Bosch Automotive Handbook (8th Edition)

For over seventy-five years later, the Bosch Automotive Handbook is an indispensable reference source of precise information on the subject of automotive technology. This brand-new 8th edition is revised and extended throughout.

Contents:

• Basic principles: physics, materials, machine parts,
  joining and bonding techniques

• Vehicle physics: basic terms of automotive engineering,
  motor-vehicle dynamics, vehicle acoustics

• Internal-combustion engines: gasoline engine, diesel engine,
  turbochargers and superchargers, exhaust-gas system

• Emission-control and diagnosis legislation

• Management for spark-ignition engines: manifold injection,
  gasoline direct injection, alternative gasoline-engine operation

• Management for diesel engines: common rail

• Alternative drives: hybrid drive, fuel cell

• Chassis systems: suspension, wheel suspensions,
  steering, brake systems

• Active safety: antilock braking system,
  driving-dynamics control system

• Lighting equipment

• Automotive electrics: vehicle electrical systems, starter batteries,
  electrical machines, alternators

• Automotive electronics: automotive networking, buses,
  architecture of electronic systems, sensors

• Driver-assistance systems: parking systems, vehicle navigation,
  Adaptive Cruise Control, night-vision systems