Author: Hua Zhao ISBN: 0768057825 / 9780768057829 Year: 2012 Availability: In Stock
The increasing concern about CO2 emissions and energy prices has led to new CO2 emission and fuel economy legislation being introduced in world regions served by the automotive industry. In response...
Author: Peter Baranyi, Peter Varlaki, Yeung Yam ISBN: 113807778X / 9781138077782 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Tensor Product Model Transformation in Polytopic Model-Based Control offers a new perspective of control system design. Instead of relying solely on the formulation of more effective LMIs, which is ...
Author: Mark Voigtmann ISBN: 0876640080 / 9780876640081 Year: 2013 Availability: Out of Stock
“The best way to approach risk management in automation is to treat such projects as a very specialized type of construction project.” So observes author Mark Voigtmann in the opening pa...
Author: Guangyong Li, Mingjun Zhang, Ning Xi ISBN: 113807246X / 9781138072466 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Micro/nano-scale engineering—especially the design and implementation of ultra-fast and ultra-scale energy devices, sensors, and cellular and molecular systems—remains a daunting challen...
Author: Magdi K. Khair, W. Addy Majewski ISBN: 0768006740 / 9780768006742 Year: 2006 Availability: In Stock
This book will assist readers in meeting today's tough challenges of improving diesel engine emissions, diesel efficiency, and public perception of the diesel engine. It can be used as an introducto...
Author: Richard D. Atkins ISBN: 0768020999 / 9780768020991 Year: 2009 Availability: In Stock
This book presents the basic principles required for the testing and development of internal combustion engine powertrain systems, providing the new automotive engineer with the basic tools required...
Author: Fred Schafer, Richard Van Basshuysen ISBN: 0768011396 / 9780768011395 Year: 2004 Availability: Out of Stock
Through in its presentation, this essential resource illustrates the latest level of knowledge in engine development, paying particular attention to the presentation of theory and practice in a bala...
Author: Kevin L. Hoag ISBN: 3211211306 / 9783211211304 Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
This book provides an introduction to the design and mechanical development of reciprocating piston engines for vehicular applications. Beginning from the determination of required displacement, cov...
Author: David J. Hill, Tengfei Liu, Zhong-Ping Jiang ISBN: 1138076619 / 9781138076617 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Significant progress has been made on nonlinear control systems in the past two decades. However, many of the existing nonlinear control methods cannot be readily used to cope with communication and...
Author: Christopher A. Lupini ISBN: 076801218X / 9780768012187 Year: 2004 Availability: 45-60 days
Multiplexing can be best discussed at three levels - vehicle, ECU or component, and IC. Within each level are partitions for software and hardware, and within each partition are divisions of functio...
Author: J. Robert Mondt ISBN: 0768002222 / 9780768002225 Year: 2000 Availability: 45-60 days
Cleaner Carschronicles a 35-year success story - the technology that was developed and the progress that was made to achieve the goal of reducing air pollution from automobiles.
"Air pollution fr...
Author: Dennis Schuetzle, William Glaze ISBN: 076800439X / 9780768004397 Year: 1999 Availability: 45-60 days
This book presents an analysis on the potential effects of globalization on the automotive industry and the environment. Energy challenges, market economy growth, and population dynamics are conside...
Author: Marco Nuti ISBN: 0768077265 / 9780768077261 Year: 1998 Availability: 45-60 days
"In the design of new CI engines, it is of paramount importance to reduce the pollutants and fuel consumption," writes author Marco Nuti. In this, the first book devoted entirely to exhaust emission...
Author: Gary L. Rupp ISBN: 0768034965 / 9780768034967 Year: 2010 Availability: 45-60 days
This book focuses on the study of secondary task demands imposed by in-vehicle devices on the driver while driving. It provides a mechanism for researchers to evaluate how in-vehicle devices such as...
Author: Ian K. Jennions ISBN: 0768081017 / 9780768081015 Year: 2013 Availability: 45-60 days
Although the concept of Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) can be complex in its implementation, it is essentially based upon a simple idea: the more you know about a particular machine&rsq...
Author: Ian K. Jennions ISBN: 0768079527 / 9780768079524 Year: 2013 Availability: 45-60 days
The third volume in the Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) series focuses on the technology that actually supports the implementation of IVHM in real-life situations.
Edited by Ian K. Je...
Author: Bruce R. Aubin ISBN: 0768012422 / 9780768012422 Year: 2004 Availability: 45-60 days
Since the origin of flight, the main goal of aircraft maintenance has been to efficiently correct defects and preven failures. From the original days of manned or unmanned flight, the individuals an...
Author: J. C. Taylor, T. D. Christensen ISBN: 0768002311 / 9780768002317 Year: 1998 Availability: 45-60 days
This book is a primer about the leading-edge approach to maintenance operations known as Maintenance Resource Management (MRM) - a partnership of manager, doer and regulator. MRM programs at several...
Author: Andrew Brown, Ashok B. Boghani ISBN: 0768005329 / 9780768005325 Year: 2000 Availability: 45-60 days
In today's automotive industry, developing new products and systems is more important than ever before. Central to the creation of innovative products is technology development. However, managing te...
Author: James K. Thompson ISBN: 0768034809 / 9780768034806 Year: 2011 Availability: In Stock
As other vehicle systems have become more refined, more attention must be placed on brake NVH issues because they can cause a negative customer experience. From the laboratory to the road, the use o...
Author: Jeffrey A. Pike ISBN: 0768060370 / 9780768060379 Year: 2011 Availability: 45-60 days
Nearly 50,000 Americans die from brain injuries annually, with approximately half of all Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) being transportation-related. TBI is a critical and ever-evolving safety topic...
Author: James Mason, Matthew Brach, Raymond M. Brach ISBN: 1468604198 / 9781468604191 Year: 2022 Availability: 45-60 days
In this third edition of Vehicle Accident Analysis & Reconstruction Methods, Raymond M. Brach and R. Matthew Brach have expanded and updated their essential work for professionals in the field of ac...
Author: , C. Bruce Warren, Mike S. Yoon ISBN: 0791802639 / 9780791802632 Year: 2007 Availability: In Stock
This book discusses the methods for monitoring and controlling a pipeline system safely and efficiently. Pipeline systems are growing in both size and complexity, driven by business requirements con...
Author: Juan M. Gers ISBN: 1849196591 / 9781849196598 Year: 2013 Availability: Out of Stock
Distribution systems analysis employs a set of techniques that allow engineers to simulate, analyse, and optimise power distribution systems. Combined with automation, these techniques underpin the ...
Author: Charles Lu, Srikanth Pilla ISBN: 0768081327 / 9780768081329 Year: 2014 Availability: 45-60 days
Design of Automotive Composites reports that successful designs of automotive composites occurred recently in this arena. The chapters consist of eleven technical papers selected from the Automotive...