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4-bar linkage, 276, 277 American Budd Company, 595
4Ws configuration, 414–15 American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 16, 804
99MY cars, 678–9 Annular type rubber coupling, 46
Antenna, 428
Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs), 574
A/D converter, 787–8 Anti-lock braking system, 388, 404–9
AC Delco: Anti-roll bars, 486–8, 489, 490
crankcase ventilation control valve, 61, 62 APINEX software, 769
gulp valve, 62 Aquaplaning, 309–10, 577–8
AC drives, 159–61 Ariadne’s Clew algorithm, 467
Accelerometers, 427 Articulation index (AI), 683
Accord, 235 Aston Martin Vanquish, 620
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, 655 Asynchronous/a.c. dynamometers, 29
Active safety, 577–8, 584 ATLANTIS architectures, 444
Active suspension system, 409–10 Audi, 250
ADAMS/DriverÔ, 506 Audi, 6
Adaptive controllers, 508–9 McPherson front axle on, 237
Adhesion utilization, 365, 371, 375–7 torsion crank axle on, 239
Advanced cruise control, 402–4 twist-beam suspension of, 238
Advanced hybrid bus, 198–200 Audi, 80, 232, 303
Advanced hybrid truck, 200 Audi, 100, 232, 617
Advanced PM motor system, 181, 182 Audi A2, 537, 619
Aerodynamic drag, 369–70 Audi A3, 221
Aerodynamic forces, 663–4 Audi A4, 234
Aerodynamic noise, 665, 707–8 Audi A4 Quattro, 248
Air brake dynamometers, 30 Audi A6, 207, 238, 239
Air conditioning system, 167, 587 Audi A8, 617, 618
Air injection, 62 Audi Quattro hybrid, 181, 183
Air intake control valve, 63 Augmented finite state machine (AFSM), 440
Air management valves, 62–3 AuRA architecture, 442–3
functions, 63–4 Austin A30, 597, 599
Air suspension system, 413 Austin-Rover design, 60
Airborne tyre noise, 687, 688, 690–1 Auto Union racing car, 534
controlling, 780 Autocorrelation function, 729
measurement, 779–80 Automated manual transmission, 120–1
road surface influence on, 779 Automatic braking, 586
sources, 777–9 Automatic system adjustment, 95
Air-pumping noise, 777 Automatic transmission control, 98–9
Akroyd-Stuart, Herbert, 12 Automatic Transmission Control Unit (ATCU), 128–30
Alfa Romeo, 224 Automatic transmissions (AT), 107, 121
Alloy wheels, 302, 303 ATCU, 128–30
Almanac data, 422 epicyclic gear set, 125–6
Alternative body architecture, 612 hydrokinetic torque converter, 122
ASF aluminium spaceframe, 616–20 fluid converter, 123–4
hybrid material designs, examples, 620 fluid couplings, 123
pressed aluminium spaceframes, examples of, 615–16 torque converter, 124–5
pressed spaceframe concept, 614–15 jatco JF506E, 121–2
unitary aluminium body, 612–14 JF 506E AT operation, 126–8
Aluminium, 651–2 shift strategy, 128
alloys for use, in body structures, 653–4 Autonomous GPS positioning, 423
production process, 652 Autonomous navigation systems, 433–4
Aluminium intensive vehicle (AIV), 540 Auxiliary vehicle systems, 167
Aluminium metal matrix composites (MMCs), 385, 386 Axle cornering characteristics, 328–33
