uber_dave
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2005, 11:02:40 AM +0100 » |
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Can't belive i never saw this thread until now... I must be busier than i first realised.
Anyhow, books:
"Milliken, Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" ,generally considered the bible by many for dynamics and design.
"John Dixon, Suspension Tyres and Handling" , or something like that. It's a good book, simpler and briefer than Miliken but covering much of the same content.
Anything by Alan Staniforth is a good place to start. Very simple to understand the general concepts although there isn't much in the way of maths or physics for serious use - more of a weekend racers book than for pros. BTW, nice man, i had the fortune to meet him once.
"Multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics" Hardcore book for vehicle simulation. Provides enough fundamental physics to write your own vehicle simulations (what i'm doing currently) in much more interpretable way than standard physics text books. Also has loads of stuff for applied vehicle dynamics, tyre models, suspension analysis. It's my current favourite but be warned... this is not for beginers!
"Pacejka, Tire and Vehicle Dynamics" ,Pacejka is the daddy of tyre modeling. For understanding and modeling tyre behaviour, this is the most in-depth and up to date book around.
Anything by "Carrol Smith". A legend from F1 and US motor racing who has written books on just about anything related to desging, building and driving a race car. I haven't read any of them personally, but i hear they are very good.
I've read other books on vehicle dynamics and suspension design by Olley, Matchinsky, Wong and probably more. However, these don't have anything more to offer than the above.
That pretty much covers my reading list for the last two years. Not sure how much use this will be to you, really depends what you're wanting to do.
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