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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Sport utility vehicle"”.
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Sport/utility vehicles as technologies of the suburban self: The only civilized way to leave civilization
… automobiles and their owners/drivers. Using the sport/utility vehicle as a case study, I show how both the automobile and its user go through transformations of meaning. These transformations take place on a number of levels. The one that I am most concerned with is how the sport/utility vehicle …
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Designing effective portfolio variety using customer need discrimination thresholds
… a method to determine which customer needs on a vehicle should have multiple levels offered to diversify the market coverage and in what order to expand the levels as more products are permitted in the portfolio. The methodology is formulated as a general optimization problem in which the number …
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On the social reception of material form and space, or, the SUV in the melee
… on space and human activity. Using the sport-utility vehicle (SUV) as a multifaceted object in which these representations are seen, the possibility that a single material environment can embody conflicting social roles is proposed. A trope---the melee---is introduced as a model for the …
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Design of a Trailer Capable, Open Ocean Sailing Yacht
… and recovered with a standard-sized truck or sport utility vehicle, while retaining capability for extended, open ocean transits. A review of factors affecting small yacht seaworthiness is presented, and relevant design parameters are proposed. Design requirements pertaining to trailer …
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Cold-start effects on performance and efficiency for vehicle fuel cell systems
… has on the performance and efficiency of vehicle fuel cell systems through modeling. More specifically, this work addresses issues of the initial thermal transient known to the automotive community as "cold-start" effects. Cold-start effects play a significant role in power limitations in …
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Model Predictive Adaptive Cruise Control with Consideration of Comfort and Energy Savings
The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) of Virginia Tech is partaking in the 4-Year EcoCar Mobility Challenge organized by Argonne National Labs. The objective of this competition is to modify a stock 2019 traditional internal combustion engine Chevrolet Blazer and to transform the vehicle into a …
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Second Generation Electric Vehicle Development at the University of Kansas
… are implementing more electric and hybrid vehicles into their model fleets. Hybrid and purely electric powertrains offer more sustainable transportation methods; however, larger sport utility vehicles and trucks occupy a significant majority of the vehicles on the road in the United States. …
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Active control of automobile cabin noise with conventional and advanced speakers
… as well as road noise in the interior cabin of a sport utility vehicle using advanced, compact lightweight piezoelectric acoustic sources. First, a test structure approximately the same size as the automobile was built to study the principles of active noise control in a cavity. A finite element …
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An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Skyhook Suspensions for Controlling Roll Dynamics of Sport Utility Vehicles Using Magneto-Rheological Dampers
… of basic control strategies at controlling vehicle dynamics, particularly vehicle roll. The test vehicle is a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), a class of vehicle that regularly sees widely varying vehicle weight (as a result of passengers and load) and can exhibit undesirable levels of vehicle …
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Performance and emission characteristics of an automotive diesel engine using biodiesel fuel with the influence of air intake variables
… locate the air grill at the front of a vehicle to enhance the volumetric efficiency. However due to wading performance, for a sport utility vehicle like a Land Rover Freelander the air grill is located at the side of the front tyre. The air speed at the grill side is high and creates …
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From the arsenal of democracy to 0% financing: Promotional communication at General Motors
This dissertation is a study of the commercial media system situated within the political economy of communication. Through a case study of General Motor’s promotional communication, this dissertation investigates how commercial propaganda, such as public relations (PR) and advertising, influence …