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Journal articles on the topic "Vehicle Body Design"

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Wang, Li Xia, Tian Feng Zhao, Jian Bo Cao, Ji Feng Shen, Yan Bin Xiao, and Ze Xin Zhou. "Design of Body Structure for New Type Lightweight Electric Vehicle." Key Engineering Materials 620 (August 2014): 335–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.620.335.

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Considering the efficient use of energy and environmental pollution, people's lives tend to energy saving and environmental protection, and energy saving electric vehicles has gradually been widely used. Through combining theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, system design and experimental validation, based on studying electric vehicle body design principles, the experiment optimized electric vehicle body design, and reduced the weight of the vehicle effectively. Its performance becomes more advanced, and the application becomes more economical and safe. By using Solidworks software, lightweight electric vehicle body structure of two-dimensional design and three-dimensional modeling was built to reach practical requirements. The body structure design is original and simple, which has good practical value.
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Liao, Jun, and Yan Feng. "Simulation Analysis of Stiffness of Automotive Joint." Applied Mechanics and Materials 275-277 (January 2013): 812–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.275-277.812.

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In order to evaluate the reliability of vehicle design and vehicle safety performance, analysis software is applied to establish the analysis model of automotive joint stiffness; Body joint stiffness of design vehicles and benchmark vehicles; Reasonable and feasibility of body joint stiffness of design vehicles are verified by comparison.
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Hur, Deog‐jae, and Dong‐chan Lee. "Multidisciplinary Optimal Design Concept for Vehicle Body Structural Design." Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures 1, no. 1 (January 2005): 73–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573611054455139.

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Hur, Deog-jae, and Dong-chan Lee. "Multidisciplinary Optimal Design Concept for Vehicle Body Structural Design." Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures 1, no. 2 (April 1, 2005): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157361105774537242.

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Schulte, Joseph, Mark Kocherovsky, Nicholas Paul, Mitchell Pleune, and Chan-Jin Chung. "Autonomous Human-Vehicle Leader-Follower Control Using Deep-Learning-Driven Gesture Recognition." Vehicles 4, no. 1 (March 9, 2022): 243–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vehicles4010016.

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Leader-follower autonomy (LFA) systems have so far only focused on vehicles following other vehicles. Though there have been several decades of research into this topic, there has not yet been any work on human-vehicle leader-follower systems in the known literature. We present a system in which an autonomous vehicle—our ACTor 1 platform—can follow a human leader who controls the vehicle through hand-and-body gestures. We successfully developed a modular pipeline that uses artificial intelligence/deep learning to recognize hand-and-body gestures from a user in view of the vehicle’s camera and translate those gestures into physical action by the vehicle. We demonstrate our work using our ACTor 1 platform, a modified Polaris Gem 2. Results show that our modular pipeline design reliably recognizes human body language and translates the body language into LFA commands in real time. This work has numerous applications such as material transport in industrial contexts.
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Oţăt, Oana Victoria, Ilie Dumitru, Victor Oţăt, Dragos Tutunea, and Lucian Matei. "An Applied Study on the Influence of the Vehicle Body Shape on Air Resistance." Applied Mechanics and Materials 896 (February 2020): 141–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.896.141.

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The current high-geared developments within the automotive sector have triggered a series of performance, comfort, safety and design-related issues. Hence, oftentimes manufacturers are challenged to combine various elements so as to achieve an attractive design, without diminishing the vehicle’s dynamic performance. Under the circumstances, the shape of the vehicle body becomes the key element that connects the design component with the performance requirement, since it directly influences the value of the resistance forces, and, respectively the air resistance. Aerodynamics is the branch of mechanical engineering that deals with the movement of gases (especially the air) and their effects on fluids. As far as the automotive sector is concerned, aerodynamics focuses mainly on the flow of the air currents over the vehicle body. When designing vehicle, the positive or negative displacement of the airflow is studied in aerodynamic tunnels. It is preferable for the negative displacement to push the vehicle as close to the ground as possible. In what follows we set out to study the influence of the drag coefficient and, implicitly, of the air resistance on vehicle performance. Hence, we will carry out comparative analysis of two vehicles with similar technical characteristics, but with different bodies, i.e. a hatchback and a sedan. The results obtained are then compared both by means of the analytical determination of the air resistance and via a simulation performed within the Virtual Crash software platform. The results recorded show that of the two vehicles, with the considered aerodynamic coefficients, hatchback type vehicle displays lower values in terms of air resistance.
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Dong, Lili, Gouhui Liu, Xin Ye, and Wei Wang. "Study on the Design of Container Highway and Railway Automatic Transfer Vehicle in Ocean Port." Polish Maritime Research 25, s3 (December 1, 2018): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0106.

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Abstract To realize “seamless” connection of ocean port container multimodal transport, efficiently carry out “door-to-door” transport of ocean port containers and overcome the shortcomings of existing highway and railway vehicles, this study takes the standard for heavy-duty container vehicles in TB1335-1996 Railway Vehicle Strength Design and Test Identification Code as the design basis and designs a new ocean port container transport vehicle in combination with automatic guidance technology. This study innovatively designs the automatic lifting system of the bogie and the docking part of the vehicle, introduces the automatic guidance technology and the remote-control technology to optimize the car body structure, and uses the SAP software to carry out the finite element analysis of the car body load capacity and Flexsim software to carry out the simulation analysis on the operation of vehicles. The designed transfer vehicle can improve the transfer efficiency of ocean port containers, reduce the transit time of field and station equipment and container transport links, and improve the level of multimodal transport and comprehensive economic benefits.
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Tunç, Birkan, and Polat Şendur. "A new methodology to determine the design sensitivity of critical automotive body joints for basic design cycle." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 233, no. 10 (October 3, 2018): 2559–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954407018800584.

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As a result of more stringent requirements for improved fuel economy and emissions, there has been an increasing research activity to make vehicles lighter weight under some predetermined structural performance targets such as the stiffness of the vehicle body. The vehicle body structure is one of the most significant contributors to the weight of an automotive. Therefore, understanding the automotive joint properties on vehicle body performance is of significant importance as they are closely linked to structural integrity and weight of the vehicle body. In this paper, we develop a new methodology to quantify the sensitivity of critical joints of an automotive on the key performance indices. Torsional stiffness is chosen as static key performance index, while vehicle body modes are selected as dynamic key performance indices. Lower and upper sections of the A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar, and D-pillar of an automotive body are replaced by bushing elements having appropriate stiffness properties in the simplified model. Stiffness of bushing elements is tuned by minimizing the error between the original and simplified models on the aforementioned key performance indices. Once a satisfactory correlation is achieved between the simple model and the original model, bushing stiffness for each section is varied to determine the sensitivity of each joint. The proposed approach is demonstrated on a finite element model of 2010 Toyota Yaris. Finally, a design study is presented to improve the body key performance indices using the sensitivity results. The simulation results show that the methodology has a potential for the basic design cycle, where the targets for section properties need to be defined and at later design cycles, where the joints can be realized in design using the sensitivity of joints resulting in more efficient body structure considering the trade-offs between structural integrity and weight.
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Li, Y.-B., G.-L. Chen, X.-M. Lai, S. Jin, and Y.-F. Xing. "Knowledge-based vehicle body conceptual assembly design." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 222, no. 2 (February 2008): 221–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544070jauto535.

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Suchánek, Andrej, Mária Loulová, and Jozef Harušinec. "Evaluation of passenger riding comfort of a rail vehicle by means dynamic simulations." MATEC Web of Conferences 254 (2019): 03009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201925403009.

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Dynamical analysis plays a key role in development and optimalization of rail vehicles. The article deals with simulation analysis of a rail vehicle with an active tilting system of the vehicle body, design of the rail vehicle in CAD program CATIA and dynamical analysis in program SIMPACK, with the RAIL expansion. Such body mounting on vehicle bogies is significantly more complicated than the design of conventional rail vehicles. The purpose of this type of body mounting is to increase the size of body tilt during ride in a curve and thus reduce the lateral unbalanced acceleration affecting the passengers, or allow higher driving speed in a curve with the same radius while keeping the lateral acceleration value respectively. Eight variants of different velocity, vehicle occupancy and setting of the tilting mechanism were analyzed. We determined the average value of passenger comfort from the simulation results. We have determined the value of passenger comfort during the ride in a curve from the simulation results.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Vehicle Body Design"

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Nordin, David. "Design and Evaluatoin of a Carbon Fibre Bus Body." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69230.

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The automotive industry is in constant development and in recent years the environmental legislations have been getting tougher. The need for lighter and stronger materials has increased according to these changes and composite materials such as carbon fibre reinforced polymers is showing potential of being a solution due to their high specific properties. This thesis is an investigation and design proposal for one way of making a carbon fibre bus body wall structure by the use of pultruded beam elements and a certain number of standardised node elements. This is done to increase the possibility of mass production and possibly lower the manufacturing cost for a carbon fibre structure. The methodology is based on a product development process where a market research as well as a literary study was conducted initially to see what work had been done in the area. Needs were investigated and formulated to a product specification from which concepts was generated using brainstorming methods as well as discussions with bus design engineers at Scania. A number of materials and manufacturing methods was analysed for the node elements and after comparing and scoring different concepts, a carbon fibre node element was chosen. Dimensioning calculations were made based on standardised tests which simulates different driving scenarios. The concept was then designed in 3D-cad and the final weight of the concept was measured to 194 kg. A comparison of the concept with a steel bus was made by the use of the life cycle analysis tool in CES Edupack 2017 which resulted in a difference of 47 tonnes carbon dioxide released for a diesel driven light goods vehicle during the first six years of the lifetime. The overall results show that a carbon fibre bus body might be economically beneficial during the entire lifetime of a bus even though the purchase price is higher.
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Lövgren, Sebastian, and Emil Norberg. "Topology Optimization of Vehicle Body Structure for Improved Ride & Handling." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Maskinkonstruktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71009.

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Ride and handling are important areas for safety and improved vehicle control during driving. To meet the demands on ride and handling a number of measures can be taken. This master thesis work has focused on the early design phase. At the early phases of design, the level of details is low and the design freedom is big. By introducing a tool to support the early vehicle body design, the potential of finding more efficient structures increases. In this study, topology optimization of a vehicle front structure has been performed using OptiStruct by Altair Engineering. The objective has been to find the optimal topology of beams and rods to achieve high stiffness of the front structure for improved ride and handling. Based on topology optimization a proposal for a beam layout in the front structure area has been identified. A vital part of the project has been to describe how to use topology optimization as a tool in the design process. During the project different approaches has been studied to come from a large design space to a low weight architecture based on a beam-like structure. The different approaches will be described and our experience and recommendations will be presented. Also the general result of a topology-optimized architecture for vehicle body stiffness will be presented.
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Cameron, Christopher John. "Design of Multifunctional Body Panels for Conflicting Structural and Acoustic Requirements in Automotive Applications." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Lättkonstruktioner, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-31112.

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Over the past century, the automobile has become an integral part of society, with vastincreases in safety, refinement, and complexity, but most unfortunately in mass. Thetrend of increasing mass cannot be maintained in the face of increasingly stringentregulations on fuel consumption and emissions.The body of work within this thesis exists to help the vehicle industry to take a stepforward in producing vehicles for the future in a sustainable manner in terms of botheconomic and ecological costs. In particular, the fundamentally conflicting requirementsof low weight and high stiffness in a structure which should have good acousticperformance is addressed.An iterative five step design method based on the concepts of multifunctionality andmultidisciplinary engineering is proposed to address the problem, and explained witha case study.In the first step of the process, the necessary functional requirements of the systemare evaluated. Focus is placed on the overall system behavior and diverted from subproblems.For the case study presented, the functional requirements included: structuralstiffness for various loading scenarios, mass efficiency, acoustic absorption, vibrationaldamping, protecting from the elements, durability of the external surfaces,and elements of styling.In the second step of the process, the performance requirements of the system wereestablished. This involved a thorough literature survey to establish the state of theart, a rigorous testing program, and an assessment of numerical models and tools toevaluate the performance metrics.In the third step of the process, a concept to fulfil requirements is proposed. Here, amulti-layered, multi-functional panel using composite materials, and polymer foamswith varying structural and acoustic properties was proposed.In the fourth step of the process, a method of refinement of the concept is proposed.Numerical tools and parameterized models were used to optimize the three dimensionaltopology of the panel,material properties, and dimensions of the layers in a stepwisemanner to simultaneously address the structural and acoustic performance.In the fifth and final step of the process, the final result and effectiveness of the methodused to achieve it is examined. Both the tools used and the final result in itself shouldbe examined. In the case study the process is repeated several times with increasingdegrees of complexity and success in achieving the overall design objectives.In addition to the design method, the concept of a multifunctional body panel is definedand developed and a considerable body of knowledge and understanding is presented.Variations in core topology, materials used, stacking sequence of layers, effects ofperforations, and air gaps within the structure are examined and their effects on performanceare explored and discussed. The concept shows promise in reducing vehicleweight while maintaining the structural and acoustic performance necessary in the contextof sustainable vehicle development.
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Cameron, Christopher John. "Design of Multifunctional Body Panels in Automotive Applications : Reducing the Ecological and Economical footprint of the vehicle industry." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Skolan för teknikvetenskap, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10661.

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Nguyen, Matthew P. "Investigation of the Under-Body Flow Field of a Prototype Long-Range Electric Vehicle." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2019. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2060.

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This thesis presents changes to the design of the Prototype Vehicles Laboratory (PROVE Lab) Endurance Car, an electric car intended to break the Guinness World Record for the single-charge range of an electric vehicle. The design range is 1609.34 km, however at the design velocity of 104.6 kph, the drag is 196 N; which requires more battery capacity than the 100 kWh maximum of the baseline model. With a fixed frontal area, drag reduction can come from lowered velocity or reduced CD. CD reduction is attempted in four ways: side skirts between the fenders, a raised ride height, an elongated diffuser, and a widened rear. Side skirts were added to move pressure recovery from the front ducts to the diffuser by lowering the pressure between the side skirts; this had the intended effect but increased the tendency of the flow to separation in the already-separated areas. There was no significant change in pressure drag, but the shear drag and downforce increased. The ride height was increased to reduce drag and downforce; this change did not have a significant effect on the resultant forces and the separation on the underbody was largely unchanged. The diffuser was extended by 12.7 cm without modifying the aspect ratio, to lower the divergence angle. The pressure and shear drag reduced by 8 N and 1.1 N, respectively, and downforce decreased by 80 N, but separation in the diffuser was not eliminated. Finally, the fourth strategy reduced the divergence angle to approximately zero degrees by widening the center of the vehicle. This decreased pressure drag by 13 N and downforce by 188 N. Additionally, this strategy allows a larger 180 kWh battery, which permits 1609.34 km of range at 104.6 kph.
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Wennberg, David. "Multi-Functional Composite Design Concepts for Rail Vehicle Car Bodies." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Järnvägsgruppen, JVG, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-122391.

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Structures and material combinations, tailored for multiple purposes, are within the reach of vehicle manufacturers. Besides reducing the environmental impact of the transportation sector these multi-functional structures can reduce costs, such as development, manufacturing and maintenance, and at the same time offer improved comfort to the passengers. This thesis sets out to develop multi-functional design algorithms and evaluate concepts for future composite high speed train car bodies with the objective of optimising the amount of mass needed to fulfil all functions of the structure. In a first step complete composite car bodies were developed, optimised and evaluated based on global stiffness requirements and load cases. The knowledge gained in this step was used as requirements for the strength and stiffness of panels during the continued development of the multi-functional optimisation which, besides strength and stiffness, later also considers sound transmission, thermal insulation, geometric restrictions, manufacturability and fire safety. To be able to include fire safety in the analysis, a method for simulating the high temperature response of layered composite structures was needed, and developed. Significant weight reductions are proven when utilising carbon fibre in the load carrying structure of the vehicle, on component level as high as 60%. Structures can be made significantly thinner when using the algorithms developed in this thesis and wall thickness is reduced by 5-6 cm. Analysis carried out and extensive literature surveys also suggest significant cost savings in manufacturing, maintenance and use-phase, even thou the raw material cost can be significantly higher as compared to the conventional steel or aluminium alternatives. Results from drive cycle simulations showed that the benefit, with respect to reduced energy consumption, is in the range of 0.5-0.8% per reduced weight percentage, comparable to both automotive and air applications. The algorithms and methods established in this thesis can be directly applied for the development and analysis of future high speed train car bodies.

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Rehnberg, Adam. "Suspension design for off-road construction machines." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Fordonsdynamik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-33883.

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Construction machines, also referred to as engineering vehicles or earth movers, are used in a variety of tasks related to infrastructure development and material handling. While modern construction machines represent a high level of sophistication in several areas, their suspension systems are generally rudimentary or even nonexistent. This leads to unacceptably high vibration levels for the operator, particularly when considering front loaders and dump trucks, which regularly traverse longer distances at reasonably high velocities. To meet future demands on operator comfort and high speed capacity, more refined wheel suspensions will have to be developed. The aim of this thesis is therefore to investigate which factors need to be considered in the fundamental design of suspension systems for wheeled construction machines. The ride dynamics of wheeled construction machines are affected by a number of particular properties specific to this type of vehicle. The pitch inertia is typically high in relation to the mass and wheelbase, which leads to pronounced pitching. The axle loads differ considerably between the loaded and the unloaded condition, necessitating ride height control, and hence the suspension properties may be altered as the vehicle is loaded. Furthermore, the low vertical stiffness of off-road tyres means that changes in the tyre properties will have a large impact on the dynamics of the suspended mass. The impact of these factors has been investigated using analytical models and parameters for a typical wheel loader. Multibody dynamic simulations have also been used to study the effects of suspended axles on the vehicle ride vibrations in more detail. The simulation model has also been compared to measurements performed on a prototype wheel loader with suspended axles. For reasons of manoeuvrability and robustness, many construction machines use articulated frame steering. The dynamic behaviour of articulated vehicles has therefore been examined here, focusing on lateral instabilities in the form of “snaking” and “folding”. A multibody dynamics model has been used to investigate how suspended axles influence the snaking stability of an articulated wheel loader. A remote-controlled, articulated test vehicle in model-scale has also been developed to enable safe and inexpensive practical experiments. The test vehicle is used to study the influence of several vehicle parameters on snaking stability, including suspension, drive configuration and mass distribution. Comparisons are also made with predictions using a simplified linear model. Off-road tyres represent a further complication of construction machine dynamics, since the tyres’ behaviour is typically highly nonlinear and difficult to evaluate in testing due to the size of the tyres. A rolling test rig for large tyres has here been evaluated, showing that the test rig is capable of producing useful data for validating tyre simulation models of varying complexity. The theoretical and experimental studies presented in this thesis contribute to the deeper understanding of a number of aspects of the dynamic behaviour of construction machines. This work therefore provides a basis for the continued development of wheel suspensions for such vehicles.
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Czechowicz, Maciej P. "Analysis of vehicle rollover using a high fidelity multi-body model and statistical methods." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/18106.

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The work presented in this thesis is dedicated to the study of vehicle rollover and the tyre and suspension characteristics influencing it. Recent data shows that 35.4% of recorded fatal crashes in Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) included vehicle rollover. The effect of rollover on an SUV tends to be more severe than for other types of passenger vehicle. Additionally, the number of SUVs on the roads is rising. Therefore, a thorough understanding of factors affecting the rollover resistance of SUVs is needed. The majority of previous research work on rollover dynamics has been based on low fidelity models. However, vehicle rollover is a highly non-linear event due to the large angles in vehicle body motion, extreme suspension travel, tyre non-linearities and large forces acting on the wheel, resulting in suspension spring-aids, rebound stops and bushings operating in the non-linear region. This work investigates vehicle rollover using a complex and highly non-linear multi-body validated model with 165 degrees of freedom. The vehicle model is complemented by a Magic Formula tyre model. Design of experiment methodology is used to identify tyre properties affecting vehicle rollover. A novel, statistical approach is used to systematically identify the sensitivity of rollover propensity to suspension kinematic and compliance characteristics. In this process, several rollover metrics are examined together with stability considerations and an appropriate rollover metric is devised. Research so far reveals that the tyre properties having the greatest influence on vehicle rollover are friction coefficient, friction variation with load, camber stiffness, and tyre vertical stiffness. Key kinematic and compliance characteristics affecting rollover propensity are front and rear suspension rate, front roll stiffness, front camber gain, front and rear camber compliance and rear jacking force. The study of suspension and tyre parameters affecting rollover is supplemented by an investigation of a novel anti-rollover control scheme based on a reaction wheel actuator. The simulations performed so far show promising results. Even with a very simple and conservative control scheme the reaction wheel, with actuator torque limited to 100Nm, power limited to 5kW and total energy consumption of less than 3kJ, increases the critical manoeuvre velocity by over 9%. The main advantage of the proposed control scheme, as opposed to other known anti-rollover control schemes, is that it prevents rollover whilst allowing the driver to maintain the desired vehicle path.
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de, Fluiter Travis. "Design of lightweigh electric vehicles." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2438.

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The design and manufacture of lightweight electric vehicles is becoming increasingly important with the rising cost of petrol, and the effects emissions from petrol powered vehicles are having on our environment. The University of Waikato and HybridAuto's Ultracommuter electric vehicle was designed, manufactured, and tested. The vehicle has been driven over 1800km with only a small reliability issue, indicating that the Ultracommuter was well designed and could potentially be manufactured as a solution to ongoing transportation issues. The use of titanium aluminide components in the automotive industry was researched. While it only has half the density of alloy steel, titanium aluminides have the same strength and stiffness as steel, along with good corrosion resistance, making them suitable as a lightweight replacement for steel components. Automotive applications identified that could benefit from the use of TiAl include brake callipers, brake rotors and electric motor components.
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Kratochvíl, Jaroslav. "Návrh designu vozu Mitsuoka Kit Car." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233971.

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A dissertation deals with small single-placed car body design (so-called microcar cathegory). The new design is based on the undercart and the engine of serial Mitsuoka Kit Car. Therefore the aim belongs to re-design tasks. Analytical part of the dissertation deals with two basic questions influencing the final draft. The Corporate identity at first and a problematic of the target group level of aesthetical perception linked to preferred design. On grounds of analysis the core values for new design have been set down. The particular values have been presented with the help of existing reference objects from the field of automotive design. This part also includes a questionnairy, which had been focused on prefered design conception. Due to low microcars topic awareness in Czech Republic, the questionnairy had informational character and the final design conception has been chosen on the base of functional aspects analysis. The final design development, shown on sketches and basic software renderings, is based on gradual steps that lead to the core values expression with regards to input parameters and basic design rules as well. The final design is introduced together with description of its technical solution and detailed design. The solution respects the mentioned target group and the institution Corporate Identity.
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Books on the topic "Vehicle Body Design"

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Automotive engineering: Powertrain, chassis system and vehicle body. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2009.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., ed. Multiple-body simulation with emphasis on integrated space shuttle vehicle. San Jose, CA: MCAT Institute, 1993.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., ed. Multiple-body simulation with emphasis on integrated space shuttle vehicle. San Jose, CA: MCAT Institute, 1993.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., ed. Multiple-body simulation with emphasis on integrated space shuttle vehicle. San Jose, CA: MCAT Institute, 1993.

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Baysal, Oktay. Flow analysis and design optimization methods for nozzle after body of a hypersonic vehicle. [Washington, D.C.]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1992.

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Handbook of automotive body & systems design. London: Professional Engineering, 1998.

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Handbook of automotive body construction and design analysis. London: Professional Engineering Publishing, 1998.

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Hazell, Paul J. Ceramic armour: Design, and defeat mechanisms. Canberra, Australia: Argos Press, 2006.

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Silber, Gerhard. Preventive Biomechanics: Optimizing Support Systems for the Human Body in the Lying and Sitting Position. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.

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service), Materials Information (Information. Advanced materials for ballistic protection. Edited by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Inc, British Library. Document Supply Centre, and Linda Hall Library. Document Services. Bethesda, MD: Materials Information / Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 2002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Vehicle Body Design"

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Li, Zhixiang, and Jifa Mei. "A Lightweight Optimization Method of Vehicle Body Structure Design." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 1063–74. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33738-3_11.

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Yan, Jianrong, Kongying Zhu, Xiaolong Huang, and Kaihang Chen. "Design Modification of Vehicle Body Structure for Wiper System Waterproof Performance." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 1093–102. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3842-9_85.

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Zhu, Ruiying, Guanghui Bai, Lansong Wang, Zheng Qi, Fei Li, Lin Chen, Chen Wang, and Wenxia Huo. "Trajectory Optimization and Flight Strategy Design of Lifting Body Morphing Vehicle." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2309–21. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8155-7_194.

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Reed, Matthew P., Monica L. H. Jones, and Byoung-keon Daniel Park. "Modeling People Wearing Body Armor and Protective Equipment: Applications to Vehicle Design." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 596–601. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96065-4_63.

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Bai, Lu, Ming Xia, WeiFeng Shi, and Shuai Zhang. "Weight Design Platform of Hybrid Wing Body Based on Vehicle Sketch Pad." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2857–65. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3305-7_232.

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Fan, Kaixiang. "Comparative Analysis of the Displacement Dynamic Load Allowance and Bending Moment Dynamic Load Allowance of Highway Continuous Girder Bridge." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 314–20. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1260-3_28.

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AbstractThe dynamic load allowance (DLA) of the bridge structure is an important parameter in the bridge design. In order to study the variation law of displacement DLA and bending moment DLA of continuous girder bridge, taking 2 × 30 m continuous girder bridge and five-axis vehicles as the research object, the road roughness was simulated by the trigonometric series approach. With the help of ANSYS and APDL language, the influence of vehicle speeds, vehicle weights and road roughness on the displacement DLA and bending moment DLA are studied. The results show that the displacement DLA showed increasing trend with the increase of vehicle speed, and bending moment DLA showed increasing first and then decreasing; With the increase of body weight, the displacement DLA and bending moment DLA show a gradually increasing trend; Displacement DLA and bending moment DLA do have numerical differences. And the value of the displacement DLA is slightly larger than the value of the bending moment DLA. It is suggested that the displacement DLA and bending moment DLA should be distinguished in engineering design and dynamic load test. The research conclusion can provide reference for bridge structure engineering design and dynamic load test.
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Heo, S. J., I. H. Kim, D. O. Kang, W. Y. Ki, S. M. H. Darwish, W. C. Choi, and H. J. Yim. "Multi-Disciplinary Constraint Design Optimization Based on Progressive Meta-Model Method for Vehicle Body Structure." In Optimization of Structures and Components, 103–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00717-5_7.

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Yoo, J. W., Théophane Courtois, J. Horak, Francesca Ronzio, and S. W. Lee. "Vehicle validation of the structure-borne noise of a lightweight body and trim design solution obtained with new integrated FE optimization." In Proceedings, 98–127. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27648-5_6.

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Schuh, Günther, Kai Korthals, and Matthias Backs. "Environmental Impact of Body Lightweight Design in the Operating Phase of Electric Vehicles." In Re-engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability, 105–10. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_17.

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Mallick, P. K. "Designing lightweight vehicle body." In Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Lightweight Vehicles, 405–32. Elsevier, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-818712-8.00010-0.

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Conference papers on the topic "Vehicle Body Design"

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Carpinelli, M., D. Mundo, T. Tamarozzi, M. Gubitosa, S. Donders, and W. Desmet. "Integrating Vehicle Body Concept Modelling and Flexible Multi-Body Techniques for Ride and Handling Simulations." In ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2012-82192.

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This paper deals with the integration of a vehicle body concept modeling methodology, based on reduced models of beams, joints and panels, with flexible Multi-body (MB) representation of the chassis of a passenger car. The aim is to enable ride and handling simulations in the initial phases of the vehicle design process, where the availability of predictive Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools is a key factor to steer design choices such that a faster convergence of the vehicle development cycle towards improved products is achieved. The proposed approach is demonstrated on an industrial case study, involving a commercial passenger car, for which a detailed chassis and suspension model for MB simulations is developed in LMS Virtual.Lab Motion. A flexible concept model of the vehicle’s Body In White (BIW) is created as well and included in the MB model to enable fast investigations on how ride and handling performance of the full vehicle are affected by body modifications. To demonstrate the validity of the resulting concept model, a number of standard handling manoeuvres and ride excitations are simulated by using both the flexible MB model described above and a rigid MB model of the vehicle, which is derived from the same FE model. The numerical results are compared to allow assessing the influence of body flexibility on the predicted handling and ride behaviour of the vehicle.
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Fredricson, Harald A. "Design Process for Property Based Optimization of Vehicle Body Structures." In International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2755.

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Goodarzi, Avesta, and Amir Jalali. "A New Lumped-Mass Vehicle Ride Model Considering Body Flexibility." In ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2006-95267.

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Ride comfort is one of the most important criteria by which people judge the total quality of the car. Traditionally to investigate the vehicle ride comfort, some well-known classical lumped-mass models are used. In these models such as quarter car model, half car model and full vehicle model, body flexibility has been ignored and sprung mass (vehicle body) assumed to be rigid. This assumption can reduce the model accuracy, specially in the case of long vehicles such as vans, buses and trucks. To impose body flexibility in the ride analysis, recently some numerical FEM-based models have been introduced, but they are complex and non-parametric. In this paper the effects of body flexibility on the vehicle vibration behavior has been studied based on an analytical approach. For this purpose, a new simple and parametric lumped-mass 8 DOF model has been developed. Comparison of the results of natural frequency analysis and forced vibration analysis for this model with the corresponding results of so called “rigid model” or “classic model” is very informative. As the results are shown, body flexibility strongly influenced on the acceleration and displacement responses of the vehicle so that it is necessary to considering this term at the early stages of the vehicle design.
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Ding, Yiran, Daolin Zhou, Shimin Yu, Zhenyu Wang, and Gangfeng Tan. "Non-Contact Vehicle Overload Identification Method Based on Body Vibration Theory." In ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2019-97282.

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Abstract Vehicle overload seriously affects the traffic safety, damages the road infrastructure, and the road service life is reduced. There are many shortcomings in the current detection methods for overloaded vehicles. Traditional static weighing stations are relatively fixed and affect the road traffic efficiency; the cost of weighing in motion station is high, while the precision is not enough; on-board weighing electronic products require the modification of vehicles, which is difficult to promote. In this paper, a non-contact overload detection method based on body vibration is proposed. After the analyzation of the body vibration response of dynamic vehicles under specific vibrational excitation, the load value data can be obtained combined with standard parameters and mathematical calculation model. Firstly, the body vibration response model under specific excitation is established. Then, roadbed facilities are arranged according to specific requirements, cameras calibration are finished, and the identification environment is built. Machine vision technology is used to identify the vibration track of the characteristic point on the vehicle body in the vertical direction. The vibration response characteristic parameters are extracted using the established response model. Finally, the vehicle load value data can be obtained by resolve the characteristic parameters. Compared with the rated load data in the database, the overload judgment of the vehicle is obtained. In the experiment part, the road speed-control hump was used as the vibration excitation source. The vehicle experiments were carried out with Dongfeng Aeolus S30 and Yuejin Shangjun X500. The results show that the load identification error can be controlled within 20%–30%. This method above can detect overload vehicles without affecting the traffic efficiency and also has certain guiding significance for the development of intelligent vehicles.
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Cimba, David, Kyle Gilbert, and John Wagner. "Active Torsion Bar Body Roll Minimization System: Design and Testing." In ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2003-41953.

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Sport utility and light-duty commercial vehicles exhibit a higher propensity for rollover during aggressive driving maneuvers, emergency scenarios, and degraded environmental conditions. A variety of strategies have been proposed to reduce vehicle body roll including active suspensions, comprehensive yaw stability systems, and active torsion bars. The active torsion bar systems have recently gained popularity due to their cost effective design and adaptability to existing chassis systems. However, the development of new control algorithms, design of subsystem components, and the evaluation of parameter sensitivity via testing a full scale vehicle is not always practical due to cost and safety concerns. Thus, a modular simulation tool and bench top testing environment is required to facilitate design and performance studies. In this paper, a series of mathematical models will be introduced to describe the vehicle dynamics and the roll prevention system. Representative numerical results are discussed to investigate a vehicle’s transient response with and without an active torsion bar system, as well as the impact of torsion bar and hydraulic component design parameters. Finally, a hardware in-the-loop test environment will be presented.
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Braghin, Francesco, Paolo Pennacchi, and Edoardo Sabbioni. "Evaluation of Human Body Dynamical Behaviour During Handling Maneuvers and Crash Test Simulations Using Multi-Body Codes." In ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2006-95490.

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The dynamic behavior of the human body during race car maneuvers and frontal crash tests is analyzed in this paper. Both the vehicle and the human body have been modeled using the multi-body approach. Two commercial codes, BRG LifeMOD Biomechanics Modeler®, for the simulation of the human body dynamics, and MSC ADAMS/Car® for the modeling of the vehicle behavior, have been used for the purpose. Due to the impossibility of co-simulating, at first the accelerations on the driver’s chassis are determined using the vehicle’s multibody code and approximating the driver as a rigid body. Then, the calculated accelerations are applied to the vehicle chassis in the biomechanics code to assess the accelerations in various significant points on the driver.
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Yu, Qiang, Naoki Adachi, Hideoki Yajima, and Masaki Shiratori. "Mode Controlling Approach on Multi Level Optimization for Crash Safety design of Vehicle." In International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3111.

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Li, Yubing, Guanlong Chen, Xinming Lai, Cheng Zheng, and Yanfeng Xing. "Expert system for vehicle body assembly conceptual design." In 2006 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design. IEEE, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cscwd.2006.253089.

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Bhagwan Kumbhar, Prasad, Peijun Xu, and Jingzhou (James) Yang. "A Literature Survey of Biodynamic Models for Whole Body Vibration and Vehicle Ride Comfort." In ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2012-71061.

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Vehicle ride comfort plays an important role in the vehicle design. Human body is very sensitive to whole body vibration. Vehicle ride comfort has brought lots of concerns in recent years due to requirement of better ride comfort performance for newly developed vehicles. Vehicle ride comfort has a direct effect on driver’s performance and will result in overall customer satisfaction. Various papers have reported vehicle ride comfort and various biodynamic models have been built in the literature. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive literature survey to summarize all biodynamic models for whole body vibration and vehicle ride comfort. The purpose of this paper is to have a literature review of biodynamic models. So this paper initially focuses on various health issues due to whole body vibrations. Whole body vibration transfers environmental vibration to human body through a large contact area. Vibration evaluation methods such as weighted root mean square (r.m.s.) acceleration method, fourth power VDV method are discussed. Along with that the paper will focus on various biodynamic response functions. Human models in the literature are divided into three main groups: lumped parameter (LP), finite element model (FE), and multibody model (MB). In the LP model, human body is represented by several concentrated masses which are connected by springs and dampers. The FE model considers that human body consists of numerous finite elements. And in MB model, human body is made of several rigid bodies connected by bushing element for both translational and rotational motion. So this paper thoroughly summarizes various models developed to reduce human body vibration. At the end, four different approaches of assessing ride comfort are summarized. These four approaches are ride measurement in vehicles, ride simulator test, shaker table test and subjective ride measurement.
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Yajima, Hideoki, Yasuhiro Dokko, Shigeo Ito, Keiichi Motoyama, Qiang Yu, and Masaki Shiratori. "The Application of the Statistical Design Support System Toward Optimization of Vehicle Safety Equipmen." In International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-3209.

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Investigation on Design and Analysis of Passenger Car Body Crash-Worthiness in Frontal Impact Using Radioss. SAE International, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2020-28-0498.

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Increasing advancement in automotive technologies ensures that many more lightweight metals become added to the automotive components for the purpose of light weighting and passenger safety. The accidents are unexpected incidents most drivers cannot be avoided that trouble situation. Crash studies are among the most essential methods for enhancing automobile safety features. Crash simulations are attempting to replicate the circumstances of the initial crash. Frontal crashes are responsible for occupant injuries and fatalities 42% of accidents occur on frontal crash. This paper aims at studying the frontal collision of a passenger car frame for frontal crashes based on numerical simulation of a 35 MPH. The structure has been designed to replicate a frontal collision into some kind of inflexible shield at a speed of 15.6 m/s (56 km/h). The vehicle’s exterior body is designed by CATIA V5 R20 along with two material properties to our design. The existing Aluminum alloy 6061 series is compared with carbon fiber IM8 material. The simulation is being carried out by us in the “Radioss” available in “Hyper mesh 17.0” software. The energy conservation and momentum energy absorption are carried out from this dynamic structural analysis.
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