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 the d...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
| Series: | Mechanical Engineering Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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 modelsfor 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.