Current automotive electrics and electronics (E/E) architectures are very complex and face the challenge to provide easy integration of additional and even more complex functionality such as automated driving. Furthermore, the end-customer is used to the possibility of easy personalization, adaptivity or extensibility of the electronic systems with new hardware or software. Since this possibili...

Simulation has great potential to improve the development process for automotive ECUs. Simulation helps to move development tasks to PC, where they often can be performed faster, cheaper or better. However, development tasks such as calibration and test are typically performed by an OEM, while the ECU code is owned by the supplier of the ECU. Therefore, the OEM is often unable to set up a simul...

the liquid metal flow and the solidification behaviours in a multi-cavity casting mould of two automotive cast parts were simulated in three dimensions. the commercial code, flow-3d® was used because it can track the front of the molten metal by a volume of fluid (vof) method and allows complicated parts to be modeled by the fractional area/volume obstacle representation (favor) method. the gre...

the purpose of this study is pathology of talent management in the automotive industry, so we identify challenges and barriers, as well as success factors in this filed. this research is a kind of qualitative study that has been done by coding methodology of qualitative data. we used semi-structured interview to collect data. after collecting data and coding, data are divided into two groups of...

parametric design optimization of an automotive body crashworthiness improvement is presented. the thicknesses of parts are employed as design variables for optimization whose objective is to increase the maximum deceleration value of the vehicle center of gravity during an impact. using the taguchi method, this study analyzes the optimum conditions for design objectives and the impact factors ...

SOFTWARE IS THE number-one decisive competitive factor in the automotive industry. Innovations such as driver-assistance systems and energy-efficient driving require complex solutions with complex software functionality. Not only must the growing complexity be managed, but also safe behavior must be ensured. Global competition and fast release cycles enforce continuous efficiency improvement an...

The primary determinants of control location are human physiological limitations, spatial relationship to the functions controlled, functional groupings, sequential arrangements, and priority of usage/frequency of use. The first four of these are relatively easy to determine, whether through anthropometrics or task/function analyses, but the final consideration is often less straightforward. Th...

Three levels of competitiveness affect the success of business enterprises in a globally competitive environment: the competitiveness of the company, the competitiveness of the industry in which the company operates and the competitiveness of the country where the business is located. This study analyses the competitiveness of the automotive industry in association with the national competitive...