Inspiring - SAE

SAFETY/TESTING
SESSIONS
Steering and Suspension Technology
Symposium: Suspensions
The Suspension Technical Session of the SAE International
Congress consists new work or constructive reviews of suspension
system components and/or the system performance of those
components. The 2008 session will focus on new suspension
system advancements and models.
Organizers:
Robert J. Ackley, Delphi Chassis Systems; Paul O. Davis, Ford
Motor Co.
Tire and Wheel Technology
The Tire Wheel Technology session will be a full day program with
paper topics limited to tires. The session will open with papers
on tire rolling resistance and tire sidewall cooling. The remainder
of the day will feature a series of papers relating to “Aged Tire
Durability”, an area of intense study during the last few years. This
body of work will start with an overview and progress through a
series of specific studies to support a future “Aged Tire Durability
Standard”
Organizers:
John D. Andrus, General Motors Corp.; Neel K. Mani, Bridgestone
Americas Holding Inc.; Timothy A. Marantis, Bridgestone/Firestone
NA Tire LLC; Saied Taheri, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Rick S.
Wallace, General Motors Corp.
Vehicle Aerodynamics (Part 2 of 7): CFD
Validation
Validation studies, experiments, and investigations for advanced
CFD applications
Organizers:
Taeyoung Han, GM
Primary Ride
The session will present papers related to ride quality, vehicle ride
tuning.Suspension Design Factors(SDF) influencing performance
ride metrics
Organizers:
Pinhas Barak, Kettering Univ.; Richard D. Tonda, Ford Motor Co.
Tuesday April 15
Automotive Lighting Technology (Part 2
of 3)
New lighting configurations continue to be a demand for
vehicle styling and performance. In conjunction with the new
configurations, further engineering analyses including the areas
of optical, thermal, venting, and materials have been conducted,
and new findings are presented in this session. The engineering
work shown in these reports has great practical values for product
design and development.
Organizers:
Jianzhong Jiao, North American Lighting Inc.
Fire Safety: Fire Investigation and Case
Studies
This session includes papers reporting about vehicle fires that
occurred in field operation and the fire-related performance
of vehicle components. Papers may discuss cause and origin
investigation and determination, as well as relevant component
design factors.
Organizers:
Harold E. Clyde, Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc.; Thomas M.
DeSantis, Motor Vehicle Incident Investigations, Inc.; Selim A.
Hammoud, Nissan North America Inc.; Leland E. Shields, Leland E
Shields Inc.
Human Factors in Driving and
Automotive Telematics (Part 1 of 2)
Discussion of HMI, interior design, driver behavior, feel and
interaction.
Organizers:
Rana Balci, Delphi Corp.; Lijian Zhang, General Motors Corp.
Noise and Vibration: Vehicle Interior
Comfort (Part 3 of 6)
This session addresses NVH issues, related to sound quality,
acoustic materials, design, and body shake that impact the vehicle
interior comfort.
Organizers:
Dr. Pranab Saha PE, Kolano and Saha Engineers Inc.
Occupant Protection - Accident
Reconstruction (Part 3 of 6)
The 2008 SAE Accident Reconstruction Session again includes
papers with a wide range of topics related to the reconstruction of
vehicular accidents. Topics this year with multiple papers include
vehicle dynamics, characterization of vehicle rollover accidents and
the modeling of the acceleration pulse in vehicular collisions. The
topics of additional papers includes biomechanical considerations
related to vehicular accident reconstruction, photogrammetric
analysis, the performance of event data recorders (EDR), collisions
involving motorcycles and sideswipe accidents.
Organizers:
Matthew Brach, Brach Engineering; Raymond M. Brach, Univ. of
Notre Dame; Stein E. Husher, Michael S. Varat, KEVA Engineering
Occupant Protection - Biomechanics (Part
1 of 3)
This session will present current research on the biomechanics
of impact and injury. Paper topics will include dummy biofidelity
assessment, analysis of restraint performance, development
of injury criteria and tolerances for the head, spine, chest and
extremities, injury mechanisms, and clinical studies of injury
outcome.
Organizers:
Tony R. Laituri, Ford Motor Co.; William Newberry, Exponent Inc.;
Michael Prange, Exponent Failure Analysis
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SAE 2008 World Congress
Technical session dates/times subject to
change. Look for updates at
www.sae.org/congress