Call for Papers and Presentations
SAE 2008 Motorsports Engineering Conference
Date: December 2-4, 2008
Location: The Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord Golf Resort & Spa, Concord, North Carolina
Theme:
Keeping You Ahead - Racing Technologies YOU Need to Know
The SAE 2008 Motorsports Engineering Conference and Exhibition (MSEC) is going back to it's roots with a focus on technical information that will be useful to the working technicians, engineers and engineering managers. The technical program has been defined by individuals working in the sport, is being organized by industry professionals and is designed to deliver high quality, usable information.
SAE is seeking abstracts for papers and oral presentations on motorsports technologies and engineering related topics including, but not limited to, the following:
Safety
- Driver and crew equipment
- Product evaluation versus standards
- Seats and seatbelt mounting
- Seatbelt effectiveness for multi drivers
- Driver education and conditioning
- Prevention and management of mild traumatic brain injury
- Human tolerance
- Circuit design and inspection
- Education and training of first responders
- Re-certification of safety equipment
- Race vehicle safety standards
- Firefighting: alternative fuels and energy systems
- Chemical storage and exposure
- Motorcycle rider and circuit safety
- Go kart safety
- Safety gear for responders
Vehicle/Chassis
- Tire modeling and characterization
- Tire shake
- Suspension friction reduction
- Alternative brake materials
- Electronic brake systems
- Crash damage assessment and repair
- New technologies in steering systems
- Electric steering assist
Testing/Simulation
- Virtual tools
- Rig testing
- Four and seven post rig advancements
- Track testing
- Sensors and instrumentation
- GPS based instrumentation
- Data manipulation and management
- Lap time optimization
Aerodynamics
- Current problems confronting race teams
- Test facilities (e.g. new facility capabilities)
- Industry Reference Vehicles
- Test techniques
- Analytical methods
- Flow visualization
- Turbulence modeling
- Transient flows
- Vehicle wakes and vortices
- Case studies
- Correlation between tunnels and CFD
- Research opportunities
Powertrain
- Advanced combustion
- Diesel engines in competition
- Direct injection in competition
- Life cycle and failure analysis
- Friction and windage reduction
- Oil monitoring for wear
- Tribology
- Engine and fuel system challenges with bio-fuels
- Electronic powertrain control systems
Materials
- Use of advanced materials
- Advanced manufacturing processes
- Surface finishes
- Life analysis of composite materials
Green Motorsports
- Future emissions and carbon regulations
- Noise regulations and muffler design
- Catalysts in motorsports
- Hybrid and electric vehicles
- Safety with hybrid and electric vehicles
- Bio-fuels
- Regenerative braking
- Kinetic energy recovery systems
Sanctioning Bodies and Event Management
- Monitoring and control of new technologies
- Sporting code content and management
- Vehicle and facility inspections
- Spectator safety
- Incident data recording and database
For a description of the sessions and additional topic suggestions please go to the SAE web page www.sae.org/msec
| Deadline for submitting abstracts | May 19, 2008 |
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| Draft Manuscripts due to SAE | June 23, 2008 |
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| Final Manuscripts due to SAE | October 6, 2008 |
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Abstracts are submitted on-line via the SAE website. Upon submission, you will receive an automatic reply with your paper number and the critical deadline dates for the event.
The following information will be required during the on-line submission process:
- A digest of 200 to 300 words (English) that states the objective of the paper, outlines the problem requiring solution, or method of approach to research; is explicit with respect to the type of data to be included; and summarizes the conclusions to be made, and states the competitive application in racing. Any preliminary material, such as diagrams, charts, data, curves, test results, photos, etc., should also be submitted with the abstract.
- Tentative title
- Name of the author and co-authors. Author and co-author, business affiliation, mailing address and telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses.
- Selection of one session code listed.
Offered papers shall not have been published elsewhere; and if accepted, contributors will not release their paper for publication through other media.
Paper acceptance will be based on peer review of draft manuscripts.
For questions or problems during on-line submission, please contact Lorie Featherstone, 248-327-4098 or lfeather@sae.org
To obtain an exposition prospectus, contact:
Gretchen Fry
SAE Corporate Customer Sales
Telephone: 724-772-4086 or 888-875-3976
Fax: 724-776-3087
