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CONAT 2016 International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering

  • Includes selected and reviewed papers from the conference
  • Presents latest developments in the field
  • International authorship
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (98 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
  2. Advanced Engineering Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Expanded Polypropylene Finite Elements Analysis in Transport Application

      • Alexander Schwarz, Catalin-Andrei Runcianu, Andreas Gebhardt
      Pages 26-35
    3. Comparative Study on the Performances of Aerodynamic Devices Used in Decreasing of the Automobiles Lift Force

      • Angel Huminic, Gabriela Huminic, Marius Carauleanu, Constantin Ciolofan
      Pages 48-54
    4. About the Steering Kinematics of the Road Trains

      • Ion Preda, Dinu Covaciu
      Pages 64-74
    5. Evaluation of the Behavior in Cornering for Different Classes of Passenger Cars by Numerical Modeling

      • Nicolae CordoÈ™, Adrian TodoruÅ£, István Barabás, Radu Daniel MureÈ™an
      Pages 83-89
    6. Structural Dynamic Applications Using Principal Component Analysis Method

      • Mircea Niculescu, Cristi Irimia, Ioan Calin Rosca, Mihail Grovu, Maria Violeta Guiman
      Pages 90-99
    7. Experimental Investigation of a Vehicle Behavior Using Different Complex Data Acquisition Systems

      • Ilie Dumitru, Racila Laurentiu, Tutunea Dragos, Matei Lucian, Dima Alexandru, Oprica Alexandru
      Pages 136-143
    8. Validation of Kinematic Simulation of Sprocket Contacts of Chain Links by Experiments

      • Karim Shalaby, Florin Corciova, Simona Lache
      Pages 144-151
    9. Belt Losses Evaluation for a Push-Belt CVT

      • Valerian Croitorescu, Codrin Cuciurean, Mircea Oprean
      Pages 152-160
    10. Kinematic and Dynamic Study of a Mechanism for a Vehicle Front and Rear Stabilizer Bars

      • Nicolae Dumitru, Cristian Copilusi, Ionut Geonea, Alexandru Margine
      Pages 161-169

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About this book

The volume will include selected and reviewed papers from CONAT - International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering to be held in Brasov, Romania, in October 2016. Authors are experts from research, industry and universities coming from 14 countries worldwide. The papers are covering the latest developments in automotive vehicles and environment, advanced transport systems and road traffic, heavy and special vehicles, new materials, manufacturing technologies and logistics, accident research and analysis and innovative solutions for automotive vehicles.

The conference will be organized by SIAR (Society of Automotive Engineers from Romania) in cooperation with FISITA. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov , Brasov, Romania

    Anghel Chiru

  • Department of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

    Nicolae Ispas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: CONAT 2016 International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering

  • Editors: Anghel Chiru, Nicolae Ispas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45447-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45446-7Published: 01 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83295-1Published: 29 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45447-4Published: 31 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 898

  • Number of Illustrations: 129 b/w illustrations, 596 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Automotive Engineering, Transportation, Industrial and Production Engineering

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eBook USD 189.00
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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 329.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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