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The number of heavy-duty construction vehicles is increasing significantly with growing urban development causing poor air quality and higher emissions. The electrification of construction vehicles is a way to mitigate the resulting air pollution and emissions. In this book, we consider tracked bulldozers, as an example, to demonstrate the approach and evaluate the benefits of the electrification of construction vehicles. The book is intended for senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and anyone with an interest in the electrification of heavy vehicles.
The book begins with an introduction to electrification of heavy-duty construction vehicles. The second chapter is focused on the terramechanics and interactions between track and blades with soil. The third chapter presents the architecture and modeling of a series hybrid bulldozer. Finally, the fourth chapter discusses energy management systems for electrified heavy construction vehicles.
Table of contents (4 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Amir Khajepour is a professor in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems, and NSERC/General Motors Industrial Research program that applies his expertise in several key multidisciplinary areas including system modeling and control of dynamic systems. His research has resulted in many patents and technology transfers. He is the author of more than 400 journal and conference publications as well as several books. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering.
Chuan Hu received a B.E. degree in vehicle engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2010; an M.E. degree in vehicle operation engineering from the China Academy of Railway Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2013; and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, in 2017. He is now a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Systems Design Engineering, at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. His research interests include vehicle system dynamics and control, motion control and estimations of autonomous vehicles, mechatronics, and robust and adaptive control.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Electrification of Heavy-Duty Construction Vehicles
Authors: Hong Wang, Yanjun Huang, Amir Khajepour, Chuan Hu
Series Title: Synthesis Lectures on Advances in Automotive Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01495-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0), eBColl Synthesis Collection 8
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00367-7Published: 04 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-01495-6Published: 01 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2576-8107
Series E-ISSN: 2576-8131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 96
Topics: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering