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The automotive industry faces constant pressure to reduce development costs and time while still increasing vehicle quality. To meet this challenge, engineers and researchers in both science and industry are developing effective strategies and flexible tools by enhancing and further integrating powerful, computer-aided design technology. This book provides a valuable overview of the development tools and methods of today and tomorrow. It is targeted not only towards professional project and design engineers, but also to students and to anyone who is interested in state-of-the-art computer-aided development. The book begins with an overview of automotive development processes and the principles of virtual product development. Focusing on computer-aided design, a comprehensive outline of the fundamentals of geometry representation provides a deeper insight into the mathematical techniques used to describe and model geometrical elements. The book then explores the link between the demands of integrated design processes and efficient data management. Within automotive development, the management of knowledge and engineering data plays a crucial role. Some selected representative applications provide insight into the complex interactions between computer-aided design, knowledge-based engineering and data management and highlight some of the important methods currently emerging in the field.

Automotive sensors. --- Engineering. --- Radar circuits. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Automobiles --- CAD/CAM systems. --- Design and construction --- Computer-aided design. --- Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing Systems --- Computer Aided Manufacturing Systems --- Autos (Automobiles) --- Cars (Automobiles) --- Gasoline automobiles --- Motorcars (Automobiles) --- Computer-aided engineering. --- Engineering design. --- Automotive engineering. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Engineering Design. --- Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design. --- Automotive Engineering. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Computer-aided engineering --- Computer integrated manufacturing systems --- Production engineering --- Production management --- Automation --- Motor vehicles --- Transportation, Automotive --- Data processing --- Automòbils --- Disseny i construcció --- Projectes i construcció