Alpenüberquerung nach Südfrankreich (Off Road Hybrid, #1)
by Andreas P Kaiser
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to totally tech-out your ride! Geek My Ride is the first do-it-yourself guide to installing a variety of awesome projects that will turn your ordinary vehicle into the ultimate tech rod! Car hacker Auri Rahimzadeh guides readers through 15 cool projects, complete with tools, skills and step-by-step instructions. Geek My Ride goes way beyond factory options and teaches readers how to install a custom car PC, with Wi-Fi, Internet access, and more. Dive into ins...
Picture your car, SUV, truck, jeep, or van with ultramax speakers. Want to almost phone in ultimate, high-end, custom auto speakers? Talk about simple - this heavily illustrated, step-by-step guide puts leading-edge auto speakers within anyone's grasp. Speakers are, of course, the pivotal ingredient in any sound system, and "Car Stereo Speaker Projects Illustrated" makes it possible for you to create the ultimate custom sound to enhance your ride. Written by mechanical engineer Dan Ferguson, the...
Sound and Safe
by Professor in the Department of Technology & Society Studies Karin Bijsterveld, Instructor Department of Technology and Society Studies Eefje Cleophas, Researcher Stefan Krebs, and Associate Professor of the History of Technology and Mobility Gijs Mom
Vehicle dynamics are vital for optimizing a vehicle's drivability, efficiency, and safety. Understanding the forces and motions on a vehicle (both theoretical aspects, like basic equations of motion, and practical ones, like tire mechanics and human vehicle control) is integral in the design and development of all vehicles. Masato Abe's Vehicle Handling Dynamics, Second Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of vehicle dynamics, enabling readers to visualize and invent better vehicles. Veh...
The IMA conference on "Mathematics in the Automotive Industry" was intended to expose typical theoretical problems in this industry and the role that mathematics can play in their solution. The selected papers presented here emphasize the involvement of engineering science and mathematical modelling in solving problems which arise from complex engineering situations. The automotive industry is concerned crucially with highly practical questions that need answers quickly. The analysis of vehicle...
Discusses how a car is planned, designed, and built, from the first computerized sketch to the finished car in the showroom.
Vehicle Manufacturing Technology (Research Report S., No. R304)
by John R. Hartley
Developments in Lightweight Aluminum Alloys for Automotive Applications: 2001-2005 (Progress in Technology)
by James M. Boileau
Research into Vehicle Dynamics and Simulation (Special Publications S., #1228)
Transforming Auto Assembly
Five years after the publication of MITs lean production book practitioners and academics from Japan, USA and Europe present new concepts, findings and conclusions in regard to one of the most critical areas of automobile production. The focus of the book is to explore automation and work organization for the final assembly operations in the world automobile industry. The authors are company practitioners in charge of planning assembly operations and academic researchers drawing from recent empi...
Who are today's hot rodders? Where do they come from, what do they value, and why? Do gearheads and old metal have any place in tomorrow's transportation landscape? What will be left behind? What will be carried forward? Over an eight year period, gearhead/geographer David Miller crisscrossed America in his home-built 1958 Chevy Apache custom truck interviewing hot rodders who are thoughtful and passionate about what they do, willing to speculate about why they do it and about what lies ahead....
Hybrid III