Giorgio Rizzoni

TL;DR: In this article, a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) is applied to automotive engines to reduce NOx and PM emissions without penalizing the engine efficiency, and an optimized control of these injection strategies allows the engine to run in pure HCCI mode with a consistent reduction of exhaust emissions, as well as in conventional DI mode at high loads without compromising performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a systematic methodology for modeling the propagation of aging in advanced battery systems, based on the interaction between dynamic system models and dynamic models of damage propagation.

TL;DR: In this article, an extension to the theory of sliding mode observers and an application to the problem of estimating vehicle steering system states is presented. But this work is limited to the case of a single steering wheel.

TL;DR: This paper presents the necessary steps for defining and implementing functional safety requirements, including item and function definition, Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment, as well as the design of a model-based diagnostic and fault tolerant control system that can lead to a systematic solution to automotive functional safety problems.

TL;DR: In this article, a new series of empirical mathematical models developed to characterize brake torque generation of pneumatically actuated Class-8 vehicle brakes is presented. Butler et al. used a dynamometer for verification of FMVSS 121 commercial vehicle brake standards.