Life cycle energy optimisation: A proposed methodology for integrating environmental considerations early in the vehicle engineering design process

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 750-759

  O'Reilly, Ciarán J ^a   Göransson, Peter ^a   Funazaki, Atsushi ^b   Suzuki, Tetsuya ^b   Edlund, Stefan ^a,c   Gunnarsson, Cecilia ^a,c   Lundow, Jan Olov ^a,d   Cerin, Pontus ^a,f   Cameron, Christopher J ^a,e   Wennhage, Per ^a   Potting, José ^a,g  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^d BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION   (Sweden)

^e SWEREA SICOMP AB   (Sweden)

^f Swedish Energy Agency   (Sweden)

^g PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional conflicts; Life cycle energy; Optimization; Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; FUNCTIONAL CONFLICTS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; VEHICLE DESIGN;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84990218392     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.163     Document Type: Article

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