Optimal Design of Heavy Vehicles
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2022) | Viewed by 7626
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vehicle dynamics; suspension design; accident reconstruction; engineering design and optimization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to present a spectrum of emerging technologies applicable for the design, modeling and, hence, optimization of heavy vehicles and their components.
In the future, vehicles will turn into “smart moveable containers” capable of safely transporting people and goods. Construction of these vehicles requires new design approaches ensuring vehicle stability. Moreover, vehicles will experience a major impact in order to minimize their environmental footprint. Finally, it will become possible to integrate the vehicles in the overall traffic system using ITS techniques.
Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on the promotion and application of new concepts, approaches and pioneering techniques that lead to optimal heavy vehicle performance in terms of mobility, safety, handling, ride quality, stability, reliability, efficiency, as well as economy and impact on environment.
Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
- Dynamics of heavy vehicle systems and their components (i.e., suspension, steering, braking, chassis systems, noise–vibration–harshness, power train);
- Computer-aided modeling and simulation, validation, parameter identification and testing in heavy vehicles;
- Heavy vehicle interactions with the environment including tire–ground behavior;
- Intelligent heavy vehicles.
We therefore invite papers on innovative technical developments, reviews, case studies, as well as papers from different disciplines relevant to the optimal design of heavy vehicles, their components and superstructures.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Koulocheris
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy vehicle design
- vehicle dynamics
- vehicles superstructures
- vehicle dynamic measurements
- optimal design
- suspension design
- heavy vehicle powertrain
- heavy vehicle diagnostics
- connected heavy vehicles
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