Road Vehicle Suspensions

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Road Vehicle Suspensions gives a comprehensive survey of the kinematics, elasto-kinematics, and design methods for vehicle wheel suspensions. Available for the first time in English (from the second edition in German), this book will serve as an invaluable reference source for automotive design, test, and development engineers, as well as a useful student text.CONTENTS INCLUDE Basic characteristics of wheel suspensionsKinematic analysis of wheel suspensionsThe tyreSprings and dampersTraction and brakingCorneringThe steeringElasto-kinematicsSynthesis and designMotorcycle suspensionsIndependent wheel suspensionsRigid-axle suspensionsCompound suspensionsReferencesIndex

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-10-31
Mått:160 x 242 x 23 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9781860582028
Översättare:Alan Baker

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Wolfgang Matschinsky is the author of Road Vehicle Suspensions, published by Wiley.

Innehållsförteckning

Basic characteristics of wheel suspensions: degrees of freedom of wheel suspensions Elements of wheel suspensionsBasic types of wheel suspensions. Kinematic analysis of wheel suspensions: basic rules of planar kinematicsBasic rules of vector calculationConsiderations of wheel-suspension systematicsMotion analysis of the wheel carrierExternal and internal forcesInfluence of driveshafts and reduction gearsAttitude and motion of the wheel. The tyre. Springs and dampers: purpose of springing and dampingVehicles vibrationsInteraction of springsInteraction of springs suspensionVehicle springsHydraulic dampersControlled suspension systemsThe wheel-travel angle. Traction and braking: steady-state accelerating and brakingThe support angleTraction and braking pitchingTandem axles. Cornering: Camber and steering angle with wheel displacementForces and moments under lateral accelerationThe roll centreVehicles attitude in steady-state corneringVinematic self-steeringDriving stability of two-track vehiclesCornering of motorcycles. The steering: basic systemsSteering boxesCharacteristics of steering geometryThe steering linkageSelf-aligning steering systems. Elasto-kinematics: principal considerationsElasto-kinematics of independent wheel suspensionsSynthesis and design: general remarksPlanar wheel suspensionsSpatial wheel suspensionsDesign considerations. Motorcycle suspensions. Independent wheel suspensions: general remarksFront suspensionsRear suspensions. Rigid-axle suspensions: general remarksKinematically exact systemsOver-constrained systems. Compound suspensions. Final remarks.