Road vehicle dynamics : fundamentals of modeling and simulation

Author

• Genta, Giancarlo

Additional Author(s)

• Genta, Alessandro

Publisher

Hoboken, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9789814713436

Series

Series on advances in mathematics for applied sciences vol. 88

Subject(s)

• MOTOR VEHICLES-DYNAMICS

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 953-956. Index: p. 957-963

Abstract

The present text, an expanded edition of the successful Motor Vehicle Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation (by Giancarlo Genta), started as a revised and expanded version of a collections of notes of the lectures of Motor Vehicle Mechanics to the students of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at the Politecnico (Technical University) of Torino, Italy. The resulting textbook originated from the aim to collect the foundations of the discipline and the more recent developments in a single text; which, being published mainly in journals and proceedings, are not readily available to students and technicians working in industry.
Road Vehicle Dynamics supplies the reader with both the theoretical background of the subject and the know-how needed to perform numerical simulations. It is structured in three parts: it begins with a historical overview of road vehicles; then deals with the forces exchanged between the vehicle and the road, and the vehicle and the air; and finally, deals with the dynamic behavior of the vehicle in normal driving conditions with some extensions towards conditions encountered in high-speed racing. Coverage of contemporary automatic controls is included in this edition.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xxvi, 963 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Preface;
Symbols;
Acronyms;

1 Short Historical Notes on Motor Vehicles;
1.1 Ground vehicles with mechanical propulsion;
1.2 Vehicles on wheels from prehistory to the end of the Roman Empire;
1.2.1 The supporting wheel;
1.2.2 Animal traction;
1.2.3 Vehicles;
1.2.4 Road transportation;
1.2.5 War engines on wheels;
1.3 From the middle ages to the industrial revolution;
1.3.1 Vehicles;
1.3.2 Wind wagons and other mechanical vehicles;
1.3.3 Thermal engines;
1.4 Motor vehicles in the 19th century;
1.4.1 The age of steam coaches;
1.4.2 The motor car
1.4.3 The internal combustion engine and the electric motor
1.5 The age of motor cars;
1.6 A glimpse into the future;
1.6.1 Energy availability;
1.6.2 Environmental problems;
1.6.3 Electric and hybrid drive and innovative engines;
1.6.4 Reduction of the resistance to motion;
1.6.5 Innovations related to ICTs;
1.6.6 New materials;
1.6.7 Radically smaller, lighter, cheaper and greener vehicles;
1.6.8 Radically innovative vehicles;

I FORCES ACTING ON THE VEHICLE;
2 The Tire as a Supporting Device;
2.1 Wheels for road vehicles;
2.2 Structure of pneumatic tires;
2.3 Tire reference frame

3 Driving, Braking and Cornering Forces
3.1 Tractive and braking forces;
3.2 Cornering forces;
3.3 Interaction between longitudinal and side forces;
3.4 Mathematical models for the longitudinal and side forces;
3.4.1 Longitudinal forces (pure longitudinal slip);
3.4.2 Cornering forces (pure side slip);
3.4.3 Aligning moment (pure side slip);
3.4.4 Interaction between longitudinal and side forces;
3.4.5 Other results obtained from the magic formula;
3.5 Behavior of tires in dynamic conditions;

4 Road Vehicle Aerodynamics;
4.1 General considerations;
4.2 Reference frames
4.3 Aerodynamic forces and moments
4.4 Aerodynamic field;
4.5 Aerodynamic drag;
4.5.1 Friction drag;
4.5.2 Induced drag;
4.5.3 Shape drag;
4.5.4 Aerodynamic drag reduction;
4.6 Aerodynamic lift and pitching moment;
4.7 Side force, rolling and yawing moments;
4.8 Experimental study of aerodynamic forces and moments;
4.9 Numerical aerodynamics;

II DYNAMICS OF A RIGID VEHICLE;
5 Longitudinal Steady-State Dynamics;
5.1 Reference frames for the rigid vehicle;
5.2 Load distribution on the ground;
5.2.1 Vehicles with two axles;
5.2.2 Vehicles with more than two axles;
5.2.3 Articulated vehicles

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