Due to a favourable strength-to-density ratio, aluminium and its alloys are increasingly used in the automotive, aviation space industries for fabrication of skins other structural elements. This article explores opportunities limitations using Single- Two Point Incremental Sheet Forming techniques form sheets from alloys. (ISF) methods designed increase efficiency processing low- medium-batch ...

For decades, automotive coatings have experienced degradation in the form of etching on coatings exposed to acid rain. As a result, procedures were developed to simulate and accelerate this type of degradation. These procedures failed to accurately simulate the etch produced in the product’s service environment because they lacked the critical field components necessary to reproduce this type o...

This paper presents the specific application of wireless communication, Automotive Wireless Communication_ also called as Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication. The paper first gives an introduction to the Automotive Wireless Communication. It explains the technology used for Automotive Wireless Communication along with the various automotive applications relying on wireless communication. Automotiv...

This paper presents an overview of wireless automotive communication technologies, with the aim of identifying the strong candidates for future in-vehicle and inter-vehicle automotive applications. The paper first gives an overview of automotive applications relying on wireless communications, with particular focus on telematics. Then, the paper identifies the key networking technologies used f...

Flexible Roll Forming (FRF) allows the forming of components with a variable cross section along length component. However, process has only limited application in automotive industry due to wrinkling flange which currently prevents high strength steels and limits part shape complexity. This paper presents new technology, Incremental Shape Rolling (ISR), where pre-cut blank is clamped between t...

This paper presents the results of the ASAI (Automotive SPICE Assessors and Improvers) working group. The aim of the ASAI is to address open issues in the real application of the standard Automotive SPICE in the automotive industry. The outcomes of the ASAI activities are a set of guidelines on how some relevant open issues (expressed by means of questions) can be addressed and solved. These gu...

The diagnostic system discussed in this paper provides an agent-based approach to advanced on-board diagnostics of operation and communication failures occurring in an electronic automotive system. To facilitate development and testing of agent-based automotive diagnostics, a software simulator of automotive electronics systems, also based on multi-agent technology, has been implemented, allowi...