Main description:

In this book, the authors highlight multiple aspects of and views on comprehensive automotive interior comfort for future mobility. In this context, passenger comfort comprises thermal, acoustic, seat perception, as well as human-machine interaction in the passenger cabin.

In five chapters, the contributing authors, hailing from universities, research centers and industry, share their expertise and insights. They take a closer look at future interior concepts from the standpoints of fundamental and applied research, as well as practical aspects.

Contents:

Chapter 1 - Seat-Human Interaction and Perception: a Multi-Factorial-Problem (Maximilian Wegner, Christian Reuter, Florian Fitzen, Shabila Anjani and Peter Vink)

Chapter 2 - Vibro-Acoustic Metamaterials for Improved Interior NVH Performance in Vehicles (Lucas Van Belle, Luca Sangiuliano, Noe Geraldo Rocha de Melo Filho, Matias Clasing Villanueva, Regis Boukadia, Sepide Ahsani, Felipe Alves Pires, Ze Zhang, Claus Claeys, Elke Deckers, Bert Pluymers and Wim Desmet)

Chapter 3 - Active Sound Control in the Automotive Interior (Jordan Cheer)

Chapter 4 - Motivating Drivers to Drive Energy Efficient (Sandra Troesterer, Peter Moertl)

Chapter 5 - Energy Efficient & Comfortable Cabin Heating (Alois Steiner, Alexander Rauch, Jon Larranaga, Mikel Izquierdo, Walter Ferraris, Andrea Alessandro Piovano, Tibor Gyoeroeg, Werner Hunemoerder, Damian Backes, Marten Trenktrog)