Multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics /

This is the first book to comprehensively bridge the gap between classical vehicle dynamics and the widely-used, computer-based technique of Multibody Systems analysis (MBS). MBS is firmly established as a key part of all modern vehicle design and development processes; any engineer working on probl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blundell, Michael
Corporate Author: Society of Automotive Engineers
Other Authors: Harty, Damian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Nomenclature; Introduction ; Kinematics and Dynamics of Rigid Bodies; Multibody Systems Simulation Software; Modelling and Analysis of Suspension Systems; Tyre Characteristics and Modelling; Modelling and the Assembly of the Full Vehicle; Simulation Output and Interpretation; Active Systems; References; Appendix A-C.