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Farmer-Less Farming! First-Ever Mahindra & Mahindra Automated Tractor Ready for Duty in 2018 MOBILITY ENGINEERINGTM AUTOMOTIVE, AEROSPACE, OFF-HIGHWAY A quarterly publication of and Farmer-less farming! First-ever Mahindra & Mahindra automated tractor ready for duty in 2018 New rocket technology Making space missions more affordable Powertrain design Processes for improving quality and reliability Mazda’s advanced new SpCCI engine Volume 4, Issue 4 Blending the attributes of compression- and spark-ignition December 2017 ME AR Media Ad 1217.qxp_Mobility FP 10/24/17 12:42 PM Page 1 Our Founder Wanted To Create The Widest Bandwidth Amplifiers In The Industry Introducing the AR “U” Series (Universal) Amplifiers – 10 kHz-1000 MHz “Wouldn’t it be great if a single 1, 2.5, 10, 25 or 50-watt RF amplifier could span the entire frequency range of 10 kHz – 1000 MHz?” That’s what our founder, Don “Shep” Shepherd said. We agreed it would be great, but we knew there was a reason no one had done it. So we put our engineers to work figuring out ways to expand the frequency range while keeping the cost low and the performance and quality high. It wasn’t easy, but we designed a series of amplifiers with the widest bandwidth in the industry. They’re compact, affordable, high performance, and very reliable. These new “U” Series amplifiers can serve unlimited applications across multiple industries. These new amps also prove something Shep has always said: “Nothing is impossible when you’re really committed to achieving it – we know how to do it!” To learn more, visit www.arworld.us/USeries or call us at 215-723-8181. In India, contact Complus Systems at www.complus.in or call 91-80-416-83883 ISO 9001:2008 We don’t just build great products. Certified We build great products that last. rf/microwave instrumentation www.arworld.us Download the AR RF/Microwave Mobile App: www.arworld.us/arApp Other divisions: modular rf U receiver systems U ar europe ar Copyright © 2017 AR. The orange stripe on AR products is USA +1-215-723-8181. Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM. Off. CONTENTS Features 36 Rockets re-engineered— 50 Aeroacoustic simulation delivers a step further into the cosmos breakthroughs in aircraft noise AEROSPACE ANALYSIS reduction AEROSPACE TESTING & SIMULATION 39 Powertrain design for reliability 54 Autonomy testing: Simulation to AUTOMOTIVE SIMULATION the rescue AUTOMOTIVE TESTING Autonomous technology development injects new rigors on 42 Ice breaker AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION vehicle-development testing. Mazda’s Skyactiv-X beats the big companies to market with a promising new engine that marries Otto and Diesel attributes. 46 Advances for off-highway engine design OFF-HIGHWAY POWERTRAIN | TESTING & SIMULATION As manufacturers continue to drive out cost and meet a worldwide patchwork of regulatory frameworks, the tools Cover for developing those engines are advancing. From Developed at Mahindra showcase prototypes to advanced analytical techniques, Research Valley in Chennai, suppliers are helping the cause. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s driverless technology is designed to enable tractors to perform a variety of farming applications and operate varied implements (see p. 17). MOBILITY ENGINEERING DECEMBER 2017 1 CONTENTS Departments New 90-degree turbo V6 leads Audi’s hybridization 4 Editorial 23 blitz AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION 6 SAEINDIA News 24 GKN using modular control algorithms for added 6 Automotive Roundtable, July 2017 in Gurgaon systems integration AUTOMOTIVE SOFTWARE 8 Two-Wheeler Conference, August in Bengaluru 25 Audi has trick active suspension for new A8 10 SAEINDIA Skill India Initiative (S2I2), Chennai AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS Daimler launches intelligent truck axle with active oil 10 Policy Deployment Meet 2017 in Chennai 26 regulation COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE CHASSIS 11 ADMMS 2017 in Chennai 27 Positioning for hybrid growth AUTOMOTIVE 12 National-Level Symposium, August in Erode PROPULSION 13 Launch of TIFAN, July in Pune 29 New Holland’s in a methane state of mind 14 Inauguration of SAEIWS Electronics Board, OFF-HIGHWAY ALTERNATIVE FUELS September in Pune 31 Developing high-energy-density batteries for EVs 14 Symposium on Women Empowerment, August AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION in Pune 32 Federal-Mogul’s cool solution for downsized engines 14 Student Convention, September in Ghaziabad AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION 16 Efficycle 2017 workshops across India 33 Zircotec manages heat transfer in hotter exhaust systems COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE THERMAL 17 Industry News MANAGEMENT 17 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. develops its first-ever 34 Continental unveils new 3D display cluster driverless tractor AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS 17 HTT to launch India’s first Hyperloop 35 Back to physics for Dayco’s new vacuum assist AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION 18 Escorts Ltd unveils India’s first electric tractor concept and global tractor series 57 Global Vehicles 18 Boeing opens new phase of aerospace engineering 57 Volvo CE sees major efficiency gain from hybrid- facility in Bengaluru electric wheel loader 19 Technology Report 58 2018 Honda Accord drops mass, adds turbos and 10-speed automatic 19 Kubota goes ‘big’ with first-ever 200-hp diesel engine COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE POWERTRAIN 60 Jaguar’s 2018 E-Pace shares Land Rover bones 20 Tenneco readies new semi-active digital suspension 61 Ford pumps powertrains for 2018 F-150 for 2020 AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS 62 2018 Subaru Crosstrek moves to new global platform 21 Model maturity assessment and certification— 63 Companies Mentioned, Ad Index a vision COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE SIMULATION 64 Q&A Chief Technology Officer Urban Carlson discusses Freevalve’s pneumatic-hydraulic valvetrain © SAEINDIA and SAE INTERNATIONAL reserves all rights . No part of this publication and/or website may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form without prior written permission of the Publisher. Permission is only deemed valid if approval is in writing. SAEINDIA and SAE International buys all rights to contributions, text and images, unless previously agreed to in writing.In case of Address/addressee not found return to SAE INDIA, No 1/17Ceebros Arcade, 3rd Cross, Kasturba Nagar, Chennai -600 020. Telefax: 91-44-2441-1904, Phone: 91-44-4215 2280. 2 DECEMBER 2017 MOBILITY ENGINEERING ME Altair Ad 1217.qxp_Mobility FP 10/6/17 12:25 PM Page 1 EDITORIAL EDITORIAL Bill Visnic Editorial Director [email protected] Asit K. Barma SAEINDIA Editor C. V. Raman ED, MSIL [email protected] A matter of balance Arun Jaura Project Director, Michelin The introduction of the first modern out over years—and probably decades. [email protected] series-production hybrid-electric vehicle two Look at this issue’s Technology Report Bala Bharadvaj MD, Boeing R & T decades ago was the signal that electrifica- department, starting on pg. 19. There are stories [email protected] tion’s future was going to be more than just about electronics and simulation and automat- Mathew Abraham adding increased sophistication and control to Sr. GM, Mahindra ed-driving advances. All things that are coming [email protected] single mechanical components or systems. and coming fast, it seems. But there is an equal Dr. Venkat Srinivas Since the launch of the Toyota Prius in 1997, number of stories about the here-and-now: inno- Vice President & Head - Engineering & Product we’ve watched electrification inexorably min- vations for suspension dampers, new truck axles Development, Mahindra & Mahindra Truck and Bus Division gle into all things once exclusively mechani- and yes, even manual transmissions. All technol- [email protected] cal—and directly to today, when the primary ogy that still is needed right now—and much of Lindsay Brooke Editor-in-Chief discussion point has become how quickly ful- it will be vital for the electric-vehicle future, too. [email protected] ly-electric vehicles will be a realistic choice for Propulsion systems may change, but vehicles still Ryan Gehm Associate Editor everyday consumers. will ride on wheels that use bearings, suspen- [email protected] The transition from internal-combustion and sions with dampers and bushings, steering sys- Jennifer Shuttleworth analogue to electric drive and digital will be at tems with racks and pinions. Associate Editor [email protected] once fascinating and immensely challenging. The Beyond vehicle technology, the market and Lisa Arrigo contents of this issue of Mobility Engineering the infrastructure also will need time to transi- Custom Electronic Products Editor demonstrate that one of the most difficult tion to electrification. A comprehensive elec- [email protected] aspects of managing electrification’s inevitable tric-vehicle charging infrastructure is far from Contributors advance will be balancing the wants and desires mature in all but a few countries. Most devel- Kami Buchholz Detroit Editor of consumers with the state of technology and oped nations’ power grids, by many accounts, Stuart Birch the market’s “readiness” for electric vehicles. aren’t remotely capable of handling volume European Editor Consider this issue of Mobility Engineering as demand from plug-in vehicles. And that’s Jack Yamaguchi Asia Editor an example. One important feature story (pg. before we get to the high-voltage charging cus- Steven Ashley 39) discusses the intricate methodologies that tomers eventually will demand to replicate the Dan Carney can be employed to assure high levels of pow- five-minute fill-up time of today’s ICE vehicles. Terry Costlow Richard Gardner ertrain quality and reliability. The following Electrification’s obstacles are certain to be John Kendall Bruce Morey story on pg. 42 details
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