Road Vehicle Suspensions gives a comprehensive survey of the kinematics, elasto-kinematics, and design methods for vehicle wheel suspensions.
Available for the first time in English (from the second edition in German), this book will serve as an invaluable reference source for automotive design, test, and development engineers, as well as a useful student text.
CONTENTS INCLUDEBasic characteristics of wheel suspensionsKinematic analysis of wheel suspensionsThe tyreSprings and dampersTraction and brakingCorneringThe steeringElasto-kinematicsSynthesis and designMotorcycle suspensionsIndependent wheel suspensionsRigid-axle suspensionsCompound suspensionsReferencesIndex
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Basic characteristics of wheel suspensions: degrees of freedom of wheel suspensions Elements of wheel suspensions
Basic types of wheel suspensions. Kinematic analysis of wheel suspensions: basic rules of planar kinematics
Basic rules of vector calculation
Considerations of wheel-suspension systematics
Motion analysis of the wheel carrier
External and internal forces
Influence of driveshafts and reduction gears
Attitude and motion of the wheel. The tyre. Springs and dampers: purpose of springing and damping
Vehicles vibrations
Interaction of springs
Interaction of springs suspension
Vehicle springs
Hydraulic dampers
Controlled suspension systems
The wheel-travel angle. Traction and braking: steady-state accelerating and braking
The support angle
Traction and braking pitching
Tandem axles. Cornering: Camber and steering angle with wheel displacement
Forces and moments under lateral acceleration
The roll centre
Vehicles attitude in steady-state cornering
Vinematic self-steering
Driving stability of two-track vehicles
Cornering of motorcycles. The steering: basic systems
Steering boxes
Characteristics of steering geometry
The steering linkage
Self-aligning steering systems. Elasto-kinematics: principal considerations
Elasto-kinematics of independent wheel suspensions
Synthesis and design: general remarks
Planar wheel suspensions
Spatial wheel suspensions
Design considerations. Motorcycle suspensions. Independent wheel suspensions: general remarks
Front suspensions
Rear suspensions. Rigid-axle suspensions: general remarks
Kinematically exact systems
Over-constrained systems. Compound suspensions. Final remarks.
