The aim of this research is to study the brake proportional affected to vehicle stability. Braking performance and vehicle stability testing are the main of research purposes. Otherwise learning research center and new researcher in automotive engineering are the minor research objectives. The results of research discovered to the braking performance depend on driver behavior. By the minimum deceleration was appeared on the non-proportion in front axle with braking ratio 0:100. In term of vehicle stabilities yaw and pitch moment are normally occur by the driving behavior. But the sideslip is an absolutely effect to vehicle handling. With the braking ratio 100:0 there is the highest risk for controlling a vehicle cause of the wheels were locked-up condition in the rear axle. Therefore the value of the sideslip was exceeded with the criteria. Furthermore these project researches were got the learning research center and the new researcher in automotive engineering field.

This research aims to compare the mechanical properties of materials made from hyacinth pineapple and sugarcane fibers and also to study the feasibility of producing automotive interior parts from natural fibers. The 9 specimens that made from natural fiber such as water hyacinth pineapple leaf fiber sugar can and husk and there are also three different binders: glue polymer and polymer plus hardener were produced. All of specimens were controlled mass and density. The specimens were classified into 2 types: 1) thin type with a size of 3.5x14x1 cm in order to test the flexibility 2) thick type with a size of 6.5x6.5x20 cm for testing the ability to absorb energy. The test results showed that the specimen produced from sugar cane and husk using adhesive bonding able to receive bending stress and modulus of elasticity more than other specimens up to 80.63% and 69.19% respectively. While the ability to absorb energy from work piece made from pineapple leaf fiber and husks using polymer bender was able to absorb energy more than other work pieces 51.58%.

Nowadays car is one of important factors for the human life whereas critical traffic dramatically effects on risk of accident between cars and pedestrians. Therefore the road accident is the enormous loss of human resources. Regarding this problems the lifted mechanism of vehicle hood was concerned and installed on the vehicle hood simulator to mitigate the severe accident in this project. To achieve this the energy absorption was established to decrease the injury of pedestrians by the gap increase between the bottom edge of hood and the engine valve cover. This solution can increase the ability of energy absorption during an accident moment. There were 8 steps of hood gap in this study to in the experimental works indicated by Head Injury Criterion HIC from head-form. The testing program was referred by Pedestrian Protection Test Procedures in EURO NCAP. From the experimental works the increasing gap between the bottom edge of hood and the engine valve cover tends to decrease the values of HIC. By the lowest of HIC the 4th gap is 18 cm of space representing 90.17 and 208.06 of HIC15 and HIC35 respectively. In consequence of experiment the gap between the bottom edge of hood and the engine valve cover plays a role on the HIC value in which it can mitigate the severe injury of pedestrian on accidental way whereas the lifted up mechanism of hood are ability as conjecture.

Presently the rail transit system plays a major role in the commercial world that they currently use diesel engine not only causing to a lot of fuel consumption but also generating numerously pollution. Therefore this project aims to study the break-even point of investment under comparison of brake specific fuel consumption and pollution of locomotive engines. By experimental works there are 3 types of locomotive engine: Pielstick M.T.U. and Caterpillar which are the difference of the combustion chamber and the fuel injection systems. The simulation load on the static tests (Dynamometer) was used following the regulation characteristic curve which is standard of State Railway of Thailand. As a result of testing the engine using common rail type of fuel injection system M.T.U. was the lowest brake specific fuel consumption at all of engine by the average of all engine speed 206 g/kW-h of brake specific fuel consumption. It is lower than Caterpillar (Semi common rail with direct injection) which is 314 g/kW-h equivalent 34.39 % while Pielstick engine a mechanism fuel injection system is 389 g/kW-h equivalent 47.04 % For pollution area there are Hydrocarbon (HC) Nitrogen Oxide (NOX) and black smut. The engine with direct injection system relieved the previous substance less than the pre-combustion engine. Moreover the compound of carbon monoxide (CO) was found that the pre-combustion engine (Pielstick) discharged carbon monoxide (CO) less than the direct injection engine (Caterpillar) whereas the common rail engine emancipated same substan cenear by with the pre-combustion engine (Pielstick). However the new technology of the engines is high maintenance costs. Therefore a number of applications have to be needed to make a quantitative value for the investment.

Nowadays an automotive industry steadily has been growing and playing a major role on economy development for many years. The crash box is one of the most important parts for safety but it was found that the crash boxes manufactured domestically are not met international standard requirements. This is due to process and material limitation. This process for automotive safety test requires high budget and there is unclear approach for specific test. Therefore a study of crash boxes referred to energy absorption project was conducted as the alternative materials for product. Consequently this project was aimed to design and test crash boxes which made from the diversity of the alternative materials such as aluminum aluminum reinforced by foam resin reinforced by fiberglass resin reinforced by water hyacinth and resin reinforced by water hyacinth and husk. In addition it was also emphasized in studying energy absorption behavior and physical deformation of crash boxes after dynamic and static energy being applied. The experimental works were applied for these tests in partly referenced to US NCAP and ECE R29 standard for automobile collision test. Testing all types of crash boxes indicated that the aluminum reinforced by foam type was able to absorb energy at 189 MJ/m3. It is higher than resin reinforced by water hyacinth and husk at 1 MJ/m3 as 188 times. Furthermore the comparison of the energy absorption (per unit volume) between the aluminum reinforced by foam type and the steel type from the previous project equivalent 20 MJ/m3 found that it is 8.45 times of difference. While the front impact test was not successful because the size of crash boxes was not suitable for the energy volume. It was a cause for non-available calculation of energy absorption value.