Engine Chassis Systems

Auto Focus Asia, Issue 3, 2008

Diesel Engines

Potentials, possibilities and challenges

Alternative fuels from regenerative sources (e.g. BTL) will especially gain importance in the same proportion as the shortage of fossil fuels increases due to the global trend of increasingly mobility.

Renewable Methane

Meeting the fuel challenge

Renewable methane offers a solution to fuel security and to the problem of waste disposal.

Powertrain

Duel of the eco-champions

Diesel engines which have long been neglected, are back in the reckoning in North America.

Numerical Simulation of Exhaust System Noise

Modern computer methods are integrated into a simulation scheme to predict the sound attenuation in complicated exhaust systems.

Electric Drive Vehicles in Future Transportation

Potential for fuel cell vehicles

Changing climate, rising oil prices and geographical distribution of oil resources requires us to reduce our dependence on petroleum.

Auto Focus Asia, Issue 2, December 2007

Emerging battery technology

Powering the future drivetrain

Ann Marie Sastry, Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical and Materials Science and Engineering University of Michigan, USA

The Fiat Multi Air Technology

A Step towards high efficiency SI engines

Andrea Ferrari, Director - Testing Facilities, Powertrain Research and Technology, Fiat Powertrain Technologies, Italy

Powertrain Structure-borne Noise Attenuation

A reciprocal transfer functions synthesis technique for vehicle benchmarking

Luca Mazzarella, Head - Center of Excellence Vehicle Benchmarking Research & Technology, Rieter Automotive Systems, Switzerland

Internal Combustion Engine, Hybrid and Fuel Cell

Synergy instead of competition

Juergen Ogrzewalla, Dept. Manager, Electronics/Mechatronics Division, FEV Motorentechnik GmbH, Germany
Stefan Pischinger, Director, Institute for Combustion Engines, Germany
Jörg Seibel, Scientific Employee, Institute for Combustion Engines, Germany

Development of an Innovative Part-time AWD Powertrain for High Performance Vehicle

Federico Cheli, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Andrea Zorzutti, Former Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Franco Cimatti, Concept Engineering Manager, Ferrari Auto S.p.a., Italy
Paolo Dellachà, Private consultant, Italy

Auto Focus Asia, Issue 1, March 2007

Active Geometry Control System

A new 4WS concept for Hyundai Sonata

Unkoo Lee, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Platform Development Group
Sangho Lee, Senior Research Engineer, Chassis Platform, Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea
Alexandre Català, Manager, Vehicle Dynamics, Applus+ IDIADA, Spain

Electric Power Steering

A matter of feeling, a matter of safety

Paolo Martella, Active Steering Systems Design Responsible, Fiat Group Automobiles, SpA

Advanced Damper Testing for Vehicle Ride Tuning

Paul Brandon, Senior Lecturer, University of Kingston & Lotus Engineering