Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments Pap/Cdr Edition

This is the mother of all books about race cars. If you were missing deep theoretical background on tuning your sports car or street car, this volume is for you. It is impossible to describe in detail what this textbook is about, in a single review.What I liked most is the chapter on dampers (shock absorbers). It gave me the answers to lots of questions that I had before reading this published work, for example how to choose "ride/handling compromise" when adjusting damping ratio? Why stiffer dampers are more comfortable on large-amplitude bumps, while softer dampers provide smoother ride on small-amplitude bumps? "In an automobile, a suspension is used to reduce the discomfort induced by unevenness in the highway. As measure of discomfort is the vertical acceleration that the passenger is subjected while sitting in the vehicle". The book demonstrates the model where the passenger is linked to the road via three springs in a sequence: tire, coil and the seat, and one damper (shock absorber). There is a graph showing passenger vertical acceleration depending on the amplitude (frequency) of road irregularities, for distinct shock absorbers with various damping ratios. For a stiff shock absorber this diagram shows relatively flat curve, where the vertical acceleration is almost independent of frequency of bumps. For the soft shock absorber, there is a very high peak (several times higher comparing to a stiff damper) of vertical acceleration for the low-frequency bumps, and this acceleration curve quickly decays as the frequency increases. There is another graph, "transient load transfer analysis", which shows that with soft dampers, the suspension load in a turn fluctuates. This is another answer to the question why stiffer dampers (to a certain extent) provide better handling.The order of the chapters is somewhat sporadic. The books is a mixture of sections of engineering information (formulas), historical background, sketches (e.g. torque arm rear axle suspension), recipes (KONI's published instructions for damper adjustment), and sample data (e.g. Goodyear tire data). Nevertheless, the work is so deep that in a couple of years after it's publication, it had been started being used as a university textbook. Based on comments from faculty, SAE have requested the authors to prepare a supplementary book of problems, to help the universities to examine the students.I also recommend "Theory of Ground Vehicles", by J. Y. Wong, in addition to this book.

This workbook companion is just as complicated as the 900 page daddy book, But it is an icon of suspension design and used in college SAE classes

I work in the automotive industry and this book is the bible for all things vehicle dynamics. A must have for any engineer or aspiring engineer who plans to work in vehicle dynamics or chassis design!

Came a week earlier than expected great condition for used just some marking on cover

Arrived quickly and in good shape. Just started to read, so no comment on content other than it would appear to be very comprehensive

Amazing book, and a must have for anyone interested in vehicle dynamics/simulation. My only gripe with the book is the variable descriptions in the first half of the book. They are listed on the first page of the book and described prior to each equation. Unfortunately their definitions get lost amongst the sea of sub/super scripts and reused variables. I also highly recommend buying the companion book for extra computational practice.

Used by UNCC mechanical engineering department as part of their automobile technology program. Very detail but well written. A non-engineer would find the book to be too technical, but to a mechanical engineer, the book is well written and illustrated. I use many of the examples in the book during my race car setup clinics to help students understand the dynamics. Can cure insomnia if you do not love the details on how/why a race car does what it does.

This is the bible of suspension and chassis dynamics and race car setup. I was advised to get it by the man who was second in command at GM Staff Research some years ago. I hold a lap record at least partially due to what I learned from this book. I've given two friends of mine copies. Simply put - a must for any serious racer or race car shop.

Impossibile non averlo nella libreria

Como siempre, el servicio de entregas de Amazon es excelente, cumpliendo los plazos de entrega a la perfección.En cuanto al libro, es de tapa dura y de una calidad bastante buena y parece que aguantará bien el paso del tiempo. Los contenidos del libro son bastante completos y es considerado como la Biblia del Motorsport que cualquier ingeniero/mecánico o aficionado debería tener.Recomiendo su compra.

The bible of all bibles. Took me through uni and through my working career. A must for motorsport engineers or any vehicle dynamists.

When you pay for a new book but it's in worse condition then a used one.

Ein Muss für angehende Fahrzeugtechniker!!! Alles sehr toll geschriebe. Extrem informativ. Alles mit Beispielen und Richtwerten angegeben. Man muss definitiv Grundkenntnisse für dieses Buch haben.einziger Minuspunkt der aber nicht zum Abzug führt ist meiner Meinung nach das nervige zöllische Einheitsystem