Special issue published: "Research Trends in Automotive Engineering"

International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing 9(3/4) 2014

• Performance assessment of aluminium composite material for automotive brake rotor
• Full state feedback controller design for active engine mounting system using PID, pole placement and LQR
• Modelling and simulation for hybrid bus development
• Improving side impact protection by space frame doors
• Analytical model of diesel engines exhaust NOx emission rate
• Skin friction impacts on fuel consumption
• Active suspension control of vehicle with uncertainties using robust controllers
• Study on the effect of window opening on the drag characteristics of a car
• Design and investigation of a fuel cell car prototype
• Determining small diameter propeller efficiency through wind tunnel test
• Validation of pedestrian impactor testing upon hybrid vehicle front end profile
• Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
• Fatigue time history analysis for determining the strain signal behaviour
• Optimisation and control of semi-active suspension using genetic algorithm for off-road full vehicle