Tag: Vehicles

December 25, 2023

Connected and Automated Vehicles Integrating Engineering and Ethics

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Free Download Connected and Automated Vehicles: Integrating Engineering and Ethics
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031399900 | 381 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 4.2 MB
This book reports on theoretical and practical analyses of the ethical challenges connected to driving automation. It also aims at discussing issues that have arisen from the European Commission 2020 report "Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles. Recommendations on Road Safety, Privacy, Fairness, Explainability and Responsibility". Gathering contributions by philosophers, social scientists, mechanical engineers, and UI designers, the book discusses key ethical concerns relating to responsibility and personal autonomy, privacy, safety, and cybersecurity, as well as explainability and human-machine interaction. On the one hand, it examines these issues from a theoretical, normative point of view. On the other hand, it proposes practical strategies to face the most urgent ethical problems, showing how the integration of ethics and technology can be achieved through design practices. All in all, this book fosters a multidisciplinary approach where philosophy, ethics, and engineering are integrated, rather than just juxtaposed. It is meant to inform and inspire an audience of philosophers of technology, ethicists, engineers, developers, manufacturers, and regulators, among other interested readers.

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September 28, 2023

Planning and Operation of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids

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Free Download Planning and Operation of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids by Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 145 Pages | ISBN : 3031359100 | 25.3 MB
Transportation electrification, particularly using electric vehicles (EV), has been widely suggested to mitigate global warming and energy security issues due to their economic and environmental benefits. Environmentalists are advertising EV use, and governments are implementing financial incentives to expedite the transition from conventional vehicles to electric ones to achieve energy security and climate change mitigation goals. At the same time, EVs are becoming more affordable as their battery prices decrease. It has been predicted that EV sales will soon surpass gasoline and diesel vehicle sales. Therefore, EVs will be one of the significant electricity customers in the future. This fact hints that the uncontrolled charging and discharging of large numbers of EVs can put power systems at risk. Hence, optimal planning and operation of EVs is not only necessary but beneficial. This collection covers recent research advancements in the planning and operation of EVs in smart grids. A global group of researchers and scholars present innovative approaches while covering the theoretical and experimental aspects.

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September 28, 2023

Modelling Soft-Skinned Military Vehicles

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Free Download Jerry Scutts, "Modelling Soft-Skinned Military Vehicles"
English | 2000 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1841761397 | PDF | 17,2 mb
WWII saw the development of a huge range of armed and unarmed military vehicles – anti-aircraft gun platforms, ambulances, artillery tractors, fuel bowsers, jeeps, trucks and troop carriers – these are essential for use in many dioramas and vignettes.

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September 28, 2023

Design and Development of Aerospace Vehicles and Propulsion Systems Proceedings of SAROD 2018

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Free Download Design and Development of Aerospace Vehicles and Propulsion Systems: Proceedings of SAROD 2018 by S. Kishore Kumar
English | EPUB | 2021 | 529 Pages | ISBN : 981159600X | 194.2 MB
This book presents selected papers presented in the Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (SAROD 2018), which was jointly organized by Aeronautical Development Agency (the nodal agency for the design and development of combat aircraft in India), Gas-Turbine Research Establishment (responsible for design and development of gas turbine engines for military applications), and CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (involved in major aerospace programs in the country such as SARAS program, LCA, Space Launch Vehicles, Missiles and UAVs).

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August 16, 2023

Energy Transfer in Alternative Vehicles

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Free Download Energy Transfer in Alternative Vehicles by Wojciech Cieslik
English | PDF | 2023 | 290 Pages | ISBN : 303657851X | 42.8 MB
This reprint is a collection of research that contributes to a better understanding of energy transfer related to alternative vehicles. The hybridization of power units and alternative propulsion systems are the mainly developed technology in the automotive field today. The modernization of conventional propulsion sources is justified by the increasingly stringent economic, ecological, and comfort requirements. The common link in any renewable energy source or propulsion system today is electric motors. Their correct use in propulsion offers the possibility of reducing or eliminating harmful emissions both in the form of toxic compounds and noise or unwanted vibrations. The research works were related to energy transfer in both hybrid and electric vehicles, and conversion of energy from renewable sources such as photovoltaic installations to power alternative vehicles. However, you will also find in this reprint papers that are related to modules of alternative propulsion such as drivetrain efficiency analysis, ways of energy accumulation in batteries, and influence of the charging method on the energy consumption of a vehicle during its life cycle.

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