Automotive category: 1940 books
by Tony Lewin, Ryan Borroff
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2010
This comprehensive new edition of How to Design Cars Like a Pro provides an in-depth look at modern automotive design. Interviews with leading automobile designers from Ford, BMW, GM Jaguar, Nissan and others, analyses of past and present trends, studies of individual models and concepts, and much...
by Daniel Burrill, Jeffrey Zurschmeide
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
This book explains how to use glass strand mat, woven fiberglass cloth, carbon fiber cloth, and hybrid fabrics. Also shown is how to correctly mix the typical resins (polyester, epoxy), hardeners, and gels. All the relevant tools are discussed. Constructing wood patterns to exacting standards from wood, Formica, aluminum, and other materials is essential and covered in detail.
Automotive Mascots
A Collector’s Guide to British Marque, Corporate & Accessory Mascots
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A full colour guide to British radiator and accessory mascots of 1896 to 1960 compiled by two leading experts in the field. Packed with information and stunning pictures, this comprehensive guide is invaluable for collectors and enthusiasts.The authors' collecting experiences are recounted, and the...
by Tom Cotter
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
**Tom Cotter is the best-known barn-find collector-car expert working today. *Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales†‹ *pulls together his best barn find stories from America and around the globe. **
Tom Cotter bought his first barn find some 50 years ago and has never looked...
The State of American Hot Rodding
Interviews on the Craft and the Road Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
As the automotive world looks towards a future of electric vehicles, driverless technology and anonymous styling, what can be learned from the individuals who resist these trends and cling to their love of street rods and muscle cars? The hot rodding world still exists, but will it continue to hold...
by Geoffrey Davies, Fellow Institute of Materials MSc University of Oxford
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
The selection of automobile body materials is fundamental to the choice of fabrication method, and the characteristics and performance of the final vehicle or component. The factors behind these choices comprise some of the key technological and design issues facing automotive engineers today.
Materials...
by Sergio M. Savaresi, Charles Poussot-Vassal, Cristiano Spelta
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Semi-Active Suspension Control Design for Vehicles presents a comprehensive discussion of designing control algorithms for semi-active suspensions. It also covers performance analysis and control design. The book evaluates approaches to different control theories, and it includes methods needed for...
Nonlinear Optimization of Vehicle Safety Structures
Modeling of Structures Subjected to Large Deformations
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Nonlinear Optimization of Vehicle Safety Structures: Modeling of Structures Subjected to Large Deformations provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest optimization methods for vehicle structural design. The book focuses on large deformation structural optimization algorithms and applications,...
Vehicle Gearbox Noise and Vibration
Measurement, Signal Analysis, Signal Processing and Noise Reduction Measures
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Advances in methods of gear design and the possibility of predicting the sound pressure level and life time of gearboxes and perfect instrumentation of test stands allows for the production of a new generation of quiet transmission units. Current literature on gearbox noise and vibration is usually...
Theories, Methods and Numerical Technology of Sheet Metal Cold and Hot Forming
Analysis, Simulation and Engineering Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Over the last 15 years, the application of innovative steel concepts in the automotive industry has increased steadily. Numerical simulation technology of hot forming of high-strength steel allows engineers to modify the formability of hot forming steel metals and to optimize die design schemes. Theories,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
This book discusses all aspects of advanced engine technologies, and describes the role of alternative fuels and solution-based modeling studies in meeting the increasingly higher standards of the automotive industry. By promoting research into more efficient and environment-friendly combustion technologies,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Lead-Acid Batteries for Future Automobiles provides an overview on the innovations that were recently introduced in automotive lead-acid batteries and other aspects of current research. Innovative concepts are presented, some of which aim to make lead-acid technology a candidate for higher levels...
Handbook of Camera Monitor Systems
The Automotive Mirror-Replacement Technology based on ISO 16505
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of Camera Monitor Systems (CMS), ranging from the ISO 16505-based development aspects to practical realization concepts. It offers readers a wide-ranging discussion of the science and technology of CMS as well as the human-interface factors of such systems....
The Modern Chassis
A Practical Manual of Automotive Chassis and Suspension Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
“ We take pleasure in adding this much-needed book to our growing list of automotive titles.
It is by far the most comprehensive book ever published in the United States pertaining to chassis design, suspensions, shock absorbers, steering, brakes, weight distribution, and other associated subjects.
In...