The Automotive Chassis - Volume 2: System Design

This work serves as a reference concerning the automotive chassis, i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body. It is the result of a decade of work mostly done by the FIAT group, who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work. The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.

List of contents

Functions and Specifications.- Transportation Statistics.- Vehicle Functions.- Regulations.- The Chassis as a Part of the Vehicle System.- General Characteristics.- An Overview On Motor Vehicle Aerodynamics.- Prime Movers For Motor Vehicles.- Driving Dynamic Performance.- Braking Dynamic Performance.- HANDLING PERFORMANCE.- Comfort Performance.- Control of the Chassis and 'by Wire' Systems.- Mathematical Modelling.- Mathematical Models for the Vehicle.- Multibody Modelling.- Transmission Models.- Models for Tilting Body Vehicles.

Product details

• Authors: Giancarlo Genta, L Morello, L. Morello
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2016
• EAN: 9789402404845
• ISBN: 978-94-0-240484-5
• No. of pages: 832
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 45 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 1276 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 832 p.
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering