Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2012

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-10

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2. Reduction of Nickel-Alloyed Stainless Steels in Automobile Systems by Laser Beam Welding of Austenitic-Ferritic Connections While Maintaining an Adequate Corrosion Resistance

   • M. Weigl, M. Schmidt

   Pages 1-10

3. Damage Tolerance in Aluminium High Pressure Die-castings and Its Implications on Safety Critical Vehicle Components

   • R. N. Lumley

   Pages 11-16

4. The Application of Magnesium Alloys to the Lightweighting of Automotive Structures

   • Mark Easton, Mark Gibson, Aiden Beer, Matthew Barnett, Chris Davies, Yvonne Durandet et al.

   Pages 17-23

5. Performance of Advanced High Strength Steel and Aluminium Alloy Tubes in Three-Point Bending

   • Gayan Rathnaweera, Yvonne Durandet, Dong Ruan, Michael Hajj

   Pages 25-32

6. A System Dynamics Approach to Understanding the Influence of Lightweight Materials on the Development of Fuel Efficient Cars

   • Peter Stasinopoulos, Paul Compston, Haley M. Jones

   Pages 33-38

7. Functional Fatigue of Shape Memory Alloys

   • T. Ataalla, M. Leary, A. Subic

   Pages 39-43

8. Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Behavior of Fiber Composites

   • H. Bansemir

   Pages 45-53

9. Car Body Design with Polyurethane Composites Produced by an Innovative Pultrusion Process

   • S. C. Bruckmeier, J. Wellnitz

   Pages 55-59

10. Modelling the Automated Tape Placement of Thermoplastic Composites with In-Situ Consolidation

    • C. M. Stokes-Griffin, T. I. Matuszyk, Paul Compston, M. J. Cardew-Hall

    Pages 61-68

11. Glass/Carbon Fibre Hybrid Composite Laminates for Structural Applications in Automotive Vehicles

    • J. Zhang, K. Chaisombat, S. He, C. H. Wang

    Pages 69-74

12. Lightweight Stiffened Composite Structure with Superior Bending Strength and Stiffness for Automotive Floor Applications

    • J. Zhang, S. He, I. H. Walton, A. Kajla, C. H. Wang

    Pages 75-80

13. New Automotive Fabrics with Anti-odour and Antimicrobial Properties

    • Saniyat Islam, Olga Troynikov, Rajiv Padhye

    Pages 81-89

14. Advanced Concept Modelling Method for Automotive Structural Optimization

    • Pooja Doke, Mohammad Fard, Reza Jazar

    Pages 91-96

15. Effect of Equivalence Ratio on Combustion Characteristics in a Hydrogen Direct-Injection SI Engine

    • Roy Mithun Kanti, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Eiji Tomita, Takashi Fujitani

    Pages 97-102

16. Effects of Different Port Injection CNG System Configurations on a 3.8L V6 Engine

    • Jose Herrera, Joshua Toohey, Boxin Jin, Thomas Rogers, Lucien Koopmans

    Pages 103-110

17. On the Application of Compressed Natural Gas for an SI Internal Combustion Engine and Two Different Injector Positions

    • Christopher Soanes, Lucien Koopmans

    Pages 111-118

18. Recent Trends in Emerging Transportation Fuels and Energy Consumption

    • B. G. Bunting

    Pages 119-125

19. Kinetic Modeling of Fuel Effects over a Wide Range of Chemistry, Properties, and Sources

    • B. G. Bunting, M. Bunce, K. Puduppakkam, C. Naik

    Pages 127-133

20. Biofire – Biogenic Fuel Ignition Research

    • K. Huber, J. Hauber

    Pages 135-144

The book on Sustainable Automotive Technologies aims to draw special attention to the research and practice focused on new technologies and approaches capable of meeting the challenges to sustainable mobility. In particular, the book features incremental and radical technical advancements that are able to meet social, economic and environmental targets in both local and global contexts. These include original solutions to the problems of pollution and congestion, vehicle and public safety, sustainable vehicle design and manufacture, new structures and materials, new power-train technologies and vehicle concepts. In addition to vehicle technologies, the book is also concerned with the broader systemic issues such as sustainable supply chain systems, integrated logistics and telematics, and end-of-life vehicle management. It captures selected peer reviewed papers accepted for presentation at the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies, ICSAT2012, held at the RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.

• Alternative automotive powertrains
• End-of-Life-Vehicle
• Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2012
• Engineering Economics
• industrial pollution prevention

• RMIT University, Bundoora, Australia

  Aleksandar Subic

• UAS-Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany

  Jörg Wellnitz

• RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

  Martin Leary

• , School of Aerospace, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia

  Lucien Koopmans

The editors have successfully edited 2 previous proceedings in the field.

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