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The Science of Vehicle Dynamics

Handling, Braking, and Ride of Road and Race Cars

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Massimo Guiggiani

    1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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  • Winner of a 2019 Textbook Excellence Award
  • Includes a clear, in-depth explanation of all relevant aspects of the topics covered
  • Contains a rigorous, yet simple, mathematical formulation of all vehicle models
  • Includes worked exercises at the end of each chapter

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 1-6

  3. Mechanics of the Wheel with Tire

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 7-65

  4. Vehicle Model for Handling and Performance

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 67-168

  5. Braking Performance

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 169-188

  6. The Kinematics of Cornering

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 189-212

  7. Handling of Road Cars

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 213-322

  8. Handling of Race Cars

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 323-375

  9. Map of Achievable Performance (MAP)

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 377-392

  10. Handling with Roll Motion

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 393-415

  11. Ride Comfort and Road Holding

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 417-459

  12. Tire Models

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages 461-538

  13. Correction to: The Science of Vehicle Dynamics

    • Massimo Guiggiani
    Pages C1-C1

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 539-550
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About this book

This textbook covers handling and performance of both road and race cars. Mathematical models of vehicles are developed always paying attention to state the relevant assumptions and to provide explanations for each step. This innovative approach provides a deep, yet simple, analysis of the dynamics of vehicles. The reader will soon achieve a clear understanding of the subject, which will be of great help both in dealing with the challenges of designing and testing new vehicles and in tackling new research topics.

The book deals with several relevant topics in vehicle dynamics that are not discussed elsewhere and this new edition includes thoroughly revised chapters, with new developments, and many worked exercises.


Praise for the previous edition:


Great book! It has changed drastically our approach on many topics. We are now using part of its theory on a daily basis to constantly improve ride and handling performances.

 --- AntoninoPizzuto, Head of Chassis Development Group at Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center


Astonishingly good! Everything is described in a very compelling and complete way. Some parts use a different approach than other books.

--- Andrea Quintarelli, Automotive Engineer


Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Massimo Guiggiani

About the author

Massimo Guiggiani is professor of Applied Mechanics at the Università di Pisa, Italy, where he also teaches Vehicle Dynamics in the MS degree program in Vehicle Engineering.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Science of Vehicle Dynamics

  • Book Subtitle: Handling, Braking, and Ride of Road and Race Cars

  • Authors: Massimo Guiggiani

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73220-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10335-4Published: 01 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73220-6Published: 05 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XX, 550

  • Number of Illustrations: 239 b/w illustrations, 185 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Automotive Engineering, Classical Mechanics, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control

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