Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application
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Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application is appropriate for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students in mechanical engineering. The contents in this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains vehicle dynamics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers and practicing engineers alike will appreciate the user-friendly presentation of a wealth of topics most notably steering, handling, ride, and related components. Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application includes: Richly illustrated chapters and over 500 diagrams to help readers visualize concepts. More than 500 detailed examples with fully-worked solutions which expose readers to a balanced and broad understanding of vehicle dynamics. A wealth of detailed problem sets and challenge problems for each chapter for the more advanced reader. A complete solutions manual which is available for instructors. Reza N. Jazar is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Manhattan College. His main research areas are nonlinear dynamics, robotics, control, and MEMs. He's written extensively on many diverse topics in applied mathematics and mechanical engineering. He is also the author of Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control and regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in mechanical engineering.
Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application is written as a textbook for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students in mechanical engineering. It provides both fundamental and advanced topics on handling, ride, components, and behavior of vehicles.
This text is for engineering students. It introduces the fundamental kno- edge used in vehicle dynamics. This knowledge can be utilized to develop computer programs for analyzing the ride, handling, and optimization of road vehicles. Vehicle dynamics has been in the engineering curriculum for more than a hundred years. Books on the subject are available, but most of them are written for specialists and are not suitable for a classroom application. A new student, engineer, or researcher would not know where and how to start learning vehicle dynamics. So, there is a need for a textbook for beginners. This textbook presents the fundamentals with a perspective on future trends. The study of classical vehicle dynamics has its roots in the work of great scientists of the past four centuries and creative engineers in the past century who established the methodology of dynamic systems. The development of vehicle dynamics has moved toward modeling, analysis, and optimization of multi-body dynamics supported by some compliant members. Therefore, merging dynamics with optimization theory was an expected development. The fast-growing capability of accurate positioning, sensing, and calculations, along with intelligent computer programming are the other important developments in vehicle dynamics. So, a textbook help the reader to make a computer model of vehicles, which this book does.
Individual sections devoted to handling, ride, and components will be beneficial to students as future automotive designers
New research and coverage of damping and isolation bring in new perspectives on the subject
Includes coverage of front, rear, and four wheel steering systems, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of different steering schemes
Statement-proof-examples method of presentation is a systematic approach that students will find easy to follow
Includes an emphasis on design throughout the text, which provides a practical hands-on approach
Individual sections devoted to handling, ride, and components will be beneficial to students as future automotive designers
New research and coverage of damping and isolation bring in new perspectives on the subject
Includes coverage of front, rear, and four wheel steering systems, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of different steering schemes
Statement-proof-examples method of presentation is a systematic approach that students will find easy to follow
Includes an emphasis on design throughout the text, which provides a practical hands-on approach
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of contents. … an excellent textbook, which provides a modern, comprehensive, and modeling-oriented analysis of the traditional vehicle dynamics topic.” (Corina Sandu, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33 (1), January- February, 2010)
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