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The fundamentals of vehicle dynamics are presented in full in this work. Starting from the forces acting on the vehicle during acceleration or braking, driving resistances, driving limits, vibration excitation for single and double-track vehicles are presented. In addition to the types of vibration, vehicle models, current standards and legal regulations are taken into account. The theory is made applicable by a wealth of vehicle data in table or diagram form and by many calculation examples. The discussion of the results leads to suggestions for the improvement of motor vehicles. New in the 5th edition are contributions on torque vectoring as well as on fuel consumption and CO2.
List of contents
Tyres.- Tyre characteristics.- Aerodynamics.- Propulsion and braking.- Driving resistances, power demand and power supply.- Characteristic diagrams of motor vehicle propulsion systems.- Driving performance and fuel consumption.- Driving limits.- Braking.- Vibrations.- Vibration excitation.- Assessment standards and their calculation.- Motor vehicle, bump single-point excitation.- Two-axle motor vehicle, bump single-track excitation.- Four-wheel motor vehicle, bump dual-track excitation.- Effect of wheel suspensions in bump excitation.- Longitudinal vehicle vibrations.- Engine excited vehicle vibrations.- Driving behavior.- Linear single track model, objective characteristics, subjective judgments.- Circular driving at constant driving speed.- Dynamic behavior.- Driver-motor vehicle control loop.- Transverse control.- Longitudinal control.- Curve boundary acceleration, influence of circumferential force.- Circular drive with constant driving speed.- Quasilinear consideration.-Unsteady drive, steering angle ramp.- Two-track model, four-wheel vehicle.- Circular drive with constant driving speed.- Unsteady drive.
About the author
The authors
Professor em. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Mitschke headed the Institute of Automotive Engineering (IfF) at the TU Braunschweig.
Professor Dr.-Ing. Henning Wallentowitz headed the Institute of Automotive Engineering (ika) at RWTH Aachen University.
