An introduction to modern vehicle design / edited by Julian Happian-Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Happian-Smith, Julian.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Design and construction.

Automobiles.

Physical Description:

ix, 585 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Modern vehicle design

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA : SAE International ; Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.

Contents:

1. Automotive engineering development / R.H. Barnard 1

1.2 Innovations and inventions 1

1.3 Mass production 3

1.4 The development of the world motor industry 7

1.5 Streamlining 12

1.6 Commercial vehicles 13

1.7 Engine developments 15

1.8 Transmission system development 19

1.9 Steering 21

1.10 Suspension 21

1.11 Brakes 24

1.12 Interior refinement 25

1.13 Safety design 25

1.14 Too much innovation 26

2. Modern materials and their incorporation into vehicle design / Rob Hutchinson 29

2.2 Structure and manufacturing technology of automotive materials 30

2.3 Mechanical and physical properties of automotive materials 41

2.4 Materials selection for automotive components 44

2.5 Component materials case studies 47

3. The manufacturing challenge for automotive designers / P.G. Leaney, R. Marshall 57

3.2 Lean product development and lean production 59

3.3 Design to manufacture as a single process and IPPD 63

3.4 Manufacturing analysis, tools and methods 68

3.5 Materials processing and technology 78

4. Body design: The styling process / Neil Birtley 93

4.2 The studios, working environment and structure 94

4.3 Product planning 97

4.4 Brainstorming 97

4.5 The package 98

4.6 Review of competition 99

4.7 Concept sketching and package related sketching 100

4.8 Full sized tape drawing 102

4.9 Clay modelling 103

4.10 2D systems 108

4.11 3D systems 108

5. Body design: Aerodynamics / Robert Dominy 111

5.2 Aerodynamic forces 111

5.3 Drag 112

5.4 Drag reduction 113

5.5 Stability and cross-winds 117

5.6 Noise 119

5.7 Underhood ventilation 120

5.8 Cabin ventilation 121

5.9 Wind tunnel testing 121

5.10 Computational fluid dynamics 122

6. Chassis design and analysis / John Robertson 125

6.1 Load case, introduction 125

6.2 Chassis types, introduction 136

6.3 Structural analysis by simple structural surfaces method 143

6.4 Computational methods 152

7. Crashworthiness and its influence on vehicle design / Bryan Chinn 157

7.2 Accident and injury analysis 158

7.3 Vehicle impacts: general dynamics 162

7.4 Vehicle impacts: crush characteristics 166

7.5 Structural collapse and its influence upon safety 175

8. Noise vibration and harshness / Brian Hall 187

8.2 Review of vibration fundamentals 188

8.3 Vibration control 197

8.4 Fundamentals of acoustics 214

8.5 Human response to sound 219

8.6 Sound measurement 219

8.7 Automotive noise criteria 221

8.8 Automotive noise sources and control techniques 223

8.9 General noise control principles 229

9. Occupant accommodation: an ergonomics approach / J. Mark Porter, C. Samantha Porter 233

9.2 Eight fundamental fallacies 235

9.3 Ergonomics in the automotive industry 239

9.4 Ergonomics methods and tools to promote occupant accommodation 240

9.6 Further trends 269

9.7 Strategies for improving occupant accommodation and comfort 270

9.8 Future reading 271

10. Suspension systems and components / Brian Hall 277

10.2 The role of a vehicle suspension 277

10.3 Factors affecting design 278

10.4 Definitions and terminology 278

10.5 The mobility of suspension mechanisms 280

10.6 Suspension types 282

10.7 Kinematic analysis 288

10.8 Roll centre analysis 293

10.9 Force analysis 295

10.10 Anti-squat/anti-dive geometries 302

10.11 Lateral load transfer during cornering 306

10.12 Suspension components 309

10.13 Vehicle ride analysis 316

10.14 Controllable suspensions 326

11. Control systems in automoblies / H. Morris 333

11.2 Automotive application of sensors 340

11.3 Engine management systems 343

11.4 Electronic transmission control 350

11.5 Integration of engine management and transmission control systems 353

11.6 Chassis control systems 354

11.7 Multiplex wiring systems 364

11.8 Vehicle safety and security systems 365

11.9 On-board navigation systems 368

12. The design of engine characteristics for vehicle use / Brian Agnew 371

12.2 The constant volume or Otto cycle 371

12.3 Deviations from the ideal cycles 375

12.4 The compression process 383

12.5 Progressive combustion 385

12.6 The chemistry of the combustion process 390

12.7 Expansion and exhaust 395

13. Transmissions and driveline / Nick Vaughan, Dave Simmer 403

13.2 What the vehicle requires from the transmission 404

13.3 The manual gearbox 413

13.4 The automatic transmission 423

13.5 Continuously variable transmissions 437

13.6 Application issues for transmissions 448

14. Braking systems / P.C. Brooks, D.C. Barton 455

14.2 Legislation 460

14.3 The fundamentals of braking 462

14.4 Brake proportioning and adhesion utilization 470

14.5 Materials design 492

14.6 Advanced topics 498

15. Failure prevention

The role of endurance and durability studies in the design and manufacture of reliable vehicles / F.L. Jones, R. Scott, D.E. Taylor 503

15.2 Important aspects of failures in the real engineering world 504

15.3 Testing and failure prediction 525

15.4 Automotive technology and the importance of avoiding failures 530

15.5 Case studies

typical examples of automotive failures 535

16. Future trends in automobile design / J. Happian-Smith, Eric Chowanietz 553

16.2 Mechanical possibilities 553

16.3 Electrical and electronic possibilities 560.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0768005965

OCLC:

49323596