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Customer
Issue
Solution(s)
Barriers
Research
Topic(s)
meeting CAFE
standards
standards
-increase vehicle fuel
efficiency
efficiency
-see Section E:
engine efficiency
engine efficiency
-see Section E:
engine efficiency
engine efficiency
increasing
performance
performance
-downsizing vehicle
-increasing engine
power & power density
-increasing engine
power & power density
-see Section E
-see Section E
increasing
durability
durability
-component design
-stronger more durable
materials
-stronger more durable
materials
-see Section E
-see Section E
alternative fuels
-design of fuel delivery
systems
systems
-fuel delivery system
materials
materials
-friction and wear
data on advanced
fuel system materials
and coatings with
alternative fuels
data on advanced
fuel system materials
and coatings with
alternative fuels
-bench-top tests,
design codes, &
surface
modification
design codes, &
surface
modification
F) Automobile
Manufacturers
Manufacturers
manufacturing
costs
costs
-new designs and
materials
materials
-wear/durability of
materials and
coatings used in
manufacturing
materials and
coatings used in
manufacturing
-bench-top tests,
design codes, &
surface
modification
design codes, &
surface
modification
energy losses in
rings, rods,
camshafts
rings, rods,
camshafts
-new designs, lubricants,
&
materials
&
materials
-friction & wear data
for models
-higher loads &
stresses
-surface finish (what
surface finish is
needed)
-Pb-free coating
replacements
-lubricant-material
interactions
for models
-higher loads &
stresses
-surface finish (what
surface finish is
needed)
-Pb-free coating
replacements
-lubricant-material
interactions
-bench-top tests,
design codes,
lubricants &
surface
modification
design codes,
lubricants &
surface
modification
G) Component
Manufacturers
Manufacturers
low-S fuel
systems
systems
-fuel lubricity additives
-better fuel system
materials
materials
-data on additive-
material interactions
material interactions
-abrasive and
cavitation wear at
higher pressures
-fatigue resistant
components
-scuffing and wear
with low-lubricity
fuels
-impact of friction on
the response of fast
acting components
cavitation wear at
higher pressures
-fatigue resistant
components
-scuffing and wear
with low-lubricity
fuels
-impact of friction on
the response of fast
acting components
-lubricants &
bench-to-tests
bench-to-tests
-surface
modification,
failure
mechanisms, &
bench-top tests
modification,
failure
mechanisms, &
bench-top tests