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Fundamentals of Automotive and Engine Technology

Standard Drives, Hybrid Drives, Brakes, Safety Systems

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Konrad Reif

    1. Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg, Friedrichshafen, Germany

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  • Description of diesel engine and fuel-injection
  • Basic principles of vehicle dynamics as overview
  • Overview about hybrid drives and operation of hybrid vehicles
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Bosch Professional Automotive Information (BPAI)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. History of the automobile

    • Karl-Heinz Dietsche, Dietrich Kuhlgatz
    Pages 1-7

  3. History of the diesel engine

    • Karl-Heinz Dietsche
    Pages 8-17

  4. Areas of use for diesel engines

    • Joachim Lackner, Herbert Schumacher, Hermann Grieshaber
    Pages 18-21

  5. Basic principles of the diesel engine

    • Hermann Grieshaber, Thorsten Raatz
    Pages 22-39

  6. Basic principles of diesel fuel injection

    • Hermann Grieshaber, Olaf Stein
    Pages 40-51

  7. Basics of the gasoline (SI) engine

    • Dirk Hofmann, Bernhard Mencher, Werner Häming, Werner Hess
    Pages 52-67

  8. Inductive ignition system

    • Walter Gollin
    Pages 68-77

  9. Transmissions for Motor Vehicles

    • D. Graumann, T. Müller, T. Laux
    Pages 78-103

  10. Motor-vehicle safety

    • Friedrich Kost
    Pages 104-113

  11. Basic principles of vehicle dynamics

    • Friedrich Kost
    Pages 114-129

  12. Car braking systems

    • Wulf Post
    Pages 130-141

  13. Vehicle electrical systems

    • Clemens Schmucker, Hartmut Wanner, Wolfgang Kircher, Werner Hofmeister, Andreas Simmel
    Pages 142-157

  14. Overview of electrical and electronic systems in the vehicle

    • Bernhard Mencher, Walter Gollin, Ferdinand Reiter, Andreas Glaser, Felix Landhäußer, Klaus Lerchenmüller et al.
    Pages 158-160

  15. Control of gasoline engines

    • Konrad Reif
    Pages 161-171

  16. Control of Diesel engines

    • Konrad Reif
    Pages 172-179

  17. Lighting technology

    • Konrad Reif
    Pages 180-193

  18. Electronic stability program

    • Konrad Reif
    Pages 194-201

  19. Adaptive cruise control

    • Konrad Reif
    Pages 202-209

  20. Occupant-protection systems

    • Konrad Reif
    Pages 210-217
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About this book

Hybrid drives and the operation of hybrid vehicles are characteristic of contemporary automotive technology. Together with the electronic driver assistant systems, hybrid technology is of the greatest importance and both cannot be ignored by today’s car drivers. This technical reference book provides the reader with a firsthand comprehensive description of significant components of automotive technology. All texts are complemented by numerous detailed illustrations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Konrad Reif

About the editor

Bosch is the world´s largest independent supplier of parts and equipment for motor vehicles. Innovations by Bosch have shaped the development of the automobile. Bosch´s dominant technological role in many fields is demonstrated by the fact that it has the most patent applications in automotive engineering in Germany, to the European Patent Office and in the USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Automotive and Engine Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Standard Drives, Hybrid Drives, Brakes, Safety Systems

  • Editors: Konrad Reif

  • Series Title: Bosch Professional Automotive Information

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03972-1

  • Publisher: Springer Vieweg Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-03971-4Published: 10 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-03972-1Published: 16 June 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2570-4559

  • Series E-ISSN: 2570-4583

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 279 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Engine Technology, Automotive Engineering

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