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- Winner of a 2019 Textbook Excellence Award
- Includes a clear, in-depth explanation of all relevant aspects of the topics covered
- Contains a rigorous, yet simple, mathematical formulation of all vehicle models
- Includes worked exercises at the end of each chapter
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This textbook covers handling and performance of both road and race cars. Mathematical models of vehicles are developed always paying attention to state the relevant assumptions and to provide explanations for each step. This innovative approach provides a deep, yet simple, analysis of the dynamics of vehicles. The reader will soon achieve a clear understanding of the subject, which will be of great help both in dealing with the challenges of designing and testing new vehicles and in tackling new research topics.
The book deals with several relevant topics in vehicle dynamics that are not discussed elsewhere and this new edition includes thoroughly revised chapters, with new developments, and many worked exercises.
Praise for the previous edition:
Great book! It has changed drastically our approach on many topics. We are now using part of its theory on a daily basis to constantly improve ride and handling performances.
--- AntoninoPizzuto, Head of Chassis Development Group at Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center
--- Andrea Quintarelli, Automotive Engineer
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Book Title: The Science of Vehicle Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Handling, Braking, and Ride of Road and Race Cars
Authors: Massimo Guiggiani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73220-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10335-4Published: 01 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73220-6Published: 05 May 2018
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XX, 550
Number of Illustrations: 239 b/w illustrations, 185 illustrations in colour
Topics: Automotive Engineering, Classical Mechanics, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control