Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences - Vol. 43
MOTOR VEHICLE DYNAMICS: MODELING AND SIMULATION
by Giancarlo Genta (Politecnico di Torino, Italia)
The book starts with an historical overview of road vehicles. The first part deals with the forces exchanged between the vehicle and the road and the vehicle and the air with the aim of supplying the physical facts and the relevant mathematical models about the forces which dominate the dynamics of the vehicle.
The second part deals with the dynamic behaviour of the vehicle in normal driving conditions with some extensions towards conditions encountered in high-speed racing driving.
Contents:
- Short Historical Notes on Motor Vehicles
- Forces Acting
between Road and Wheel
- Road Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Longitudinal Dynamics
- Handling of a Rigid Vehicle
- Motor Vehicle on Elastic Suspensions
- Road Accidents.
Index
Readership: Mechanical engineers.
"... the author provides an interesting and comprehensive treatment of a very complicated subject ... it would be a good addition to the bookshelf of any engineer with an interest in vehicle dynamics or general automotive technology."
| Applied Mechanics Reviews |
| 564pp |
Pub. date: Apr 1997 |
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