Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application

3:25 AM 2008, Mechanics, Springer No Comments

This text is for engineering students. It introduces the fundamental knowledge 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

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.

Content Level » Graduate
Keywords » engine and gearbox dynamics - kinematic and four-wheel steering - planar vehicle dynamics - roll vehicle dynamics - tire dynamics - traction and brake force distribution - vehicle dyamics - vehicle vibrations and ride optimization
Related subjects » Engineering - Mechanical Engineering


Product Details
Hardcover: 1015 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2008. Corr. 3rd printing edition (March 19, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387742433
ISBN-13: 978-0387742434