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The 29 papers in this technical paper collection cover topics such as spot welding of advanced high strength steels, weldability improvement, metal inert gas welding process optimization, self-piercing riveting, stir spot welding, and more.

This title includes the technical papers developed for the 2022 Stapp Car Crash Conference, the premier forum for the presentation of research in impact biomechanics, human injury tolerance, and related fields, advancing the knowledge of land-vehicle crash injury protection. The conference provides an opportunity to participate in open discussion about the causes and mechanisms of injury, experimental methods and tools for use in impact biomechanics research, and the development of new concepts for reducing injuries and fatalities in automobile crashes.

The 13 papers in this technical paper collection look at occupant protection in terms of structural crashworthiness and safety test methodology. Topics covered include: crash energy in vehicle-to-vehicle (VTV) impacts; plastic beams for automobile low-speed rear impact; evaluation of dynamic roof deformation in rollover crash tests; vehicle integrated non-intrusive monitoring of driver biological signals; and more.

The 16 papers in this technical paper colection present advancement of auto safety-related technologies that deal with roof crush testing, pedestrian safety, front, side and rear impact, simulation of interior head impact, FE study of factors on risk of KTH injuries in frontal impact, CAE methods and testing, and field modeling and assessment techniques.

The 22 papers in this technical paper collection discuss occupant safety, including rollover and side impact, safety test methodology, and structural crashworthiness. Topics covered included vehicle design, restraint systems design, crash test analysis, CAE simulations and statistical trends analysis, post-crash pedestrian kinematics, and more. The 23 papers in this technical paper collection discuss occupant safety, including rollover and side impact, safety test methodology, and structural crashworthiness. Topics covered included vehicle design, restraint systems design, crash test analysis, CAE simulations and statistical trends analysis, post-crash pedestrian kinematics, and more.

This technical paper collection contains 20 papers presenting new technologies and research in the area of vehicle rear-end collision, rollover collision and lateral impacts. Papers may be related to analysis of crash compatibility, statistical data analysis, design of vehicle systems, biomechanics and dummy development. To see a listing of papers included in this special publication, click on the papers link below.

The 23 papers in this technical paper collection address occupant protection with regards to rear impact, rollover, and side impact. Topics include: the effectiveness of curtain side air bags; side impact sensing calibration; door side impact countermeasure; off-road rollover dynamics; steer-induced rollovers; estimating variation in roof strength; occupant pocketing kinematics during whiplash assessments; rear occupant head restraint interaction in high-severity rear impact using BioRID and HIII; and more.

The 9 technical papers in this technical paper collection cover topics regarding new CI and SI engines and components. This includes analytical, experimental, and computational studies covering hardware development as well as design and analysis techniques.

The 8 technical papers in this collection feature CI combustion technologies distinguished by 1) mixing processes that influence combustion; and 2) combustion phasing closely coupled to the timing of fuel injection. This includes the impact of the fuel injection and jet-mixing processes; impact of swirl/spray targeting on mixing processes; combustion chamber/engine geometry optimization; sources of combustion inefficiency; and the impact of operating conditions.

The 13 technical papers in this collection cover the work done by student teams in the EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future competition series, sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy. This includes powertrain architecture selection, control system modeling and simulation, and energy storage system design and component packaging.

The 8 technical papers in this collection contain lubricant research and development that is necessary to advance and support new automotive engineering technology. Topics include grease designed to reduce vehicle noise, characteristics of low viscosity engine oil that impact fuel economy and reliability and the characterization of diesel particulate filter ash and how this influences the development of filter regeneration strategies.

This technical paper collection focuses on particle emissions from combustion engines, including measurement and testing methods, and the effects of changes in fuel composition. Papers also cover the topics of the environmental and health effects of elemental carbon and organic carbon that constitutes solid cored particles plus the environmental and health effects of secondary organic aerosol emissions. This includes particulate emissions from both gasoline and diesel engines.

This technical paper collection includes papers on PM measurement methods, soot generation, alternative methods of PM mass determination, in-cylinder contol of emissions, the effects of EGR, biodiesel fuels, duel fuel systems, soot emissions modeling, PM emissions from gasoline engines, including GDI, ethanol effects, and modeling.

This technical paper collection focuses on the latest research related to methods and techniques for reconstructing vehicular crashes involving wheeled and tracked vehicles, pedestrians, and roadside features. Emphasis is placed on experimental data and theoretical methods that will enable reconstructionists to identify, interpret and analyze physical evidence from vehicular crashes

The 30 papers in this technical paper collection focus on heavy tire modeling/testing and evaluation; vehicle dynamics; wide based tires, sustainability and maintenance; air suspension, off-road chassis and suspension; hybrid drive and chassis; all wheel/multi-wheel drive vehicle dynamics and performance; testing and experimental analysis of chassis and suspension; and advanced chassis control and rollover.

The 11 papers in this technical paper collection focus on heat transfer and advances in thermal and fluid sciences. Topics covered include convection, conduction, radiation, porous media, phase change including boiling, condensation, melting and freezing, and more. The 11 papers in this technical paper collection focus on heat transfer and advances in thermal and fluid sciences. Topics covered include convection, conduction, radiation, porous media, phase change including boiling, condensation, melting and freezing, and more.

This technical paper collection focuses on the general topic of combustion engine gaseous emissions (regulated and non-regulated). This includes well-to-wheels CO2 production for alternative technologies, fuel economy and all greenhouse gas emission research. It also includes hydrocarbon species and specific NOx species production over aftertreatment devices as a result of changes in fuel specification and the inclusion of bio-derived components and consideration of secondary emissions production (slip) as a result of aftertreatment.

Topics included in this technical paper collection are the integration of various diesel particulate matter (PM) and diesel Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) reduction technologies plus analogous technologies for the growing population of direct injection gasoline engines.

This technical paper collection contains papers describing experiments and test data, simulation results focused on applications, fuel/additive effects, and RCCI (reactivity-controlled compression ignition).