This book captures selected peer reviewed papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies, ICSAT 2013, held in Ingolstadt, Germany. ICSAT is the state-of-the-art conference in the field of new technologies for transportation.
The book brings together the work of international researchers and practitioners under the following interrelated headings: fuel transportation and storage, material recycling, manufacturing and management costs, engines and emission reduction.
The book provides a very good overview of research and development activities focused on new technologies and approaches capable of meeting the challenges to sustainable mobility.
Author(s): S. Geneder, F. Pfister, C. Wilhelm, A. Arnold, P. Scherrmann, H.-P. Dohmen (auth.), Jörg Wellnitz, Aleksandar Subic, Ramona Trufin (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Mobility
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 305
Tags: Automotive Engineering; Sustainable Development; Transportation; Mechatronics; Engine Technology
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Energy Flux Simulation on a Vehicle Test Bed for Validating the Efficiency of Different Driving and Assistance Systems....Pages 3-13
Assessment of the Viability of Vegetable Oil Based Fuels....Pages 15-25
High Pressure Hydrogen Storage System Based on New Hybrid Concept....Pages 27-33
Risk Optimisation of an Automobile Hydrogen System....Pages 35-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Finite Element Analysis of Three-Point Bending Test of a Porous Beam Emulating Bone Structure for the Development of Vehicle Side Instrusion Bars....Pages 49-57
Structural Composite Elements with Special Behaviour....Pages 59-68
Patents of Nature....Pages 69-74
Structural Health Monitoring for Carbon Fiber Resin Composite Car Body Structures....Pages 75-96
Material Composition and Revenue Potential of Australian End of Life Vehicles Using Machine-Based Dismantling....Pages 97-103
The Usage of Lightweight Materials in Hazardous Areas: Flex-Metal-Mesh....Pages 105-110
A Dynamical Life Cycle Inventory of Steel, Aluminium, and Composite Car Bodies-in-White....Pages 111-117
How New Things Come Into The World....Pages 119-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Laser-Assisted Tape Placement of Thermoplastic Composites: The Effect of Process Parameters on Bond Strength....Pages 133-141
Sustainability in Automotive Pricing....Pages 143-150
Conceptual Design Evaluation of Lightweight Load Bearing Structural Assembly for an Automotive Seat Adjuster Mechanism....Pages 151-160
Towards Sustainable Individual Mobility: Challenges and Solutions....Pages 161-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
BARM: Bi-Angular Rotation Machine as an External Combustion Machine....Pages 171-184
Audi Future Energies: Balancing Business and Environmental Concerns....Pages 185-190
Efficient Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Electro-Thermal Simulation....Pages 191-200
Increasing Sustainability of Road Transport in European Cities and Metropolitan Areas by Facilitating Autonomic Road Transport Systems (ARTS)....Pages 201-210
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Effect of Heat Treatment on Cylinder Block Bore Distortion....Pages 211-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
CO 2 Emission Reduction: Green Heat Treatment of Engine Components (Cylinder Heads)....Pages 219-226
Holistic Approach to Reducing CO 2 Emissions Along the Energy-Chain (E-Chain)....Pages 227-234
Battery Second Use: Sustainable Life Cycle Design Through the Extension of Tools Used in the Vehicle Development Process....Pages 235-241
Novel Latent Heat Storage Devices for Thermal Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Systems....Pages 243-249
Total Cost of Ownership and Willingness-to-Pay for Private Mobility in Singapore....Pages 251-261
Performance Evaluation of Two-Speed Electric Vehicles....Pages 263-268
The Project: Sustainability Racing—The Vision: Mobility of the Future....Pages 269-275
The Innotruck Case Study on A Holistic Approach to Electric Mobility....Pages 277-287
A Literature Review in Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles: Technology and Infrastructure Integration Challenges....Pages 289-298
Virtual Mock-Up Hybrid Electric Vehicle Development....Pages 299-305
