Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Volume 471, Issue 2179, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0938
Keywords
advanced propulsion; automotive; light-weighting; low-carbon
Categories
Funding
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK
- Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
- Department of Business Innovation and Skills
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This paper reviews the changing nature of research underpinning the revolution in the automotive sector. Legislation controlling vehicle emissions has brought urgency to research, so we are now noticing a more rapid development of new technologies than at any time in the past century. The light-weighting of structures, the refinement of advanced propulsion systems, the advent of new smart materials, and greater in-vehicle intelligence and connectivity with transport infrastructure all require a fundamental rethink of established technologies used for many decades-defining a range of new multi-disciplinary research challenges. While meeting escalating emission penalties, cars must also fulfil the human desire for speed, reliability, beauty, refinement and elegance, qualities that mark out the truly great automobile.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available