The Automotive Chassis: Volume 2: System Design [Hardcover]

This work serves as a reference concerning the automotive chassis, i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body. It is the result of a decade of work mostly done by the FIAT group, who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work. The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.

This illustrated work serves as a reference concerning the automotive chassis, i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body. It is the result of a decade of work mostly done by the FIAT group who sponsored the work.

SYMBOLS LIST; III FUNCTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS: INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE:17 TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS: 17.1 Traffic volume; 17.2 Operating fleet; 17.3 Social impact;18 VEHICLE FUNCTIONS: 18.1 Systemdesign; 18.2 Objective requirements; 18.3 Subjective requirements; 18.4 Aging resistance;19 REGULATIONS: 19.1 Vehicle system; 19.2 Wheels 19.3 Steering system; 19.4 Braking system; 19.5 Structures; 19.6 Gearbox; IV THE CHASSIS AS A PART OF THE VEHICLE SYSTEM: INTRODUCTION TO PART FOUR:20 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: 20.1 Symmetry considerations; 20.2 Reference frames; 20.3 Position of the center of mass; 20.4 Mass distribution among the various bodies; 20.5 Moments of inertia;21 AN OVERVIEW ON MOTOR VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS: 21.1 Aerodynamic forces andmoments; 21.2 Aerodynamic field around a vehicle; 21.3 Aerodynamic drag ; 21.4 Lift and pitching moment; 21.5 Side force and roll and yawmoments; 21.6 Experimental study of aerodynamic forces; 21.7 Numerical aerodynamics;22 PRIME MOVERS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES: 22.1 Vehicular engines; 22.2 Internal combustion engines ; 22.3 Electric vehicles; 22.4 Hybrid vehicles;23 DRIVING DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE: 23.1 Load distribution on the ground; 23.2 Total resistance to motion; 23.3 Power needed for motion; 23.4 Available power at thel£3