Vehicle Powertrain Systems: Integration and Optimization

Vehicle Powertrain Systems provides a holistic, systems approach to vehicle powertrain systems design. It provides students with the basic knowledge and understanding required to undertake an optimal design process, whilst at the same time identifying the real–world constraints involved in this process such as emissions, noise and fuel economy. It includes chapters on vehicle powertrain concepts, IC engine characteristics, longitudinal vehicle dynamics, transmissions, fuel economy, driveline dynamics, traction control systems, hybrid systems and design constraints. Its student appeal is enhanced by sample problems and solutions as well as questions at the end of each chapter, and MATLAB/ SIMULINK problems.