List of usefull websites for Mechatronics II Project

Company name - Wave the Legend limited company

Chief engineer- Muhammad Nazif Bin Mohd Nasir

1)http://www.sciencedirect.com
website contains journals and research papers on any field of study including engineering and sciences.

2)http://www.howstuffworks.com
can find the mechanism or how its work of any kind of tools or stuff.

3)http://www.wikipedia.com
website that shows some calculation that is useful in our project

Company name - SHOGUN ENT.

Chief engineer- Mohamad Suhaimi B. Yahaya

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_transmission
This website describe the type of transmission which is manual transmission

2.http://www.howstuffworks.com/transmission.htm
This website explore the interior of a manual transmission.

3. http://physics.technion.ac.il/~rutman/car/Roll-down%20test.pdf
This website explain the concept of Automobile drag coefficient

Company name - Cukulat & Co

Chief engineer - Farhanah Binti Ismail

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_control
this website explain about the theory about 'cruise control'.

2. http://www.manoian.net/jeep/gear_ratio_calculator.html
this website provide the gear ratio calculator.

3. http://www.marts100.com/eqmotion.htm
usual approach of equation of motion.

Company name - Choka Chuki Corporation

Chief engineer- NUR FAUZIANIE BINTI ROSLAN

1.http://www.engineperformance.com/
- description about engine performance such as torque

2. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/
- description equations of motion
- Second Law was used to solve the equation

3.http://www.performanceundergear.com
- it gives description about the gear performance according to their ratio

Company name - Cytron Enterprise

Chief engineer- ASHIRAN HAMID

1) http://www.stanleymotorcarriage.com/Parts/Throttle.htm Explain the basic concept of the throttle valve and how the
throttle valve can influence the speed of the car.

2) http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4299135.html give the information about the the device in a gear selection
mechanism for the manual vehicle transmission
3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_ratio Give the full information about the definition and the better view of gear ration in
the vehicle engine system

Company name - McA++

Chief engineer - ALVIN LANAI WAN

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Torque_and_Angular_Acceleration
-give explaination about force, torque, moment arm,machine torque and their relations, including equations and definition.

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Torque_and_Angular_Acceleration
-give definition of gear ratio as well as the description

http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=Dynamics_TerminalVelocity.xml
-describes how terminal velocity is achieved when the air resistance equals the object's weight and the object can no
longer accelerate

Company name - Weatherford Inc

Chief engineer - MOHD KHAIRUL MUNIR BIN KAMARUZAMAN

1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_control
this website provides the information about the concept of cruise control installed in the car

2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_resistance
this website provides the information about the the drag forces and resistances in fluid and air.

3) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_%28mechanics%29
www.activetransmission.com
www.sae.org/servlets/productDetail?PROD_TYP=STD&PROD_CD=J2453_199908
this website provides the information about transmision efficiency

Company name - Ben Corp.

Chief engineer - AHMAD HELMI BIN MOHD AMIN

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/drag-coefficient-d_627.html
Resources, Tools and Basic Information for Engineering and Design of Technical Applications.

http://www.dynesystems.com
Controls, Dynamometers, System Integration and Test Cell Automation

http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-ratios.html
Gear Ratios
Gears - A mechanical device that transmit power and motion between axes in a wide
variety of commercial and industrial applications.

Company name - Kronos Heaven Corp

Chief engineer - SITI NUR JEHAN BINTI ISMAIL

1. http://www.mayfco.com/tbls.htm
- This website shows about the index tp coefficient of drag for many vehicles plus index to horsepower vs speed curves. It
also contains a long table of drag coefficient data. It was harvested from a small computer program that has the capability
to show speed through the gears, top speed, time to get there and etc.

2. http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-ratios.html
- provides definitions and how to calculate the gear ratio.

3. http://www.edmunds.com/advice/fueleconomy/articles/106954/article.html
- provides useful way on how to improve the aerodynamics of the car.

4. http://www.carsdirect.com/research/specs?cat=6&acode=USA90MES011A0
- provide resource for car research, comparisons, and pricing information on all models.
Company name – Season
Chief engineer - ABDUL HAZIM BIN RAHMAT

http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-ratios.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_ratio

http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/Information_ss/Velocity___air_drag_507.html

Company name – XYZ

Chief engineer - FATIMAH BINTI MD RADZAI

1) http://www.swri.org/3PUBS/BROCHURE/D03/transens/transens.HTM
this website describe the usage of Transmission Sensitivity Testing which explain more on the transmission components
and assemblies

2) http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/11/regional-transm.html
this website describe the Regional Transmission Organization Demonstrates Vehicle-to-Grid Operation with the space of
people to talk about usage and economic interest in cars

3) http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=15011
this one describes the tips on how to increase the horse power of a car by simulating and changing the performance of an
automobile with variable stuff

4) http://rodcustom.automotive.com/79866/0808rc-torque-converters/index.html
and this last one describe the torque converters, though we are still in the understanding of the content itself

Company name – HI-TECH ENG.

Chief engineer - Mohammad Najib Bin Abdul Rahim

http://www.howstuffworks.com/gears.htm
This website provides fundamental knowledge on gear ratios and gear trains.

http://downloads.openchannelsoftware.org/HEVA/docs/appx_a.html
This website describes equations in the source code that perform energy balance calculations

http://www.instructables.com/id/Measure-the-drag-coefficient-of-your-car/
Has some practical guidelines on how to measure the drag coefficient of your car

Company name – Schindler

Chief engineer - FAIZUL AZIZI AHMAD NORDIN

1) http://auto.howstuffworks.com/gear-ratio.htm
This website explain what is gear ratio and how the gear ratios work.

2) https://transmission-specialties.com/
It shows various type of transmission and its specification

3) http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00819.htm
This website describes the air or fluid collisions with solids. explains the fluid behavior when increasing the velocity. It
also touches the effect of viscosity and volume of flowing fluid.

Company name – Gabung Jaya Sdn Bhd

Chief engineer - Alif Syahrizad Bin Ramli

http://physics-animations.com/Physics/English/spri_txt.htm
Vibration in suspension system of automobile. Focused on the way to determined the vibration and damping systems, and
other parameters such as the frequency, resonance, and noise excitation.

http://hypertextbook.com/physics/matter/drag/
Definition of drag force, what causes it, the properties involved to determine the drag, drag force coefficient of variety of
vehicles, way of driving that affect the drag, and etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_motion
Complete derivation of equation of motion, including linear and roational motion; displacement, velocity, and acceleration
of system.

Company name – Gambate

Chief engineer - Mohd Fikri B. Wahi

1)http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cruise-control3.htm
This website shows the schematic diagram of the cruise control system.

2)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_control
This website shows the theory of the cruise control.

3)http://www.ssmoparmuscle.com/speedcomp.htm
This website shows the comparison in time of various cars.

Company name – Legend

Chief engineer - Siva Sankara s/o Arudra

http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-ratios.html
This website defines automobile gear ratios and it also describes how this gear ratios system works.

http://www.antony-anderson.com/Cruise/2-cc.htm
This website gives a brief explanation on what a Cruise control system is and how it works in a car with Cruise control
system. Besides, this website also gives the potential flaws of the Cruise control system.

http://wps.aw.com/wps/media/objects/877/898586/topics/topic02.pdf
This link leads to a pdf. file which explains the drag coefficient, air resistance and power component of a car at certain
condition. In this site, schematic diagram of automobile displayed for better understanding of the automobile system.
Detailed steps of force and power equations application is also demonstrated in this site.

Company name – VentureMoto Corporation

Chief engineer - NURHAFEEZAN BIN MALIK

http://www.unb.ca/transpo/mynet/mtu13.htm
This website provides us terminology of automotive which we should first understand before go further into research.

http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/MTFCTulsa/Tech/power_and_torque.htm
This website told us the basic Understanding of the relationship of torque vs power in a car

http://www.epi-eng.com/piston_engine_technology/power_and_torque.htm
Another website that told us the basic Understanding of the relationship of torque vs power in a car

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/3075/tires03.htm
This website tell us the relationship between tires and gear ratios.

Company name – KEMPRO

Chief engineer - MOHD KHAIRUL ANUAR BIN ZAINAL ABIDIN

1). http://www.isma-isaac.be/publications/PMA_MOD_publications/ISMA2004/311_324.pdf
->this website is discussing about the multivariable tracking control on an automotive vibration test rig.

2). http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Aeronautics-and-Astronautics/
16-358JSpring-2005/9C66D9E8-81A0-45D9-A643-CFB821E19AD8/0/acc.pdf
->this website is a research paper on Adaptive Cruise Control which is the enhancement to a conventional cruise control
system.

3. http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/auto/review.pdf
->this website explain briefly about automotive transmissions and anything related to them.
Company name – Eureka Company Sdn.Bhd
Chief engineer - Nooratikah Saari @ Awang

http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-ratios.html
This website basically about the gear ratios that applies to transmission, power take off, power dividers and rear axles. It
can be defined as the ratio between numbers of teeth on the meshing gears

http://www.jcmiras.net/surge/p37.htm
This website particularly list of car vehicle fuel efficiency rating in kilometers perliter.It describes efficiency rating for each
unit/model transmission.

http://www.ukcar.com/features/tech/others/cruise_control/index.htm
This websites provides full explanation about cruise control.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Measure-the-drag-coefficient-of-your-car/
This website is a step by step experiment to determine vehicle drag’s coefficient, Cd of rolling resistance, Crr.Cd and Crr
are important when there is a need to modify vehicle for improving efficiency.

Company name – Splendid

Chief engineer - RUZANNA BINTI ABU BAKAR

1) www.cartestsoftware.com/cartest4.5/index.html
Display the analysis of the acceleration,horsepower and torque versus speed of the engine. Dipslay the drive power for
each gear and speed in gears.

2) http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6732038.html
about method for trasmision gear selection to enhance the effectiveness of vehicle rocking maneuvers

3) http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Automobile-drag-coefficients
example of automoblie drag coefficient

4) http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-ratios.html
This website tells about the definition of gear ratio and how to calculate it. It also tells about transmission ratio, final drive
ratio and total final drive ratio for each gear of a car.

Company name – CYBER BEAR

Chief engineer - HOUNG NAI HUI

http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy121/LectureNotes/Chapter06/Chapter6.html -this site provides several types of forces

that might be encountered during the driving of a car, and they are put in the form of equations.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/fpte3.htm -this site provides a brief description on how force, power, torque and energy
work.

http://www.ilot.edu.pl/Journal%20of%20KONES%202003%20No%203_4/1-2/17.pdf -this site provides the parameters

that will affect the performances of the combustion engine. There are some forces which relate to the car’s acceleration.

Company name – STAR SCREAM

Chief engineer - LEE JIN MING

http://www.instructables.com/id/Measure-the-drag-coefficient-of-your-car/
This website shows the step by step procedures to determine the vehicle's drag coefficient, Cd and coefficient of rolling
resistance, Crr.

http://machinedesign.com/ContentItem/68097/DontdestroythatracecarengineUsethissoftwareinstead.aspx
This website provides us with some useful software that can be used to test, generate and simulate any four-stroke,
spark-ignition race engine from car with or without air restrictors on our computer. Besides, we also can determine the
engine-torque curve for the entire rpm range, cylinder-pressure curve over the full 720° of crankshaft rotation and other
parameters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_control
Describes how the cruise control mechanism can be used to maintain the vehicle’s speed whether uphill or downhill.