SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IN LAND TRANSPORT. PAPERS READ AT THE CONFERENCE HELD AT I MECH E HEADQUARTERS ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1980

The papers read at the conference are as follows: A Systems Engineering Approach to the Design and Testing of Battery Vehicle Drives (Edwards, JB and Pacey, K); Systems Engineering for Personal Land Transport (Scarrott, GG); An Optimal Control Approach to Energy Minimisation in Electric Vehicles (Edwards, JB and Pacey, K); Systems Engineering in Land Transport--a Computationally Efficient Approach to the Optimisation of Traction Drive Control (Boland, FM and Mousavi, SA); A Preliminary Assessment of Controlled Cylinder Disablement as a Potential Means of Fuel Conservation in Automobile Engines (Hughes, MTG and Gill, GS); Derivation of Economy Strategies for a Stepped Ratio Automatic Transmission (Richardson, RM); Design and Performance of the Ratcliffe/Hobbs Continuously Variable Automatic Transmission (Lucas, GG and Cropley, CE); A Design Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid Transmission System for Electric Vehicles (Burrows, CR, Price, G and Perry, FG); Efficiency Improvement for Engine Driven Hydrostatic Transmisions (Edge, KA and Vaughan, ND). (TRRL)

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  • Authors:
    • EDWARDS, J B
    • Pacey, K
    • Scarrott, G G
    • Boland, F M
    • Mousavi, S A
    • Hughes, MTG
    • Gill, G S
    • Richardson, R M
    • LUCAS, G G
    • Cropley, C E
    • BURROWS, C R
    • Price, G
    • Perry, F G
    • Edge, K A
    • VAUGHAN, N D
  • Publication Date: 1980

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  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 67 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00345687
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • ISBN: 0 85298 457X
  • Report/Paper Numbers: No. 1980-6 Monograph
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM