Vehicle handling dynamics: theory and application

Vehicle dynamics are vital for optimizing a vehicle's drivability, efficiency, and safety. Understanding the forces and motions on a vehicle (both theoretical aspects, like basic equations of motion, and practical ones, like tire mechanics and human vehicle control) is integral in the design and development of all vehicles. Masato Abe's Vehicle Handling Dynamics, Second Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of vehicle dynamics, enabling readers to visualize and invent better vehicles. Vehicle Handling Dynamics begins with an overview of the fundamental theories of vehicle handling dynam.

Front Cover; Vehicle Handling Dynamics Theory and Application; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to Second Edition; Symbols; CHAPTER 1 -- VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; 1.1 DEFINITION OF THE VEHICLE; 1.2 VIRTUAL FOUR-WHEEL VEHICLE MODEL; 1.3 CONTROL OF MOTION; CHAPTER 2 -- TIRE MECHANICS; 2.1 PREFACE; 2.2 TIRES PRODUCING LATERAL FORCE; 2.3 TIRE CORNERING CHARACTERISTICS; 2.4 TRACTION, BRAKING, AND CORNERING CHARACTERISTICS; 2.5 DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 -- FUNDAMENTALS OF VEHICLE DYNAMICS; 3.1 PREFACE; 3.2 VEHICLE EQUATIONS OF MOTION.

3.3 vehicle steady-state cornering3.4 vehicle dynamic characteristics; problems; references; chapter 4 -- vehicle motion by disturbances; 4.1 preface; 4.2 motion by lateral force exerted on the center of gravity; 4.3 vehicle motion due to a lateral wind disturbance; 4.4 conclusion of vehicle motion by disturbances; problems; references; chapter 5 -- steering system and vehicle dynamics; 5.1 preface; 5.2 steering system model and equations of motion; 5.3 effects of steering system characteristics on vehicle motion; problems; references; chapter 6 -- vehicle body roll and vehicle dynamics.

6.1 preface6.2 roll geometr…