AUTHOR(S): William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Milliken
Written for the engineer as well as the race car enthusiast,
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics includes much information that is not available in any other vehicle dynamics text. Truly comprehensive in its coverage of the fundamental concepts of vehicle dynamics and their application in a racing environment, this book has become the definitive reference on this topic. Although the primary focus is on the race car, the engineering fundamentals detailed are also applicable to passenger car design and engineering.
Authors Bill and Doug Milliken have developed many of the original vehicle dynamics theories and principles covered in this book, including the Moment Method, "g-g" Diagram, pair analysis, lap time simulation, and tire data normalization. The book also includes contributions from other experts in the field.
Chapters cover:
The Problem Imposed by Racing
Tire Behavior
Aerodynamic Fundamentals
Vehicle Axis Systems
and more
Also available is the companion workbook
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics - Problems, Answers and Experiments
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Race Car Vehicle Dynamics Book and Problems, Answers and Experiments Workbook Set
"We offer no apologies for making this important... book our choice for the second time around. Widely welcomed, its content is already beingput to good use by many race car engineers... Today, anyone who wishes to make a career by understanding the automobile and its vagaries should start here. And anyone who wishes to appear to understand it should have this book on his or her desk--in the same way that Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is essential!"
--Race Car Engineering