Advances in Engine and Powertrain Research and Technology

The book covers a wide range of applied research compactly presented in one volume, and shows innovative engineering solutions for automotive, marine and aviation industries, as well as power generation. While targeting primarily the audience of professional scientists and engineers, the book can also be useful for graduate students, and also for all those who are relatively new to the area and are looking for a single source with a good overview of the state-of-the-art as well as an up-to-date information on theories, numerical methods, and their application in design, simulation, testing, and manufacturing. The readers will find here a rich mixture of approaches, software tools and case studies used to investigate and optimize diverse powertrains, their functional units and separate machine parts based on different physical phenomena, their mathematical representation, solution algorithms, and experimental validation.

Dr. Tigran Parikyan is the principal developer of powertrain dynamics simulation software EXCITE^TM Designer at AVL List GmbH (Graz, Austria). His research interests focus mainly on efficient FE modeling and dynamic reduction of engine and driveline parts, damped and high-performance gyroscopic modal analyses, as well as 3D and torsional vibration analyses of engines and powertrains in frequency domain. He currently serves as the Chair of the Technical Committee for Engines and Powertrains of IFToMM.