72 research outputs found
Design and development of auxiliary components for a new two-stroke, stratified-charge, lean-burn gasoline engine
A unique stepped-piston engine was developed by a group of research engineers at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), from 2003 to 2005. The development work undertaken by them engulfs design, prototyping and evaluation over a predetermined period of time which was iterative and challenging in nature. The main objective of the program is to demonstrate local R&D capabilities on small engine work that is able to produce mobile powerhouse of comparable output, having low-fuel consumption and acceptable emission than its crankcase counterpart of similar displacement. A two-stroke engine work was selected as it posses a number of technological challenges, increase in its thermal efficiency, which upon successful undertakings will be useful in assisting the group in future powertrain undertakings in UTM. In its carbureted version, the single-cylinder aircooled engine incorporates a three-port transfer system and a dedicated crankcase breather. These features will enable the prototype to have high induction efficiency and to behave very much a two-stroke engine but equipped with a four-stroke crankcase lubrication system. After a series of analytical work the engine was subjected to a series of laboratory trials. It was also tested on a small watercraft platform with promising indication of its flexibility of use as a prime mover in mobile platform. In an effort to further enhance its technology features, the researchers have also embarked on the development of an add-on auxiliary system. The system comprises of an engine control unit (ECU), a directinjector unit, a dedicated lubricant dispenser unit and an embedded common rail fuel unit. This support system was incorporated onto the engine to demonstrate the finer points of environmental-friendly and fuel economy features. The outcome of this complete package is described in the report, covering the methodology and the final characteristics of the mobile power plant
Use of smart technologies to collect and retain crash information
Task 1.1 of Pendant Work Package 1 has a threefold objective: firstly to develop methods and guidelines for the reconstruction of road traffic accidents, secondly to develop a database of information about public domain crash tests, and thirdly to develop methods for determining the comparability and accuracy of reconstruction methods. As part of the third aim the Description of work (2001) states:
"Specific reference will be made to the use of smart technologies to collect and retain information about the crash (âblack boxesâ, âcrash recordersâ). The Task will examine current capabilities and identify the main obstacles to their wider implementation."
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the state of the art in recording information about the crash phase, including current capabilities and main obstacles to further implementation
Design of in-vehicle networked control system architectures through the use of new design to cost and weight processes : innovation report
Over the last forty years, the use of electronic controls within the automotive industry
has grown considerably. In-vehicle network technologies such as the Controller Area
Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN) are used to connect
Electronic Control Units (ECU) together, mainly to reduce the amount of wiring that
would be required if hardwired integration were used.
Modern passenger cars contain many networks, which means that for the
architecture designer, there is an almost overwhelming number of choices on how to
design/partition the system depending on factors such as cost, weight, availability of
ECUs, safety, Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) etc. Despite the increasing role
played by in-vehicle networks in automotive electrical architectures, its design could
currently be described as a âblack artâ. Not only is there an almost overwhelming
number of choices facing the designer, but there is currently a lack of a quantifiable
process to aid decision making and there is a dearth of published literature available.
NetGen is a software tool used to design CAN/J1939, LIN and FlexRay
networks. For the product to remain competitive, it is desirable to have novel features
over the competition. This report describes a body of work, the aim of which was to
research in-vehicle network design processes, and to provide an improvement to such
processes. The opportunities of customer projects and availability of customer
information resulted in the scope of the research focusing on the adoption of LIN
technology and whether the adoption of it could reduce the cost and weight of the
target architecture. The research can therefore be seen to address two issues: firstly
the general problem of network designers needing to design in-vehicle network based
architectures balancing the needs of many design targets such as cost, weight etc, and
secondly the commercial motivation to find novel features for the design tool, NetGen. The outcome of the research described in this report was the development of
design processes that can be used for the selection of low cost and weight automotive
electrical architectures using coarse information, such as that which would be easily
available at the very beginning of a vehicle design programme. The key benefit of
this is that a number of candidate networked architectures can be easily assessed for
their ability to reduce cost and weight of the electrical architecture
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e-Sanctuary: open multi-physics framework for modelling wildfire urban evacuation
The number of evacuees worldwide during wildfire keep rising, year after year. Fire evacuations at the wildland-urban interfaces (WUI) pose a serious challenge to fire and emergency services and are a global issue affecting thousands of communities around the world. But to date, there is a lack of comprehensive tools able to inform, train or aid the evacuation response and the decision making in case of wildfire. The present work describes a novel framework for modelling wildfire urban evacuations. The framework is based on multi-physics simulations that can quantify the evacuation performance. The work argues that an integrated approached requires considering and integrating all three important components of WUI evacuation, namely: fire spread, pedestrian movement, and traffic movement. The report includes a systematic review of each model component, and the key features needed for the integration into a comprehensive toolkit
Holland City News, Volume 106, Number 10: March 10, 1977
Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/hcn_1977/1009/thumbnail.jp
2014-2015 Student Handbook and Catalog
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Spartan Daily, October 2, 1981
Volume 77, Issue 22https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/6798/thumbnail.jp
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