Author: PEP (Professional Engineering Publishers) Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9781860581182 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 60
Book Description
The Autotech Congress brings together manufacturers, researchers, designers, users, industry groups, and academics to create a forum for the exchange of information and innovation. The papers included here examine the major advances and technological breakthroughs of today, which will become standard practice for tomorrow. A wide range of interests are catered for within the automotive field. These include themes covering: Automotive Manufacturing, Engines and Powertrains, Electronics, Environmental Impact and Safety, Materials Technology, Vehicle Technologies, and Bus and Truck Technology. Bus and Truck Technology looks at some of the most interesting developments in passenger service vehicles and heavy goods transportation. The papers presented in this volume consider aspects such as: Exhaust emissions Diagnostic equipment Solar powered refrigerated trailers Tractor to trailer communications Satellite communications Truck telematics Better wiring systems In giving comprehensive update of automotive industry developments, this volume contains information which is vital to maximize the impact of future transportation systems.
Author: Srikanta Patnaik Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 9811502382 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 892
Book Description
This book gathers selected papers presented at the Third International Conference on Mechatronics and Intelligent Robotics (ICMIR 2019), held in Kunming, China, on May 25–26, 2019. The proceedings cover new findings in the following areas of research: mechatronics, intelligent mechatronics, robotics and biomimetics; novel and unconventional mechatronic systems; modeling and control of mechatronic systems; elements, structures and mechanisms of micro- and nano-systems; sensors, wireless sensor networks and multi-sensor data fusion; biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, prosthetics and artificial organs; artificial intelligence (AI), neural networks and fuzzy logic in mechatronics and robotics; industrial automation, process control and networked control systems; telerobotics and human–computer interaction; human–robot interaction; robotics and artificial intelligence; bio-inspired robotics; control algorithms and control systems; design theories and principles; evolutional robotics; field robotics; force sensors, accelerometers and other measuring devices; healthcare robotics; kinematics and dynamics analysis; manufacturing robotics; mathematical and computational methodologies in robotics; medical robotics; parallel robots and manipulators; robotic cognition and emotion; robotic perception and decisions; sensor integration, fusion and perception; and social robotics.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309159474 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 251
Book Description
Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles evaluates various technologies and methods that could improve the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks. The book also recommends approaches that federal agencies could use to regulate these vehicles' fuel consumption. Currently there are no fuel consumption standards for such vehicles, which account for about 26 percent of the transportation fuel used in the U.S. The miles-per-gallon measure used to regulate the fuel economy of passenger cars. is not appropriate for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, which are designed above all to carry loads efficiently. Instead, any regulation of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles should use a metric that reflects the efficiency with which a vehicle moves goods or passengers, such as gallons per ton-mile, a unit that reflects the amount of fuel a vehicle would use to carry a ton of goods one mile. This is called load-specific fuel consumption (LSFC). The book estimates the improvements that various technologies could achieve over the next decade in seven vehicle types. For example, using advanced diesel engines in tractor-trailers could lower their fuel consumption by up to 20 percent by 2020, and improved aerodynamics could yield an 11 percent reduction. Hybrid powertrains could lower the fuel consumption of vehicles that stop frequently, such as garbage trucks and transit buses, by as much 35 percent in the same time frame.
Author: D. J. Leeming Publisher: Nelson Thornes ISBN: 9780748702756 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 268
Book Description
This text is well established as one of the most autoritative textbooks in the truck and bus industry, having been read by many students and adopted by college lecturers at home & overseas.
Author: Alan I. Marcus Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1137334878 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
Now in a thoroughly updated new edition, this successful textbook surveys the history of technology in America from the 1600s to the 21st century. Alan I Marcus and Howard P. Segal explore the effect society, culture, politics and economics have had upon technological advances, and place the evolution of American technology within the broader context of the development of systems such as transportation and communications. This unique book connects phenomena such as colonial printing presses with the American Revolution; early photographs with the creation of an allegedly unique American character; and high-tech advances in biotechnology with a growing desire for individual autonomy. This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the history of technology, the history of science, and American history.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (2007- ) Publisher: ISBN: Category : Bus accidents Languages : en Pages : 332
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Publisher: ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 68
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309122082 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles. Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership critically examines and comments on the overall adequacy and balance of the 21CTP. The book reviews how well the program has accomplished its goals, evaluates progress in the program, and makes recommendations to improve the likelihood of the Partnership meeting its goals. Key recommendations of the book include that the 21CTP should be continued, but the future program should be revised and better balanced. A clearer goal setting strategy should be developed, and the goals should be clearly stated in measurable engineering terms and reviewed periodically so as to be based on the available funds.
Author: Plunkett Research Ltd Publisher: Plunkett Research, Ltd. ISBN: 159392044X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 673
Book Description
This immense, global sector is vital to all businesses. This book covers exciting trends in supply chain and logistics management, transportation, intermodal shipment systems and advanced technologies. Market analysis, statistics and trends included. Contains profiles of the 500 leading firms.
Author: PEP (Professional Engineering Publishers)
Author: Srikanta Patnaik
Author: National Research Council
Author: J J Keller
Author: D. J. Leeming
Author: Alan I. Marcus
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (2007- )
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Author: National Research Council
Author: Plunkett Research Ltd