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Título: | Reducing fuel consumption through modular vehicle architectures |
Autor(es): | Carvalho, Irene Baier, Thomas Simões, Ricardo Silva, Arlindo |
Palavras-chave: | Lightweighting Modularity Fuel economy Design for flexibility in use Lean driving systems Driving patterns |
Data: | 2012 |
Editora: | Elsevier 1 |
Revista: | Applied Energy |
Resumo(s): | By identifying energy waste streams in vehicles fuel consumption and introducing the concept of lean driving systems, a technological gap for reducing fuel consumption was identified. This paper proposes a solution to overcome this gap, through a modular vehicle architecture aligned with driving patterns. It does not address detailed technological solutions; instead it models the potential effects in fuel consumption through a modular concept of a vehicle and quantifies their dependence on vehicle design parameters (manifesting as the vehicle mass) and user behavior parameters (driving patterns manifesting as the use of a modular car in lighter and heavier mode, in urban and highway cycles). Modularity has been functionally applied in automotive industry as manufacture and assembly management strategies; here it is thought as a product development strategy for flexibility in use, driven by environmental concerns and enabled by social behaviors. The authors argue this concept is a step forward in combining technological solutions and social behavior, of which eco-driving is a vivid example, and potentially evolutionary to a lean, more sustainable, driving culture. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/21807 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.004 |
ISSN: | 0306-2619 |
Versão da editora: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.004 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso restrito UMinho |
Aparece nas coleções: | IPC - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem |
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