For Love of the Automobile

Looking Back into the History of Our Desires

by Wolfgang Sachs

In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological ...

ISBN: 9780520068780

Binding: Hardback Book

DSP for In-vehicle and Mobile Systems

by Huseyin Abut, John H.L. Hansen & Kazuya Takeda

DSP for In-Vehicle and Mobile Systems is focused on digital signal processing strategies for improving information access, command and control, and communications for in-vehicle environments. It is expected that the next generation of ...

ISBN: 9780387229782

Binding: Hardback Book

Vision in Vehicles: Selected/edited Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, Leiden, the Netherlands, 27-29 August 1991 IV

by I. D. Brown, C. M. Haslegrave, H.W. Kruysse & others

This volume contains contributions illuminating much of the current research occurring in the area of visual perception. It encompasses all aspects of vision and its relationship to vehicle design, including both the internal and external design ...

ISBN: 9780444893628

Binding: Hardback Book

Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems in Automotive Control

by Rolf Johansson & Anders Rantzer

This book will enable researchers, control engineers and automotive engineers to understand the engine and whole-vehicle models necessary for control. A range of contributors from academic and industrial backgrounds cover subjects from suspension ...

ISBN: 9781852336523

Binding: Hardback Book

Modeling Engine Spray and Combustion Processes

by Gunnar Stiesch

The book covers the various approaches to modeling the in-cylinder processes such as mixture formation, combustion and formation of exhaust emissions in diesel and gasoline engines. Due to their complexity, emphasis is put on multi-dimensional ...

ISBN: 9783540006824

Binding: Hardback Book

Electromagnetic Compatibility of Integrated Circuits

Techniques for Low Emission and Susceptibility

by Sonia Ben Dhia, Mohamed Ramdani & Etienne Sicard

Electromagnetic Compatibility of Integrated Circuits: Techniques for Low Emission and Susceptibility focuses on the electromagnetic compatibility of integrated circuits. The basic concepts, theory, and an extensive historical review of integrated ...

ISBN: 9780387266008

Binding: Mixed Media

The Suppression of the Automobile

Skullduggery at the Crossroads

by David Beasley

<p>Contrary to popular belief, the automobile is not a twentieth-century invention. A steam-powered version of this vehicle was in use in Great Britain as early as the 1830s, and both steam- and petroleum-powered automobiles were operating in ...

ISBN: 9780313261442

Binding: Hardback Book

Recreational Vehicles and Travel

A Resource Guide

by Bernard Mergen

<p>Here is the first reference guide to the major sources for the study of recreational vehicles, boats, and aircraft in the context of American history and popular culture. It provides brief histories of the various types of vehicles and ...

ISBN: 9780313236723

Binding: Hardback Book