | |
| The time reduction of the vehicle design and creation process is an important key to reduce development costs. Modern CAD systems offer a wide range of possibilities, not only in... | |
| The transfer function required to control an electrically assisted steering gear is identified using a modified FIR filtering approach. The topology of the electrically assisted steering gear is described. The... | |
| The two-dimensional, frictional tyre-road contact interaction is investigated. A transient contact algorithm is developed, consisting of an analytical belt model, a non linear sidewall structure and a discretized viscoelastic tread... | |
| The unsteady environment road vehicles are exposed to is subject of many investigations that are currently made. Yet, the approaching flow is only one aspect of unsteady forces acting on... | |
| The upcoming Euro VI emission legislation for Heavy Duty Diesel engines can be complied with by using a combination of a wall flow DPF and a UREA SCR-system. This paper... | |
| The use of direct injection (DI) of a second fuel, ethanol or methanol (or their concentrated blends), is explored, via simulation, as a means of avoiding knock in turbocharged, high... | |
| The use of high levels of EGR has been documented to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions of spark ignition engines [ 1 - 5 ]. However, these engines typically... | |
| The use of hydroforming technique is commonly used for the manufacturing of BIW, chassis and suspension components. For low weight and cost effective solutions it is also finding application in... | |
| The vibration characteristics of the shock absorber in the dynamic condition differ from the "quasi-static" characteristics. For analysis of the processes occurring in the shock absorber, measurements were carried out... | |
| The wax has been developed that is able to protect vehicle bodies from corrosion for extended periods. Vehicle bodies, composed mainly of steel components, are prone to corrosion, in particular... | |
| The world's first six-speed automatic transmission for passenger cars was introduced to the market by ZF in 2001. The 6HP-family is based on a Lepelletier planetary gear set. An advanced... | |
| There are 30 million people in remote, rural communities in China without access to electricity. The government of China has initiated an ongoing effort to provide constant, reliable power to... | |
| There was concern that a variable compression ratio engine fitted with a multi-link mechanism might produce louder booming noise due to the inertial forces caused by the lateral swing of... | |
| This paper addresses the development of a novel technology to simultaneously reduce total organic carbon (TOC) and microbial count (MC) in biological water processor (BWP) processed water. This approach also... | |
| This paper addresses the issue of driving while drowsy and proposes a passive eye monitoring-based driver eye closure recognition system. It reviews the core algorithmic building blocks of this system... | |
| This paper analyzes the potential benefit of a model based DPF leakage monitor over a conventional DPF leakage monitor that checks pressure drop after a complete regeneration. We analyze the... | |
| This paper compares the follower profiles of transportation industry personnel with other industry groups, principally engineers and DOD personnel. In compiling the comparison, Chaleff's courageous follower behaviors are used to... | |
| This paper deals with an analysis of the potential of the Rankine cycle as an additional power generation process, which uses the waste heat of a car engine. A review... | |
| This paper deals with the analysis of the handling behaviour of a novel three-wheeled motorcycle. This vehicle has two front steering wheels and a single rear wheel and can be... | |
| This paper described implementation of a selectable one-way clutch in the GM's RWD 6-speed automatic transmission [ 1 ] content to replace the current one-way clutch and low/reverse plate clutch. | |
| This paper describes a computational and experimental effort to document the detailed flow field around a pickup truck. The major objective was to benchmark several different computational approaches through a... | |
| This paper describes a diesel engine lean NOx trap (LNT) regeneration air to fuel ratio (AFR) control system using a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) technique for simultaneous regeneration fuel... | |
| This paper describes a driving control algorithm based on skid steering for a Robotic Vehicle with Articulated Suspension (RVAS). The driving control algorithm consists of four parts; speed controller for... | |
| This paper describes a Magneto-Rheological coupling based Hydraulic Power Steering (MRHPS) system developed for improving fuel economy in conventional vehicles. The MRHPS system reduces the parasitic losses associated with the... | |
| This paper describes a novel time-varying prognostic modeling framework for computing condition-based residual life distributions of partially degraded aircraft electrical power system (EPS) components. This advanced methodology is suitable for... | |
| This paper describes a SiC based stackable DC/DC converter system capable of operating at high temperature. The system is capable of fault tolerance and complex power management. These functions require... | |
| This paper describes the composition of the light-duty automotive fleet leading to 2020 and how it differs from today's fleet. The most likely scenario for the fleet of 2020 is... | |
| This paper describes the design and implementation of the SEA, Ltd. Brake and Throttle Robot (BTR). Presented are the criteria used in the initial design and the development and testing... | |
| This paper describes the development of a lead free, high temperature ceramic capacitor material having the base composition of (Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 ) TiO 3 . The goal is... | |
| This paper describes the porous materials FE modeling scheme inside vehicle cabin using measured acoustic impedances to reduce the size of the matrices of the FE model while keeping the... | |
| This paper describes the results of a project to develop a MADYMO occupant model for predicting thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries during frontal impacts in the Indianapolis-type racing car (ITRC) environment... | |
| This paper discusses the effects of changes in specimen geometry, stress gradient, and residual stresses on fully-reversed constant amplitude uniaxial fatigue behavior of a medium carbon steel. Axial fatigue tests... | |
| This paper discusses the physics of development of electrical defects as the result of wire chafing, and how this can be used to extend the prognostics capability of GE's Smartwire... | |
| This paper discusses the poisoning of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst by trace levels of platinum originating from an upstream diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC). A diesel aftertreatment system consisting... | |
| This paper discusses the problem of obtaining electric machines (EM) for advanced electric drives (AED) used in more electric architecture (MEA) applicable to aircraft, spacecraft, and military ground vehicles. The... | |
| This paper discusses the process development and implementation of an Electric Boring process for boring the Frame Lug for the Main Landing Gear (MLG) Swing Link bushing on the 777... | |
| This paper discusses the unique aspects of fire suppression in reduced (micro- and Lunar/martian) gravity environments. It builds on a trade study conducted by the Fire Prevention Detection and Suppression... | |
| This paper documents a simple theoretical analysis and an experimental performance comparison of the advantages of an 8-post shaker rig relative to a conventional 7-post shaker rig. A simple static... | |
| This paper explores the use of vibro-impact dampers in attenuating brake squeal. This temperature and pressure independent energy dissipation approach adds damping directly to the rotor discs and thus enables... | |
| This paper focuses on generating equations of motion for a Vehicle model. The generated equations can be used for rigid body analysis such as vibration analysis, frequency domain analysis, and... | |
| This paper highlights a distinctive, highly-innovative, and project-based approach to supplying cutting-edge, market-driven and industry-focused education courses, at post-graduate level, in key motorsports engineering, business, and management subjects, using a... | |
| This paper is a discussion of topics presented by the author at the Panel Session "Evaluation of Studies on Non-Deterministic Approaches (NDA) for Complex Systems" at the 2007 SAE World... | |
| This paper is a review of the technical rationale for performance tests to qualify new hydrogen storage systems to assure safety throughout service life. SAE J2579 is used as an... | |
| This paper is contributed to determining model parameters for DMFCs. Theoretical evaluations are carried out to set up the relationship between the unknown and measurable parameters or variables. A laboratory-scale... | |
| This paper looks at the underlying fundamentals of diesel fuel system lubrication for the highly-loaded contacts found in fuel injection equipment like high-pressure pumps. These types of contacts are already... | |
| This paper presents a comparison of the influence of different mixture preparation strategies on gaseous fuel combustion in SI engines. Three mixture preparation strategies are presented for a dedicated LPG... | |
| This paper presents a longitudinal control algorithm for an adaptive cruise control (ACC) with collision avoidance (CA) in multiple vehicle traffic situations. The proposed algorithm consists of a multi-target tracking... | |
| This paper presents a low-cost switched diversity receiver system utilizing a single tuner, simple remote antenna unit and one RF cable. The switched diversity algorithm is implemented in the receiver... | |
| This paper presents a method to investigate the failure modes of an electric power steering system and to analyze the faults effects systematically by use of an accurate simulation model. | |
| This paper presents a robust controller design method for improving vehicle lateral stability and handling performance. In particular, the practical load variation will be taken into account in the controller... | |
| This paper presents an alternative and relatively simple method which allows the use of ordinary ejector-type diluters over a wide range of sample inlet conditions including elevated pressures and temperatures. | |
| This paper presents an experimental calibration method for the feedforward fuelling controller for a PFI SI engine. A recently proposed method [ 1 ] is extended from the idle to... | |
| This paper presents an overview of a new class of wireless acceleration sensor chips being developed by Evigia Systems and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that can record the magnitude... | |
| This paper presents equations that relate the orientation and spacing of yaw mark striations to the vehicle braking and steering levels present at the time the striations were deposited. These... | |
| This paper presents path geometries, velocities and accelerations of left-turning vehicles for one particular intersection layout. Video footage was taken above a typical urban intersection to record vehicles making left... | |
| This paper presents results of a parametric CFD modeling study of a prototype Free Piston Engine (FPE), designed for application in a series hybrid electric vehicle. Since the piston motion... | |
| This paper presents results of a three-phase research project aimed at understanding how future automotive interior materials should be selected or designed to satisfy the needs of the customers. The... | |
| This paper presents the concept of a dual latent heat sink for thermal management of pulse heat generating electronic systems. The focus of this work is to verify the effectiveness... | |
| This paper presents the development of a fluid quality sensor to provide a real-time, on-board oil quality assessment capability for commercial, military, and off-highway vehicle applications. The sensor provides for... | |
| This paper presents three sub-models of production Engine Management Systems software for turbocharged engines; 1) new load variable for volumetric efficiency modelling, 2) new pumping torque model, where 1) and... | |
| This paper proposes a lane departure prevention system, that generates yaw moment in an event of detecting lane departure, to assist the driver to manoeuvre the vehicle back to the... | |
| This paper proposes a new returnless LPG fuel supply system designed to increase the efficiency of current LPG engines. With a conventional engine fuel supply system, the fuel pump is... | |
| This paper provides an overview of recent developments in the area of arc fault detection (AFD) and wire fault location for aircraft wiring systems. Arc faults have been identified as... | |
| This paper reports an active heat sink (AHS) that allows high-density electronic components to operate at a stable temperature over a broad range of ambient conditions. AHS receives heat at... | |
| This paper summarizes a series of papers investigating the, in use, behavior of lithium-ion cells and packs. Initial efforts concentrated on cell data 2x and were reported in 2003 through... | |
| This paper will illustrate how the increasing electrical demands of military and aerospace applications can successfully be met by high performance electromechanical relays. To meet these higher demands engineering compatibility... | |
| This research was performed using a designed experiment to evaluate the loss of dry surface braking performance and stability that could be associated with the disablement of specific brake positions... | |
| This study aims to develop a methodology to generate anatomically correct postures of existing human body finite element models while maintaining their mesh quality. This repositioning is often done by... | |
| This study concerns a dissimilar materials joining technique for aluminum (Al) alloys and steel for the purpose of reducing the vehicle body weight. The tough oxide layer on the Al... | |
| This study examined a method of predicting the piston temperature in reciprocating internal combustion engines with the aim of developing lightweight pistons. Since the piston temperature is strongly affected by... | |
| This study examines the effects of ethanol content on engine performances and the knock characteristics in spark ignition gasoline engine under various compression ratio conditions by cylinder pressure analysis, visualization... | |
| This study examines the impact of ETBE and ethanol addition on the main properties of motor gasoline. European Union mandates the use of biofuels in all transport fuels, according to... | |
| This study examines the static pressure distribution under both width belts in the shoulder and the pelvis of 15 volunteer subjects. The subjects applied the belt loads to themselves through... | |
| This study mainly focuses on oil consumption behavior of laser textured cylinder bores. The results of an experimental study performed on a six cylinder, 9.0 L capacity diesel engine is... | |
| This study shows an example in which the conventional aerodynamic evaluation method that focuses on "steady" aerodynamic lift coefficient is not necessarily sufficient to evaluate vehicle's straight-ahead stability at high... | |
| This summary covers representative developments from 2008 in diesel regulations, engine technology, and NOx, particulate matter (PM), and hydrocarbon (HC) control. Europe is finalizing the Euro VI heavy-duty (HD) regulations... | |
| This vehicle simulation study estimates the fuel economy benefits of an HCCI engine system and assesses the NOx, HC and CO aftertreatment performance required for compliance with emissions regulations on... | |
| This work explores how the high-load limits of HCCI are affected by fuel autoignition reactivity, EGR quality/composition, and EGR unmixedness for naturally aspirated conditions. This is done for PRF80 and... | |
| This work intends to present a study about the application of a standard methodology for the evaluation of the mechanical components compromise as result of the use of biodiesel, based... | |
| This work is based on comparative study of oilseed flax fibre and glass fibre reinforced composite boards for potential application in automotive industries. The material characterizations of flax and glass... | |
| This work presents a second series of turbulence measurements made in a range of different on-road terrains and traffic conditions. Wind measurements were captured using a rake of four separate... | |
| This work shows how vehicular features which are pre-installed but deactivated can be securely enabled later with activation codes. Nowadays, feature activation results in two business models. The first model... | |
| This work was concerned with evaluation of the performance and emissions of potential future biofuels during advanced spark ignition engine operation. The fuels prepared included three variants of gasoline, three... | |
| Three-dimensional CFD was used to optimize the torus section and stator blade shape, and newly developed stator blades were also employed to develop the fluid flow channels for a thin... | |
| Three-dimensional conjugate heat transfer models are built to predict the steady-state performance of microscale pin-fin and cross-flow heat exchangers with hydraulic diameters on the order of 100 \u03bcm. Modeling, meshing,... | |
| Through the use of hybrid technology, Ford Motor Company continues to realize enhanced vehicle fuel economy while meeting customer performance and drivability targets. As is characteristic of all Ford Hybrid... | |
| Tire mark analysis is an important factor in accident reconstruction. A precise determination of pre- and postcrash speeds as well as longitudinal and lateral accelerations from tire marks contributes significantly... | |
| To investigate free floating piston pin behavior in a heavy duty diesel engine, an unused piston-pin-rod joint was instrumented. Combining telemetry systems with inductively powered transducers, piston pin subsurface temperature... | |
| To reduce accidents and fatalities on the roads, active safety systems which can avoid accidents or mitigate their effects are increasingly required. Contrary to already available driver assistance systems a... | |
| To-date the primary challenge in conducting aerodynamic CFD simulations of actual vehicles with realistically complex geometry has been the construction of a computational mesh. The CAD-to-Mesh processes used to-date have... | |
| Today's car manufactures inevitably have to focus on the reduction of fuel consumption while maintaining high performance standards. In this respect, the downsized turbocharged DISI (Direct Injection Spark Ignition) engine... | |
| Ultra reliable space life support systems can be built with small additional mass for direct material supply or about twice the minimum mass for recycling equipment. The required direct supply... | |
| Under the initiative of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR 2x) Transmission Working Group, a collaborative effort was made with LuK USA LLC to study the influence... | |
| Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Heavy-Duty In-Use Testing (HDIUT) program, emission of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), carbon monoxide (CO), and oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) have been regulated... | |
| Vertical-Junction-Fi eld-Effect-Transisto rs (VJFETs) are currently the most mature SiC devices for high power/temperature switching. High-voltage VJFETs are typically designed normally-on to ensure voltage control operation at high current-gain. However,... | |
| Viscosity index improvers based on poly(alkyl methacrylates) as well as polyolefins have been well known to the industry as key additives to formulate lube oils for decades. Recent efforts to... | |
| Vortex generators, both active and passive, have been shown to be useful flow control devices on aircraft for both separation control and to maintain uniform flow over sections of the... | |
| We are developing a drinking water test kit based on colorimetric-solid phase extraction (C-SPE) for use onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and on future Lunar and/or Mars missions. C-SPE... | |
| We define an effective temperature ( T eff ) as an irradiance-weighted average temperature of a material during weathering. It is the constant temperature that would give the same amount... | |
| We have developed a full virtual engine system prototyping platform with 4-cylinder engine plant model, SH-2A CPU hardware model, and object code level software including OSEK OS. The virtual engine... | |
| We have investigated the catalytic performance of a porous-structured paper containing noble metal catalysts such as platinum (Pt) and rhodium (Rh) supported on a thermally stabilized alumina (Al 2 O... | |
| When developing and later using simulation models for combustion prediction in internal combustion engines, it is first of all necessary to determine the model constants. This paper describes the development... | |
| When forming components using composite materials, manual lay-up techniques remain unrivalled, despite shortcomings that limit geometrical complexity. As a result efforts towards automation of the manufacturing process can be desirable. | |
| When the designer's target is the optimization of a composite system, the analysis of the interactions between the different elements of the system becomes a crucial topic. As a matter... | |
| Whether society chooses energy security or climate change as its motivation, the level of United States motor gasoline consumption and its current growth rate must change drastically. Models for calculating... | |
| While adult head injuries have been studied over the past six decades, few studies have investigated pediatric head injury mechanics. This paper presents non-injurious head accelerations during various activities in... | |
| Window buffeting is a major source of flow induced sound and vibration. This paper will describe window buffeting measurements acquired on a full scale vehicle as well as two different... | |
| With recent increases in global fuel prices there has become a growing interest in expanding the use of diesel engines in the transportation industry. However, new engine development is costly... | |
| With the automotive industry using high-pressure common rail fuel systems to meet current and future emissions requirements, water removal is even more critical to extend the life of these fuel... | |
| With the increased adoption of AUTOSAR operating systems across the different automotive system domains a notable exception has been that of the safety critical systems. This domain has strict requirements... | |
| With the new developments in electronics, use of electronic sensors is becoming more common in today's vehicles. Oil level monitoring using electronic level sensor is one of them. In this... | |
| With the rise in the introduction of biodiesel fuel throughout the world, there has arisen the technical issue of sludge formation due to oxidation degradation. The main causes of this... | |
| Within a public founded project test cell investigations were undertaken to identify parameters which predominantly influence the development of critical deposits in injection nozzles. A medium-duty diesel engine was operated... | |
| Worldwide emphasis on defect-free manufacturing within the automotive sector has driven manufacturers to seek out cost effective methods of 100% inspection. To achieve zero defect output cost-effectively, manufacturers are making... |
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