Diseño De Vehiculo Modernos

An Introduction to Modern Vehicle Design

An Introduction to Modern Vehicle Design

Edited by

Julian Happian-Smith
PhD, MSc, BTech, Cert Ed HE, MSAE

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Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 225 Wildwood Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801-2041 A division of Reed Educational and ProfessionalPublishing Ltd A member of the Reed Elsevier plc group First published 2002  Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd 2002 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permissionof the copyright holder except in accordance with the provision of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1P 9HE. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publishers British LibraryCataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 07506 5044 3

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Contents
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Automotiveengineering development R.H. Barnard 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Introduction Innovations and inventions Mass production The development of the world motor industry Streamlining Commercial vehicles Engine developments Transmission system development Steering Suspension Brakes Interior refinement Safety design Too much innovation References and further readingxi xiii 1 1 1 3 7 12 13 15 19 21 21 24 25 25 26 26 29 29 30 41 44 47 55 57 57 59 63 68 78 88 89 89

2. Modern materials and their incorporation into vehicle design Rob Hutchinson 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Introduction Structure and manufacturing technology of automotive materials Mechanical and physical properties of automotive materials Materials selection for automotive components Componentmaterials case studies References and further reading

3. The manufacturing challenge for automotive designers P.G. Leaney and R. Marshall 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Introduction Lean product development and lean production Design to manufacture as a single process and IPPD Manufacturing analysis, tools and methods Materials processing and technology Conclusions Acronyms References and furtherreading

vi Contents 4. Body design: The styling process Neil Birtley 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 Introduction The studios, working environment and structure Product planning Brainstorming The package Review of competition Concept sketching and package related sketching Full sized tape drawing Clay modelling 2D systems 3D systems References and further reading 93 93 94 9797 98 99 100 102 103 108 108 109 111 111 111 112 113 117 119 120 121 121 122 123 125 125 136 143 152 155 155 157 157 158 162

5. Body design: Aerodynamics Robert Dominy 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 Introduction Aerodynamic forces Drag Drag reduction Stability and cross-winds Noise Underhood ventilation Cabin ventilation Wind tunnel testing Computational fluid dynamics Referencesand further reading

6. Chassis design and analysis John Robertson 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Load case, introduction Chassis types, introduction Structural analysis by simple structural surfaces method Computational methods Summary References and further reading

7. Crashworthiness and its influence on vehicle design Bryan Chinn 7.1 7.2 7.3 Introduction Accident and injury analysis Vehicle...