VTool: A Method for Predicting and Understanding the Energy Flow and Losses in Advanced Vehicle Powertrains

As the global demand for energy increases, the people of the United States are increasingly subject to high and ever-rising oil prices. Additionally, the U.S. transportation sector accounts for 27% of total nationwide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. In the U.S. transportation sector, light-duty pass...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alley, Robert Jesse
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33697
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06222012-195225/