Motor Vehicle Dynamics : Modeling and Simulation,9789810229115

Motor Vehicle Dynamics : Modeling and Simulation

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ISBN13: 9789810229115
ISBN10: 9810229119
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher(s): WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC
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Summary

Illustrates the historical development of modern motor vehicles. Explains the forces acting on motor vehicles, detailing the behavior of pneumatical tires and the aerodynamics of vehicles. Covers dynamics of vehicles modeled as rigid bodies. DLC: Motor vehicles - Dynamics.

Table of Contents

Foreword VII(8)
List of symbols
XV
1 Short historical notes on motor vehicles
1(34)
1.1 Ground vehicles with mechanical propulsion
1(1)
1.2 Vehicles on wheels from prehistory to the end of the Roman Empire
2(15)
1.3 From the Renaissance to the industrial revolution
17(7)
1.4 Motor vehicles in XIX century
24(7)
1.5 The age of motor cars
31(4)
2 Forces acting between road and wheel
35(60)
2.1 Structure of pneumatic tires
35(2)
2.2 Contact pressure and stiffness
37(3)
2.3 Rolling radius
40(3)
2.4 Rolling resistance
43(12)
2.5 Tractive and braking forces
55(10)
2.6 Cornering forces
65(15)
2.7 Interaction between longitudinal and side forces
80(7)
2.8 Dynamic behaviour of tires
87(3)
2.9 Experimental study of the characteristics of tires
90(5)
3 Road vehicle aerodynamics
95(46)
3.1 General considerations
95(9)
3.2 Aerodynamic field
104(8)
3.3 Aerodynamic drag
112(14)
3.4 Aerodynamic lift and pitching moment
126(6)
3.5 Side force, rolling and yawing moments
132(3)
3.6 Study of aerodynamic forces and moments
135(6)
4 Longitudinal dynamics
141(72)
4.1 Load distribution on the ground
141(8)
4.2 Steady state motion on straight road
149(24)
4.3 Vehicle take-off from rest
173(6)
4.4 Acceleration
179(7)
4.5 Fuel consumption in actual driving conditions
186(4)
4.6 Electric and hybrid vehicles
190(5)
4.7 Braking on straight road
195(14)
4.8 An outline on standards for braking systems
209(4)
5 Handling of a rigid vehicle
213(122)
5.1 Trajectory control in road vehicles
213(1)
5.2 Low-speed or kinematic steering
214(10)
5.3 Simplified model: Ideal steering
224(7)
5.4 High-speed cornering of a rigid vehicle
231(8)
5.5 Linearized handling model
239(10)
5.6 Linearized steady state directional behaviour
249(17)
5.7 Stability of the vehicle
266(12)
5.8 Unstationary motion
278(6)
5.9 Vehicles with two steering axles (4WS)
284(3)
5.10 Model with 4 degrees of freedom for articulated vehicles
287(8)
5.11 Linearized model for articulated vehicles
295(15)
5.12 Multibody articulated vehicles
310(7)
5.13 Limits of linearized models
317(1)
5.14 Semilinearized models
318(6)
5.15 Vehicle-driver interaction
324(11)
6 Motor vehicle on elastic suspensions
335(126)
6.1 An overview of the different types of suspensions
338(21)
6.2 Generalized coordinates for rotations
359(3)
6.3 Model for an insulated vehicle
362(3)
6.4 Linearized model for an insulated vehicle
365(17)
6.5 Uncoupling between handling and ride
382(2)
6.6 Handling of a vehicle on elastic suspensions
384(4)
6.7 Ride comfort
388(4)
6.8 Quarter-car models
392(15)
6.9 Bounce and pitch motions
407(9)
6.10 Rolling motions
416(1)
6.11 Models of deformable vehicles
417(7)
6.12 Gyroscopic moments and other second-order effects
424(3)
6.13 Excitation sources
427(11)
6.14 Concluding remarks on ride comfort
438(3)
6.15 Simple model for the handling of motorcycles
441(20)
7 Road accidents
461(62)
7.1 Vehicle collision: Impulsive model
462(17)
7.2 Vehicle collision: Advanced model
479(16)
7.3 Motion after the collision
495(8)
7.4 Rollover
503(11)
7.5 Motion of transported objects during the impact
514(9)
Appendix A 523(12)
Bibliography 535(2)
Index 537

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