The book aims to give the reader knowledge around race car set up and the suspension systems used within a motorsport environment. The reader is given useful information and a deep understand behind a race car's adjustable components and parts to set up the vehicle for optimum performance in dry conditions.
Subjects explored include the ride height, ground clearance, suspension preload, camber, caster, toe, tracking, wheel alignment, set up sheets, checking readiness to race, handling characteristics of a single seater race car and much more.
This book also looks at suspension systems commonly found on race cars and some rare suspension set ups too! Containing useful references for more background reading if desired, this book is your one stop shop on covering race car set-ups and suspension systems on a race car!
The first third of this book gives the reader useful information and a deep understand behind a race car's adjustable components and parts to set up the vehicle for optimum performance in dry conditions. The book aims to give the reader knowledge around suspension design and dampers focused within a motorsport environment.
The second third of the book gives the reader useful information and a deep understand behind a roll centers and double wishbone suspension design, by looking at suspension geometry. Subjects explored include roll centers, equal and parallel double wishbone layout, equal and non-parallel double wishbone layout, non-equal and non-parallel double wishbone layout, looking at camber change, horizontal change, vertical change and the instant roll centre.
The best double wishbone layout is stated and an explanation why this is. This book also looks at rear axles - lives axles, Panhard suspension, Watts linkage, Mumford suspension and Woblink suspension.
These testing methods include a damper dynamometer with results and explanations. Covers the development and tuning of race car by clearly explaining the basic principles of vehicle dynamics and relating these principles to the input and control functions of the racing driver. An exceptional book written by a true professional. This book attempts to find a middle ground by balancing engineering principles and equations of use to every automotive engineer with practical explanations of the mechanics involved, so that those without a formal engineering degree can still comprehend and use most of the principles discussed.
Either as an introductory text or a practical professional overview, this book is an ideal reference. It will teach you sound, proven technology that is both easy to understand and easy to use, so you can set up your race car in the shop and see the positive results on the track immediately, with very little tweaking.
What follows is a common-sense approach to chassis setup, vehicle dynamics and race-car design, founded on solid engineering theory. However, you will need to have an open mind, and be willing to accept new ideas that may go against previous chassis setup thinking.
Just to make it clear, the technology presented here applies to all race cars, from quarter midgets to Formula One and everything in between. This book tends to lean towards stock car racing because it represents most of the world's automobile racing. But know that not only will be useful for all forms of circle track racing from asphalt types to dirt cars, a great deal of the technology applies to all race cars. The first book to summarize the secrets of the rapidly developing field of high-speed vehicle design.
Three tools are developed that focus on tire modeling, vehicle vehicle dynamics terminology. The indices used are given in Table 1, the Greek The indices used are given in Table 1, the Greek variables in Table 2 and the latin variables in Table 3. Power-assist also adds weight, but despite this, it should be considered for vehicles where steering effort is large or the duration of racing or driving is long i.
Passenger car, commercial vehicle, sports car, race car, and motorcycle aerodynamics are all examined in detail. Includes theory and practical applications in fuel economy, directional stability, cooling, and passenger comfort.
Also discusses design, measurement, testing and computational fluid dynamics. Contents ix Now, weight transfer via the roll centres is negative. This means there is a component of weight transfer that actually goes from the outside wheel to the inside wheel.
He specializes in vehicle dynamics and safety teaching and research, and has worked with multibody systems applications in vehicle dynamics in industry and academia, publishing many papers on the topic. This innovative approach provides a deep, yet simple, analysis of the dynamics of vehicles.
The reader will soon achieve a clear understanding of the subject, which will be of great help both in dealing with the challenges of designing and testing new vehicles and in tackling new research topics.
The book deals with several relevant topics in vehicle dynamics that are not discussed elsewhere and this new edition includes thoroughly revised chapters, with new developments, and many worked exercises. Praise for the previous edition: Great book! It has changed drastically our approach on many topics. We are now using part of its theory on a daily basis to constantly improve ride and handling performances. Everything is described in a very compelling and complete way.
Some parts use a different approach than other books. Most vehicle dynamics are difficult to read, use jargon and waffle on subjects that are not useful to the reader. The book aims to give the reader knowledge around race car set up and the suspension systems used within a motorsport environment.
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