Effective electrification of automotive vehicles requires designing the powertrain's
configuration along with sizing its components for a particular vehicle type. Employing …

Identifying a true, system-level optimal solution for hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) powertrains
requires methods such as combined design and control optimization (co-design) to account …

The optimal design regarding energy efficiency of hybrid and electric drivetrains is a
problem that includes topology generation, topology optimization, component sizing, and …

Automobiles evolved from primarily mechanical to electro-mechanical, or mechatronic,
vehicles. For example, carburetors have been replaced by fuel injection and air-fuel ratio …

Control co-design has been shown to be an effective tool for optimizing engineering
systems. One characteristic feature of these problems is the presence of design coupling …

The design parameters are the most momentous factors in carrying out performance
matching. For complex electromechanical products with a large number of design …

Natural refrigerant R744 (ie, CO2, Carbon Dioxide) chillers are part of the current and next
generation of chillers and find applications in various sectors, ranging from industrial …

Optimisation is a useful tool in the design of many systems. When designing a system which
will be subject to control, the full optimisation of the system must take into account both the …

The increase in the usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs for surveillance, aid and
other purposes has compounded the detrimental impact of the aviation industry on the …

Traditionally, a dynamic system is first designed then its controller is designed in a
sequential process, which offers many organizational and computational advantages …