Dynamics of Motor Vehicles

The fundamentals of vehicle dynamics are presented in full in this work. Starting from the forces acting on the vehicle during acceleration or braking, driving resistances, driving limits, vibration excitation for single and double-track vehicles are presented. In addition to the types of vibration, vehicle models, current standards and legal regulations are taken into account. The theory is made applicable by a wealth of vehicle data in table or diagram form and by many calculation examples. The discussion of the results leads to suggestions for the improvement of motor vehicles. New in the 5th edition are contributions on automated manual transmissions, double clutch transmissions as well as on torque vectoring and on fuel consumption and CO2.

The content

Tyres · Tyre characteristics · Aerodynamics · Propulsion and braking · Driving resistances, power demand and power supply, maps of motor vehicle propulsion systems · Driving performance and fuel consumption · Driving limits · Braking · Vibration · Vibration excitation · Assessment standards and their calculation Motor vehicle, Unevenness single point excitation · Two axle motor vehicle, Unevenness single track excitation · Four wheel motor vehicle, Unevenness two track excitation · Effect of wheel suspensions in case of uneven excitation · Vehicle longitudinal vibrations Engine excited vehicle vibrations Driving behaviour · Linear single track model, objective parameters, subjective judgements · circular drive at constant driving speed · dynamic behaviour · control loop driver motor vehicle · lateral control · longitudinal control · curve boundary acceleration, influence of circumferential force · circular drive at constant driving speed · quasilinear consideration · unsteady drive, steering angle ramp · two-track model, four-wheel vehicle · circular drive at constant driving speed · unsteady drive

The target groups

• Developers of complete vehicles, chassis developers, vehicle engineers in the supplier industry, automotive test engineers, experts, appraisers, chassis specialists in workshop practice.
• Professors and students at colleges and universities

The authors

Professor em. Dr. Ing. Manfred Mitschke headed the Institute of Automotive Engineering (IfF) at the TU Braunschweig.

Professor Dr. Ing. Henning Wallentowitz headed the Institute of Automotive Engineering (ika) at RWTH Aachen University.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.