Road Vehicle Dynamics supplies students and technicians working in industry with both the theoretical background of mechanical and automotive engineering, and the know-how needed to perform numerical simulations. Bringing together the foundations of the discipline and its recent developments in a single text, the book is structured in three parts: it begins with a historical overview of road vehicles- then deals with the forces exchanged between the vehicle and the road, and the vehicle and the air- and finally, deals with the dynamic behavior of the vehicle in normal driving conditions with some extensions towards conditions encountered in high-speed racing. Coverage of contemporary automatic controls is included in this edition.Contents:Short Historical Notes on Motor VehiclesForces Acting on the Vehicle:The Tire as a Supporting DeviceDriving, Braking and Cornering ForcesRoad Vehicle AerodynamicsDynamics of a Rigid Vehicle:Longitudinal Steady-State DynamicsLongitudinal Dynamics During AccelerationBrakingSteady-State HandlingNon-Steady-State HandlingVehicles with TrailersDynamics of a Vehicle on Elastic Suspensions:Noise, Vibration, Harshness (NVH)Types of SuspensionsSimple Suspension ModelsMultibody ModelsModels for Studying Road AccidentsReadership: Students & Professionals dealing with Mechanical engineers.Key Features:The book has been updated, including the background and the mathematical models needed to deal with those control systems which are increasingly applied in the automotive field (ABS, vehicle dynamics control, active suspensions, 4WS, etc.)
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