Chassis Handbook [electronic resource] : Fundamentals, Driving Dynamics, Components, Mechatronics, Perspectives /
Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG.
Heißing, Bernhard.editor.
Ersoy, Metin.editor.
Despite the assistance provided by electronic control systems, the latest generation of passenger car chassis still relies heavily on conventional chassis elements. This book examines these conventional elements and their interactions with mechatronic systems within the context of driving dynamics. Chassis fundamentals and design are described in the initial chapters, followed by a practical examination of driving dynamics and detailed descriptions and explanations of modern chassis components. A separate section is devoted to axles and the processes used during axle development. This first English edition features a number of improvements over the latest German edition, including revised illustrations and several updates in the text and list of references. Introduction - Fundamentals - Driving Dynamics - Chassis Components - Axles- Driving Comfort: Noise Vibration, Harshness (NVH) - Chassis Development -Chassis Innovations - Future Aspects of Chassis Technology Chassis developers, automotive engineers in the subcontracting and supplier industries, vehicle testing engineers, vehicle assessors and evaluators, chassis experts in vehicle workshops, professors and students at universities and technical colleges. Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Heißing is director of the Chair for Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Chassis developers, automotive engineers in the subcontracting and supplier industries, vehicle testing engineers, vehicle assessors and evaluators, chassis experts in vehicle workshops, professors and students at universities and technical colleges. He was a manager for chassis development at Audi for nearly 15 years and still participates in numerous research projects and colloquia for chassis experts. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Metin Ersoy completed his doctorate in Design Systematics at the Technical University of Braunschweig and spent more than 35 years at a managerial level at various companies, including 22 years at ZF Lemförder, wh.
Preface; Contributors; Contents; 1 Introduction and Fundamentals; 1.1 History, Definition, Function, and Significance; 1.1.1 History; 1.1.2 Definition and Scope; 1.1.3 Purpose and Significance; 1.2 Chassis Design; 1.2.1 Vehicle Classification; 1.2.2 Powertrain Configurations; 1.2.3 Chassis Composition; 1.2.4 Trends in Chassis Composition; 1.3 Chassis Layout; 1.3.1 Chassis Requirements; 1.3.2 Layout of Suspension Kinematics; 1.3.3 Suspension Kinematics; 1.3.3.1 Suspension Parameters Relative to Vehicle; 1.3.3.2 Roll and Pitch Center; 1.3.3.3 Wheel Travel; 1.3.3.4 Wheel Travel Parameters
1.3.3.5 Steering Kinematic Parameters1.3.3.6 Kinematic Parameters of Current Vehicles; 1.3.3.7 Wheel Travel Curves; 1.3.3.8 Wheel Kinematic Calculation Software; 1.3.4 Elastokinematics and Component Compliances in Suspension Design; 1.3.5 Target Parameter Values; 1.3.6 Suspension Composition; 2 Driving Dynamics; 2.1 Driving Resistances and Energy Requirements; 2.1.1 Driving Resistances; 2.1.1.1 Rolling Resistance; 2.1.1.2 Effect of Road Surface on Rolling Resistance FR,Tr; 2.1.1.3 Aerodynamic Drag FA; 2.1.1.4 Climbing Resistance FC; 2.1.1.5 Inertial Resistance FI
2.1.1.6 Total Driving Resistance2.1.2 Crosswind Response Behavior; 2.1.3 Performance and Energy Requirements; 2.1.4 Fuel Consumption; 2.2 Tire Traction and Force Transfer to the Roadway; 2.2.1 The Physics of Tire Traction and Force Transfer; 2.2.1.1 Acceleration and Braking; 2.2.1.2 Cornering; 2.2.2 Detailed Tire Forces; 2.3 Longitudinal Dynamics; 2.3.1 Acceleration and Braking; 2.3.1.1 Anti-Dive; 2.3.1.2 Anti-Lift (Anti-Squat); 2.3.1.3 Load Changes During Straightline Driving; 2.4 Vertical Dynamics; 2.4.1 Springs; 2.4.1.1 Spring Ratio; 2.4.1.2 Natural (Eigen) Frequencies
2.4.2 Vibration Dampers2.4.3 Excitations from the Roadway; 2.4.3.1 Harmonic Excitations; 2.4.3.2 Periodic Irregularities; 2.4.3.3 Stochastic (Random) Irregularities; 2.4.3.4 Spectral Density of Road Surface Irregularities; 2.4.3.5 Measured Road Surface Irregularities; 2.4.4 Tires as Spring/Damper Elements; 2.4.5 Suspension Models; 2.4.5.1 Single-Mass System; 2.4.5.2 Dual-Mass System; 2.4.5.3 Expansion of the Model to Include Seat Suspension Effects; 2.4.5.4 Single-Track Suspension Model; 2.4.5.5 Two-Track Suspension Model; 2.4.6 Parameter Variation; 2.4.7 The Roadway/Vehicle Connection
2.4.7.1 Spectral Density of Vehicle Body Accelerations2.4.7.2 Spectral Density of Dynamic Wheel Loads; 2.4.8 Human Oscillation Evaluation; 2.4.9 Conclusions from the Fundamentalsof Vertical Dynamics; 2.5 Lateral Dynamics; 2.5.1 Handling Requirements; 2.5.2 Steering Kinematics; 2.5.2.1 Static Steering Layout; 2.5.2.2 Dynamic Steering Layout; 2.5.3 Vehicle Modeling; 2.5.3.1 Simple Single-Track (Bicycle) Model; 2.5.3.2 Simple Vehicle Dynamics; 2.5.3.3 Understeer and Oversteer; 2.5.3.4 Expanded Single-Track Model  with Rear-Wheel Steering; 2.5.3.5 Nonlinear Single-Track Model
2.5.3.6 Analysis of Transient Behavior Using the Simple Single-Track Model
"Based on the 2nd edition of the German book Fahrwerkhandbuch."
"The Chassis Handbook was kindly sponsored by ZF Friedrichshafen AG".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Despite the assistance provided by electronic control systems, the latest generation of passenger car chassis still relies heavily on conventional chassis elements. This book examines these conventional elements and their interactions with mechatronic systems within the context of driving dynamics. Chassis fundamentals and design are described in the initial chapters, followed by a practical examination of driving dynamics and detailed descriptions and explanations of modern chassis components. A separate section is devoted to axles and the processes used during axle development. This first English edition features a number of improvements over the latest German edition, including revised illustrations and several updates in the text and list of references. Introduction - Fundamentals - Driving Dynamics - Chassis Components - Axles- Driving Comfort: Noise Vibration, Harshness (NVH) - Chassis Development -Chassis Innovations - Future Aspects of Chassis Technology Chassis developers, automotive engineers in the subcontracting and supplier industries, vehicle testing engineers, vehicle assessors and evaluators, chassis experts in vehicle workshops, professors and students at universities and technical colleges. Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Heißing is director of the Chair for Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Chassis developers, automotive engineers in the subcontracting and supplier industries, vehicle testing engineers, vehicle assessors and evaluators, chassis experts in vehicle workshops, professors and students at universities and technical colleges. He was a manager for chassis development at Audi for nearly 15 years and still participates in numerous research projects and colloquia for chassis experts. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Metin Ersoy completed his doctorate in Design Systematics at the Technical University of Braunschweig and spent more than 35 years at a managerial level at various companies, including 22 years at ZF Lemförder, wh.
Automotive engineering.
Automotive Engineering.

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