摘要:

In GM, research responds to the issues facing the auto industry: energy, air quality, safety and competition. To ensure that research is effective, GM does not isolate fundamental from applied research, and individual researchers are encouraged to understand the Corporation in their areas of expertise. Most research projects are initiated ’’bottom‐up.’ Physics research is conducted primarily within the Physics Department of the General Motors Research Laboratories. However, physicists also work elsewhere on challenging research, and examples of this are given.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32343

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

Physicists have made important contributions to many areas of Ford Motor Company activity, particularly in areas of basic and applied research and product development. A number have assumed positions with management responsibility. Many of the technical problems facing the automotive industry today require a fundamental understanding, and the ability of physicists to contribute to the solution of these problems is greater now than it has been in the past. The present paper discusses some of these problems, and also traces a few case histories of physicists at Ford Motor Company; these illustrate the wide diversity of career paths for persons entering industry with a physics background.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32342

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

A brief account of the characteristics of the automotive supply industry and its use of physics is presented.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32344

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

This paper briefly presents the Cooperative Automotive Research Program (CARP), an initiative by the U.S. Government and the automotive industry in basic research related to automotive technology. In the following three sections, the framwork for federal automotive research and development policy, current government research and development programs, and CARP are described.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32345

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

Seven presentations were made of work at GMR including metal physics, alternate fuels, and battery research. (AIP)

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32346

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

A brief description of the physics programs encountered on the tour of the Ford Motor Company Research Laboratories is provided. A visit to the Research Laboratories of the Ford Motor Company is part of the Conference on Physics in the Automotive Industry. The visit will show a cross‐section of the programs in Research Staff which are clearly identified as physics research as well as other areas where physicists have established themselves as dominant or team members in what might traditionally be regarded as the province of engineering R&D. After a brief orientation, the Conference visitors will be divided into tour groups and will visit laboratories involved in combustion research, arc‐discharge physics, various spectroscopic applications, metal gauging, energy management, optical display systems and solar energy research. Synopses of the specific tour visits follow.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32330

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

A brief report on GMR is presented covering the early days with Boss Ket to such current problems as fuel efficiency and government regulations. (AIP)

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32331

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

A brief review of the theory of the generation of coherent scattered light via the 3rd order nonlinear susceptibility of gases is presented. The application of nonlinear spectroscopy to the measurement of temperatures and species concentrations in hot reacting gas flows is discussed along with the methods of signal analysis needed to obtain this information. Recent results obtained for the temperature distribution and concentration of CO in our stable flame burner are presented and the techniques used to perform these measurements are outlined. The report concludes with a discussion of the capabilities of nonlinear spectroscopy and its potential applications for combustion studies in laboratory single‐cylinder engines.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32332

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

This paper reviews the development of infrared diode lasers for automobile exhaust gas analysis and high resolution spectroscopy at the General Motors Research Laboratories. Advances in lead‐salt crystal growth technology and laser fabrication techniques to achieve high temperature operation and wide frequency tuning range will be discussed. Recent developments in improving the long‐term reliability of the laser will also be reviewed.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32333

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

Absorption of tunable diode laser radiation can detect small concentrations of gases with fast response. The selectivity of the method is demonstrated by the detection of sulfuric acid in the presence of water vapor. The speed of the method is demonstrated by the first measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in automotive exhaust with a time response (<25 ms) fast enough to be useful in the analysis of engine and emission control system dynamics. The CO was measured before and after a catalytic converter under operation at: 1) constant air/fuel (A/F) ratio, 2) step changes in A/F, and 3) oscillations of A/F at frequencies on the order of Hz.

ISSN:0094-243X    

DOI:10.1063/1.32334

出版商:AIP    

年代:1981

数据来源: AIP