Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology, Fourth Edition, provides a complete text and reference to the design, construction and operation of the many and varied components of modern motor vehicles, including the knowledge needed to service and repair them. This book provides incomparable coverage of both cars and heavier vehicles, featuring over 1000 illustrations.

This new edition has been brought fully up to date with modern practices and designs, whilst maintaining the information needed to deal with older vehicles. Two entirely new sections of the book provide a topical introduction to alternative power sources and fuels, and battery-electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles. More information on the latest developments in fuel injection, diesel engines and transmissions has also been added. An expanded list of technical abbreviations now contains over 200 entries - a useful resource for professional technicians in their day-to-day work.

This book is an essential textbook for all students of automotive engineering, particularly on IMI / C&G 4000 series and BTEC courses and provides all the underpinning knowledge required for NVQs to level 3. By bridging the gap between basic and more advanced treatments of the subject, it also acts as a useful source of information for experienced technicians and technically minded motorists, and will help them to improve their knowledge and skills.


Incomparable breadth and depth of coverage, with over 1000 illustrations
The core book for all students of automotive engineering up to level 3
This new edition covers the latest developments in alternative power sources and fuels, diesel systems and transmissions

(Elsevier)

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The reciprocating piston petrol engine; The diesel engine; Combustion chambers and processes; Engine lubrication; Engine cooling, vehicle heating and climate control; Carburation and fuel injection; Intake and exhaust systems; Diesel fuel injection systems; Forced induction; Ignition and starter systems; Engine emission control; Rotary piston engines; Clutches; Layshaft gearboxes; Fluid couplings and torque converters; Epicyclic gearboxes; Semi- and automatic transmission systems; Overdrive gears; Drive lines; Final drives and rear axles; Four-wheel drive systems; Tyres, road wheels and hubs; Suspension systems; Manual steering; Power-assisted steering systems; Four wheel steering systems; Hydraulic brake systems; Air and endurance brake systems; Anti-lock brakes and traction control; Vehicle structures and aerodynamics; Alternative power sources and fuels; Battery-electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles

(Elsevier)