... the dominant members to control the deformation modes of the fuel tank in automotive structures during rear crash. Definitely, there are plenty of members and structures that can affect the crashworthiness of automobiles. Preliminary studies listed in Table 2 narrowed these down to eight dominant parameters...

... to efficiently optimize the entire shape. We present a vehicle-modeling function in the form of an exponential function to smoothly express the complex two-dimensional and 3D curved shapes of an automobile. This modeling function can modify and optimize the shape with fewer design variables compared...

... architecture by itself, or of a mixed solution, strictly depends on the specific application under consideration and that none of them should be discarded a priori. 08 09 2008 06 05 2009 06 10 2009 automobiles design engineering optimisation power transmission (mechanical) variable...

... the stability and comfort of automobiles where the TSUJ is employed. Therefore, the shudder of the output shaft and the output angle error should be restrained for a perfect performance of automobiles. On the other hand, the relative motion of the slide rod could bring forth the friction and wear as well...

... thicknesses are obtained with the satisfaction of original absorbed energy of the front side rail structure. The weight reduction of the front side rail is 26.95%. 14 12 2005 09 06 2006 lightweight structures automotive components automobiles automobile industry design engineering...

... on an ASF of the midsize passenger vehicle is presented, where the representative designs in the Pareto set are examined with respect to the three design objectives. 04 08 2004 11 08 2005 assembling structural engineering automobiles automotive components finite element analysis...

...P. A. Simionescu; D. Beale; G. V. Dozier The gear-teeth number synthesis of an automatic planetary transmission used in automobiles is formulated as a constrained optimization problem that is solved with the aid of an Estimation of Distribution Algorithm. The design parameters are the teeth number...

...J. Cuadrado; D. Dopico; M. Gonzalez; M. A. Naya The continuously improved performance of personal computers enables the real-time motion simulation of complex multibody systems, such as the whole model of an automobile, on a conventional PC, provided the adequate formulation is applied. There exist...

... Contributed by the Design Automation Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received December 2001; rev. December 2002. Associate Editor: G. M. Fadel. 01 December 2001 01 December 2002 04 09 2003 product development automobiles optimisation...

... = 10 ; R = 2.8999 ; r = 2.3335 ; h = 2.2494 . The structural error curve is shown in Fig. 3 . The ASM used for steering automobiles has divergent end behavior and the maximum error is 2.85 degrees. The maximum error between two precision points is 1.37 degrees when...

..., respectively. A table of clutching conditions showing a specific order of speed ratios is called the clutching sequence of a transmission. rotating bodies kinematics power transmission mechanical contact automobiles 01 September 1999 06 08 2002 Contributed by the Mechanisms...

... automobiles power transmission traction feedback Laplace transforms mechanical engineering computing design engineering Continuously variable transmissions are capable of keeping the engine running within the optimal range in terms of fuel economy and performance. In recent years, the demand...

... by the Mechanisms Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received June 2000. Associate Editor: M. Raghavan. 01 June 2000 automobiles power transmission electric motors braking controllers electric vehicles Toyota introduced a parallel hybrid based...

... Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received May 2000. Associate Editor R. F. Handschuh. 01 May 2000 mechanical contact load distribution stress effects deformation power transmission automobiles Planetary gear sets are used commonly...

... Development) and Volvo CC. Symbols Contributed by the Power Transmission & Gearing Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received May 2000. Associate Editor: R. F. Handschuh. 01 May 2000 automobiles power transmission friction load...

... slipping ration; (b) Distribution of the axial slipping ratio Contributed by the Mechanisms Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Nov. 1999. Associate Editor: J. S. Rastegar. 01 Nov 1999 automobiles clutches mechanical contact...