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| Racing Chassi and Suspension Design: PT-90 |  | Creator: Carroll Smith
Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers
Category: Book
Buy New: $99.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1096257
Media: Paperback
Pages: 348
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0768011205
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.228
EAN: 9780768011203
ASIN: 0768011205
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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Product Description
Hand-selected by racing engineer legend Carroll Smith, the 27 SAE Technical Papers in this book focus on the chassis and suspension design of pure racing cars, an area that has traditionally been - farmed out - to independent designers or firms since the early 1970s. Smith believed that any discussion of vehicle dynamics must begin with a basic understanding of the pneumatic tire, the focus of the first chapter. The racing tire connects the racing car to the track surface by only the footprints of its four tires. Through the tires, the driver receives most of the sensory information needed to maintain or regain control of the race car at high force levels. The second chapter, focusing on suspension design, is an introduction to this complex and fascinating subject. Topics covered include chassis stiffness and flexibility, suspension tuning on the cornering of a Winston Cup race car, suspension kinematics, and vehicle dynamics of road racing cars. Chapter 3 addresses the design of the racing chassis design and how aerodynamics affect the chassis, and the final chapter on materials brings out the fact that the modern racing car utilizes carbon construction to the maximum extent allowed by regulations. These technical papers, written between 1971 and 2003, offer what Smith believed to be the best and most practical nuggets of racing chassis and suspension design information. Editorial note: Carroll Smith passed away before he could complete this, his last SAE book. The SAE Publishing Technology Editor put the finishing touches on the book so that it could be published in honor of the service Carroll Smith made to SAE. An obituary and tribute to Carroll is included in this book.
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100 bucks worth of copies? March 3, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I don't mind spending a 100 bucks on a book (on anything for that matter). Publishing this pile of copies in honor of racing engineer legend Carroll Smith is one thing, but asking 100 bucks for it...
Apparently the Society of Automotive Engineers doesn't know that it takes more than a Xerox machine to publish a book. Due to the obvious xeroxing some of the text and a lot of the figures are just unreadable. It reminds me of the "books" I had to buy for college.
I can only hope that the SAE will catch up with the advances made in the field of publishing and until then please buy something nice for your money.
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