Nowadays, moving toward more lightweight designs is the key goal of all major automotive industries, and they are always looking for more mass saving replacements. In this study, a new methodology for....
This work introduces a new design algorithm to optimize progressively folding thin-walled structures and in order to improve automotive crashworthiness. The proposed design algorithm is composed of th....
Lightweight has been the main focus of the auto industry in recent years. To improve the competitiveness, the weight reduction should be achieved without compromising the performance. A new lightweigh....
In scooters, the engine is a dynamic component. It is directly connected to the rear wheel and it also acts as a swing arm. Such behavior of an engine entails a requirement of a dynamic link connectin....
This paper describes a new approach and specific design procedure for more lightweight automotive Body in White (BIW) design. For a BIW structure with a target value for static stiffness, joints with ....
The design of aluminum foam reinforced thin-walled tubes has garnered much interest recently due to the high energy absorption capacity of these tubes. As a new kind of engineering composite material,....
For a CAE model of the park pawl dynamic system, the engagement speed calculation is done by controlling the input rotational velocity of the vehicle. Usually, it requires multiple adjustment of the i....
A bumper system plays a significant role in absorbing impact energy and buffering the impact force. Important performance measures of an automotive bumper system include the maximum intrusions, the ma....
Application of high strength steel (HSS) and advanced high strength steel (AHSS) in automotive vehicle structure has been one of the feasible ways to achieve light weight vehicle. Automotive OEMs cont....
Improvements of aerodynamics and wind noise are two important objectives for automotive engineers. Improvement of aerodynamics behavior and the reduction of wind noise have been always greatly concern....
An optimal energy management system is presented to minimize hydrogen utilization over driving cycles using forward dynamic programming (FDP). The objective is to minimize the cost of hydrogen with th....
The aim of this paper is to present the adjoint equations for shape optimization derived from steady incompressible Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations and an objective functional. These adjoint Navier-Stok....
In the area of Human Factors and Usability research a desired output of many studies is identification of what value a specific Design Parameter should be set at to minimize customer dissatisfaction. ....
Conventional motorcycle swingarm design includes steel tubing and sheet metal structures. Conventional swingarm are inherently over-designed as their design comprises of tubular structures of same cro....
With the increase in computational capability, there is an increase in classes of engineering optimization problems that are considered solvable. Not all problems benefit from similar types of approac....
Each OEM has a distinguishing drivability character that defines its image in the market to achieve brand differentiation. Drivability is one of the important factors along with fuel economy that dete....
The flow performance of intake port significantly affects engine output power, fuel economy, and exhaust emissions in gasoline engines. Thus, optimal intake port geometry is desired in gasoline engine....
Body in White (BIW) is one of the major mass contributors in a full vehicle. Bending stiffness, torsional stiffness, durability, crashworthiness and modal characteristics are the basic performance par....
High-speed solenoid valve (HSV) is one of the most critical components of electronic control fuel system for diesel engine, whose dynamic response characteristics have a direct impact on the key perfo....
In a heavy commercial vehicle, the engine cooling package is designed by considering peak heat load on the vehicle cooling system from an engine end. In cooling systems, the major unit that consumes m....
