Robustness of mount systems for idle NVH, Part I: Centre of Gravity (CG) mounts

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-333

  Sirafi, Mohammad ^a   Chang, Yin Ping ^a   Qatu, Mohamad S ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

mounts; NVH; powertrain; robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749104541     PISSN: 14791471     EISSN: 1479148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2006.012782     Document Type: Article

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