Multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics /

Comprehensive, up-to-date and firmly rooted in practical experience, a key publication for all automotive engineers, dynamicists and students.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blundell, Michael
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology; Society of Automotive Engineers
Group Author: Harty, Damian
Published: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; Burlington, MA :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750651127
Summary: Comprehensive, up-to-date and firmly rooted in practical experience, a key publication for all automotive engineers, dynamicists and students.
Item Description: "SAE International."
"Published on behalf of Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc."
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxi, 518 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-509) and index.
ISBN: 9780080473529
0080473520
9780750651127
0750651121
Index Number: TL243
CLC: U461.1
Contents: Cover; Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Nomenclature; 1 Introduction; 2 Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies; 3 Multibody systems simulation software; 4 Modelling and analysis of suspension systems; 5 Tyre characteristics and modelling; 6 Modelling and assembly of the full vehicle; 7 Simulation output and interpretation; 8 Active systems; Appendix A: Vehicle model system schematics and data sets; Appendix B: Fortran tyre model subroutines; Appendix C: Glossary of terms; References; Index.