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Acknowledgement ThisthesiswascreatedduringmyworkasascientificprojectresearcherattheInstituteof Automotive Engineering at Graz University of Technology in cooperation with MAGNA STEYR Engineering AG & Co KG. There are many people without whom this work would not be possible. I would like to thank Univ.-Prof.i.R.Wolfgang Hirschberg, the former head of the institute, for giving me the opportunity to work there. I sincerely thankAssoc.Prof.ArnoEichberger forhisgreat supportand forguidingme in the right direction, not only concerning technical issues, but also for the mental support duringthewholeproject. Without thehelpof thegraduate studentsReinhardHoll, Jens Ga¨chter,ZoltanMagosi,MatrinMellberg,GeorgNestlingerandIngoCrillovich-Cocoglia, the development of this work would not have been possible. My thanks also go to Prof.Gu¨nther Prokop, who took the time to assess the thesis and gave me valuable input for improving it. I express my special thanks to the team of Gabriel Stabentheiner, especially Dr.Daniel Lindvai-SoosandChristianPayerl,whofosteredafruitfulcooperationbetweenuniversity and industry. A special thank goes to my family. I am very grateful to my parents, Renate and Franz Bernsteiner, for enabling me to study. Finally, my heartfelt appreciation goes to my wonderful wife, Sarah and my two children, Elias and Emilia, who gave me mental support during the whole project and gave me the time to finish this work. Thank you all for your support! Stefan Bernsteiner Graz, May 2015