The Automotive Chassis: Volume 1: Components Design

Description

This textbook draws on the authors’ experience gained by teaching courses for engineering students on e.g. vehicle mechanics, vehicle system design, and chassis design; and on their practical experience as engineering designers for vehicle and chassis components at a major automotive company. The book is primarily intended for students of automotive engineering, but also for all technicians and designers working in this field. Other enthusiastic engineers will also find it to be a useful technical guide. The present volume (The Automotive Chassis – Volume 1: Component Design) focuses on automotive chassis components, such as:• the structure, which is usually a ladder framework and supports all the remaining components of the vehicle;• the suspension for the mechanical linkage of the wheels;• the wheels and tires;• the steering system;• the brake system; and• the transmission system, used to apply engine torque to the driving wheels. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition presents recent developments, particularly in brake, steering, suspension and transmission subsystems. Special emphasis is given to modern control systems and control strategies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Front Matter ....Pages 1-4 Historical Evolution (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 5-50 Wheels and Tires (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 51-131 Suspensions (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 133-242 Steering System (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 243-273 Braking System (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 275-321 Control Systems (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 323-359 Chassis Structures (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 361-391 Front Matter ....Pages 393-399 Historical Evolution (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 401-430 Manual Gearboxes (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 431-453 Shifting Mechanisms (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 455-465 Start Up Devices (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 467-492 Synchromesh Unit (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 493-508 Differentials and Final Drives (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 509-537 Shafts and Joints (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 539-548 Automatic Gearboxes (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 549-601 Design and Testing (Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello)....Pages 603-623 Back Matter ....Pages 625-633