Road vehicle dynamics: fundamentals of modeling and simulation

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Summary / review / table of contents

Preface;
Symbols;
Acronyms;

1 Short Historical Notes on Motor Vehicles;
1.1 Ground vehicles with mechanical propulsion;
1.2 Vehicles on wheels from prehistory to the end of the Roman Empire;
1.2.1 The supporting wheel;
1.2.2 Animal traction;
1.2.3 Vehicles;
1.2.4 Road transportation;
1.2.5 War engines on wheels;
1.3 From the middle ages to the industrial revolution;
1.3.1 Vehicles;
1.3.2 Wind wagons and other mechanical vehicles;
1.3.3 Thermal engines;
1.4 Motor vehicles in the 19th century;
1.4.1 The age of steam coaches;
1.4.2 The motor car
1.4.3 The internal combustion engine and the electric motor
1.5 The age of motor cars;
1.6 A glimpse into the future;
1.6.1 Energy availability;
1.6.2 Environmental problems;
1.6.3 Electric and hybrid drive and innovative engines;
1.6.4 Reduction of the resistance to motion;
1.6.5 Innovations related to ICTs;
1.6.6 New materials;
1.6.7 Radically smaller, lighter, cheaper and greener vehicles;
1.6.8 Radically innovative vehicles;

I FORCES ACTING ON THE VEHICLE;
2 The Tire as a Supporting Device;
2.1 Wheels for road vehicles;
2.2 Structure of pneumatic tires;
2.3 Tire reference frame

3 Driving, Braking and Cornering Forces
3.1 Tractive and braking forces;
3.2 Cornering forces;
3.3 Interaction between longitudinal and side forces;
3.4 Mathematical models for the longitudinal and side forces;
3.4.1 Longitudinal forces (pure longitudinal slip);
3.4.2 Cornering forces (pure side slip);
3.4.3 Aligning moment (pure side slip);
3.4.4 Interaction between longitudinal and side forces;
3.4.5 Other results obtained from the magic formula;
3.5 Behavior of tires in dynamic conditions;

4 Road Vehicle Aerodynamics;
4.1 General considerations;
4.2 Reference frames
4.3 Aerodynamic forces and moments
4.4 Aerodynamic field;
4.5 Aerodynamic drag;
4.5.1 Friction drag;
4.5.2 Induced drag;
4.5.3 Shape drag;
4.5.4 Aerodynamic drag reduction;
4.6 Aerodynamic lift and pitching moment;
4.7 Side force, rolling and yawing moments;
4.8 Experimental study of aerodynamic forces and moments;
4.9 Numerical aerodynamics;

II DYNAMICS OF A RIGID VEHICLE;
5 Longitudinal Steady-State Dynamics;
5.1 Reference frames for the rigid vehicle;
5.2 Load distribution on the ground;
5.2.1 Vehicles with two axles;
5.2.2 Vehicles with more than two axles;
5.2.3 Articulated vehicles

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