Car Suspension at Work : Theory and Practice of Steering, Handling and Roadholding
Title: CAR SUSPENSION AT WORK:
Theory and Practice of Steering, Handling and Roadholding
Publisher Motor Racing Publications Limited Croydon Cro 3Ry 1998
Author Name: Jeffrey Daniels
Binding: Soft Cover
Pages 176 pages
Number of photos: ILLUSTRATED
Book Condition: NEW
Dimensions 190 x 254 x 13mm
ISBN ISBN10 1899870318
ISBN13 9781899870318
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Anyone who has driven too quickly into a tightening corner and found the car
running wide will say they know all about understeer. just as anyone
who has had cause to apply opposite-lock to correct a tail-slide will
say they know all about oversteer. But do they?
Do they really know
exactly what is happening at the four corners of their car, ancl more
important, why it is happening? Do they understand why one cars cornering
characteristics can be so different from another’s of seemingly similar
design and therefore why they respond so differently to movements of
the steering wheel and pedals?
This book, written by an engineer who
has spent much of his working life testing and evaluating the
performance of cars, sets out both to inform and to entertain. lts
broadly based narrative will appeal not only to the serious student of
automobile design and chassis performance, but equally to those who
take a pride in their driving and gain pleasure from doing it well, but
who wish to increase their technical awareness of precisely what is
going on at the four corners of their car. So often, when'talking about
car performance, terms such as handling, ride and roadholding,
responsiveness, slip angles, tyre scrub, suspension geometry, centres
of gravity and many others are misused.
This book explains in understandable language their true meaning and their inter-relationship.
The
author also explains the constraints within which the chassis designer
must work and discusses the relative merits and weaknesses of the many
solutions available for meeting the required standards.
The
layout of major components, the choice of suspension linkages and
springing media, steering mechanisms, tyres and wheels are all examined,
together with those subtle variations in chassis design which so often have a major effect on performance.
Benchmark
cars are identilied which over the years have set new standards in
design and performance, and the author concludes with a perceptive look
into the future, anticipating the further development of such features
as computer-controlled braking, steering and stability aids.
Here is
a book which, in a most readable way, offers a better understanding of
a car’s potential and its limitations whenever its suspension is put to
the test.
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