The Automotive Chassis

<div><div>This textbook draws on the authors? experience gained by teaching courses </div><div>for engineering students on e.g. vehicle mechanics, vehicle system design, and chassis </div><div>design; and on their practical experience as engineering designers for vehicle and </div><div>chassis components at a major automotive company.</div><div></div><div>The book is primarily intended for students of automotive engineering, but also for all </div><div>technicians and designers working in this field. Other enthusiastic engineers will also </div><div>find it to be a useful technical guide.</div><div></div><div>The present volume (The Automotive Chassis ? Volume 1: Component Design) focuses </div><div>on automotive chassis components, such as:</div><div>? the structure, which is usually a ladder framework and supports all </div><div>the remaining components of the vehicle;</div><div>? the suspension for the mechanical linkage of the wheels;</div><div>? the wheels and tires;</div><div>? the steering system;</div><div>? the brake system; and</div><div>? the transmission system, used to apply engine torque to the driving wheels.</div><div></div><div>This thoroughly revised and updated second edition presents recent developments, </div><div>particularly in brake, steering, suspension and transmission subsystems. Special </div><div>emphasis is given to modern control systems and control strategies.</div></div>