The new product development (NPD) is the process by which a new product idea is conceived, investigated, taken through the design process, manufactured, marketed and serviced. In Automotive Engineering these related to the product realization process (PRP) which consists of five phases: "Plan and Define Program", "Product Design and Development", "Process Design and...

With regenerative braking technology reaching maturity manufacturers are studying other forms of energy regeneration, amongst these, regenerative suspension. Although there have been several regenerative shock absorber developments over the past decade, including linear-tubular electric motors and hydraulic actuator based systems, cost and complexity have delayed large scale deployment in serie...

by-Wire Authors: Sebastian Geyer*, Stephan Hakuli**, Andrea McDougall Irizarry***, Hermann Winner*, Benjamin Franz****, Michaela Kauer**** * Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany ** The results contributed to this paper were achieved when serving as research assistant at the Institute of Automotive Engineering at Technische Universität Darmstadt. Stephan...

In this article a study of state of the art of the concurrent engineering technique in the automotive industry is presented. The importance and benefits of concurrent engineering in automotive industry are highlighted. The study in the areas of concurrent engineering tools, especially the information technology tools such as finite element analysis, computer-aided design and expert systems, is ...

Many criteria have been presented so far for innovation measurement. Presenting the relation between input and output of innovation, completing other criteria and achieving more comprehensive criteria has also been raised. What is of vital importance is the right utilization of these criteria towards measuring innovation. This paper seeks to present a model to measure innovation that, in additi...