The Automotive Body Volume II: System Design /

The Automotive Body Volume II: System Design /

 “The Automotive Body” consists of two volumes.   The first volume produced the needful cultural background on the body; it described the body and its components in use on most kinds of cars and industrial vehicles: the quantity of drawings that are presented allows the reader to familiarize with th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morello, Lorenzo (Author), Rossini, Lorenzo Rosti (Author), Pia, Giuseppe (Author), Tonoli, Andrea (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
Series:Mechanical Engineering Series,
Subjects:
Engineering.
Automotive engineering.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Automotive Engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 7 INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME II
  • 8 FUNCTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS
  • 8.1 Transportation statistics
  • 8.2 Vehicle functions
  • 8.3 Requirements measurement
  • 8.4 Regulations
  • 9 ERGONOMICS AND PACKAGING
  • 9.1 Hints on Physiology
  • 9.2 Manikins for interior packaging
  • 9.3 Hints of occupants positioning
  • 9.4 Pedals functionality and positioning
  • 9.5 Interior packaging
  • 9.6 Seat characteristics
  • 9.7 Accessibility
  • 9.8 Commands reach
  • 9.9 Loading and unloading
  • 9.10 Visibility
  • 10 CLIMATIC COMFORT
  • 10.1 Physiology outline
  • 10.2 Passenger compartment energy balance
  • 10.3 HEVAC System design and testing
  • 11 NOISE, VIBRATION, HARSHNESS
  • 11.1 Sensitivity to noise
  • 11.2 Sources of noise and vibration
  • 11.3 Dynamic behavior of the car body and modal analysis
  • 11.4 Engine suspension
  • 11.5 Acoustic transmission and insulation
  • 12 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
  • 12.1 Internal and external loads
  • 12.2 Behavior of thin wall structures
  • 12.3 Simplified structural models
  • 12.4 Numerical models for structural analysis
  • 12.5 Measurement of the car body stiffness
  • 13 PASSIVE SAFETY
  • 13.1 Biomechanics
  • 13.2 Simplified models for crash
  • 13.3 INTRODUCTION ON IMPACT ENERGY ABSORBERS
  • 13.4 FRONT STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION
  • 13.5 TESTING ON VEHICLES
  • 13.6 IMPACT TESTS EQUIPMENT
  • 13.7 NON LINEAR FEM ANALYSIS
  • 13.8 Simplified models for crash
  • 13.9 INTRODUCTION ON IMPACT ENERGY ABSORBERS
  • 13.10FRONT STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION
  • 13.11TESTING ON VEHICLES
  • 13.12IMPACT TESTS EQUIPMENT
  • 13.13NON LINEAR FEM ANALYSIS
  • References
  • INDEX.

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