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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Vehicle Development"”.
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A systems approach to space tourism vehicle development
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1997.
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Enabling manufacturing flexibility issue resolution in advanced vehicle development
… Manufacturing Flexibility, Product Development, Flexibility Enabler, Interbuildability.
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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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Offroad autonomous vehicle development and model-based adaptive robust control strategy
… Preliminary work focused on simulator development and control architecture design for an electric vehicle prototype. Motivated by platform limitations and off-road driving requirements, the research was extended to develop an off-road vehicle platform, the R-Gator. A redesigned modular …
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Implementation of functional build in the vehicle development and launch process
… is currently implementing a change to vehicle development process called the craftsmanship initiative. A major part of the craftsmanship initiative involves extending the functional build methodology to a higher level of assembly.
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The UW EcoCAR2 Vehicle Development Process and Vehicle Level Torque Control Strategy Documentation
… sacrificing the consumer acceptability of the vehicle (Argonne National Labratories, 2014). It is the first competition of its kind designed to create automotive technology that can penetrate the mass market and have significant and lasting environmental impact reductions. The technical goals …
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A strategic analysis of the organizational structure for vehicle development at General Motors
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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An analysis of automotive body assembly technologies and their implications in lightweight vehicle development
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1997.
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Implementation of a Hardware-in-the-Loop System Using Scale Model Hardware for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Development
… strategies can reduce both time and cost of development. HIL testing focuses on one component or control system rather than the entire vehicle. The rest of the system is simulated by computer systems which use real time data acquisition systems to read outputs and respond like the systems in …
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The impact of mass decompounding on assessing the value of vehicle lightweighting
… realization about the need for fuel efficient vehicles. One effective way to accomplish this is through vehicle lightweighting, which can be achieved by material substitution, novel vehicle component design, and changes in processing. Although primary vehicle mass reduction is often associated …
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Achieving world-class perceived vehicle quality through improved engineering and manufacturing tools
Throughout the vehicle development process, automotive manufacturers must work to meet a variety of customer needs. One increasingly important attribute is vehicle exterior perceived quality, which is largely dependent on how well exterior parts fit together. Before vehicles are produced and sold …
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Supply, demand, and entrepreneurial ventures in the space launch industry
… space transportation, using reusable launch vehicles (RL Vs) to place payloads into orbit at a fraction of today's exorbitant costs, will become a reality within the next few decades. As the railroads unlocked the American West, and as the modern airplane shrank our planet, reusable launch …
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DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR EFFECTIVE TRAVERSAL OF CONNECTED CORRIDORS
… traversal of a connected corridor, and the vehicle development work done in Year 4 of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge to enable the testing of one such scheme on Ponce De Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Tech is one of 11 teams participating in the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, a 4-year …
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Vehicle Dynamics on an Electric Formula SAE Racecar
Vehicle dynamics on a Formula SAE vehicle are inter-dependent with almost all mechanical systems on the car and require a thorough understanding of design tradeoffs in order to maximize the vehicle’s acceleration capabilities while maintaining consistent driver feedback. This thesis summarizes the …
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EMI Characterization and Improvement of Bi-Directional DC/DC Converters
… of the environment is accelerating fuel cell vehicle development. With respect to power electronics, special requirement is on the development of high efficiency, high voltage ratio bi-directional DC/DC converter for fuel cell energy system management. In this paper, two bi-directional DC/DC …
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Humanizing autonomy : social scientists' and engineers' futures for robotic cars
… ethnographic fieldwork at a site of robotic vehicle development, I investigate alternative strategies for robotic cars and discuss their social implications. Supported by a framework from multispecies ethnography and the practices of robot developers, I argue that robots do not see like …
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Algorithms for planning and executing multi-roboat shapeshifting
With autonomous vehicle development increasing, urban planners and designers are examining the impacts they will have on our everyday lives. As our technology becomes more powerful, roboticists are expanding their scope from roads and highways to canals and other waterways in order to develop …
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Techniques for using 3D Terrain Surface Measurements for Vehicular Simulations
Throughout a ground vehicle development program, it is necessary to possess the loads the vehicle will experience. Unfortunately, actual loads are only available at the conclusion of the program, when the vehicle has been built and design changes are costly. The design engineer is challenged with …
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Radar Characteristics Study for the Development of Surrogate Roadside Objects
Driving safety is a very important topic in vehicle development. One of the biggest threat of driving safety is road departure. Many vehicle active safety technologies have been developed to warn and mitigate road departure in recent years. In order to evaluate the performance of road departure …
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An Operational Value Stream Analysis for Developmental Excellence
… faces increasing challenges in new product development, where financial constraints and risk aversion hinder innovation. Using a multidisciplinary approach that integrates contract theory, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and machine learning, this research explores the impacts of …
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