Inspiring - SAE

SAFETY/TESTING
SESSIONS
Occupant Protection - Structural
Crashworthiness and Occupant Safety
(Part 1 of 3)
Evaluations of vehicle structures for crashworthiness. Evaluations
of designs, materials, systems, simulations and testing.
Organizers:
Jamel E. Belwafa, Ford Motor Co.
Steering and Suspension Technology
Symposium: Steering (Part 1 of 2)
The steering system continues to develop as an important element
in the vehicle, for comfort, performance and safety. This year
the papers cover a wide range of topics from improvements in
performance, still a very subjective area, through advances in the
expanding field of electric steering, to research on steer by wire
systems for the future.
Organizers:
Paul K. Webber, TRW Steering & Suspension Systems
Vehicle Aerodynamics (Part 3 of 7):
Turbulence and Gusts
This session presents research that focuses on sources,
measurement, and effects of unsteady air flow around a vehicle.
The work includes detailed flow field studies and the overall impact
to aerodynamics and wind noise. Paper topics include work
completed on-road, in the wind tunnel, and using CAE techniques.
Organizers:
William S. Gulker, Ford Motor Co.; Joel Walter, Jacobs
Vehicle Dynamics and Simulation (Part 1 of
5): Vehicle Stability and Control
This session includes research work done on the development of
ESC brake control methods and the use of torque vectoring for
directional control.
Organizers:
Janice K. Cooper, NHTSA; W. Riley Garrott, Paul A. Grygier,
National Hwy Traffic Safety Admin; Mark Heitz, Transportation
Research Center Inc.; Gary J. Heydinger, SEA, Ltd.; Mohamed
Kamel Salaani, Transportation Research Center Inc.
Automotive Lighting Technology (Part 3
of 3)
Improving automotive lighting performance to enhance public road
safety has been a high priority of development and evaluation
of automotive lighting technology. This session provides update
information for technological progress.
Organizers:
Jianzhong Jiao, North American Lighting Inc.
Fire Safety: Hydrogen Vehicle Fire Safety
Organized by the SAE Fire Safety Committee, Session B18 (Fire
Safety: Hydrogen Vehicle Fire Safety) addresses fire and safety
issues unique to fuel-cell vehicles and other vehicles on the
hydrogen highway. Fire safety is considered from a broad range of
perspectives, from fundamental experimental, computational, and
analytical studies to actual vehicle incidents.
Organizers:
Glenn W. Scheffler; Peter B. Sunderland, Univ. of Maryland
Noise and Vibration: Engine/Powertrain
(Part 4 of 6)
This session covers analytical and empirical approaches of
evaluating and improving the powertrain and driveline related noise
and vibration area, in the customer perspective of automotive
engineering. A complete powertrain can be divided into several
sub-system fields, such as Base Engine, Base Engine Adaptation,
Transmission, Powertrain, Driveline and powertrain adaptation
to the vehicle. Methodology of resolving any noise and vibration
problems, and sound quality improvement are presented.
Organizers:
James M. Nieters PE, Sound Resources II LLC; In-Soo Suh
Occupant Protection - Accident
Reconstruction (Part 4 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 2 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
Occupant Protection - Structural
Crashworthiness and Occupant Safety
(Part 2 of 3)
Evaluations of vehicle structures for crashworthiness. Evaluations
of designs, materials, systems, simulations and testing.
Organizers:
Jamel E. Belwafa, Ford Motor Co.
Technical session dates/times subject to
change. Look for updates at
www.sae.org/congress
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