The Automotive Chassis: Engineering Principles | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jornsen Reimpell, Helmut Stoll, Jurgen W. Betzler
Creator: Society Of Automotive Engineers
Publisher: SAE International
Category: Book
Buy New: $69.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 533208
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 444
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0768006570
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.24
EAN: 9780768006575
ASIN: 0768006570
Publication Date: May 2001
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Book Description
The second English edition of The Automotive Chassis provides a clearly structured overview of chassis technology, including in-depth coverage of: Tires and wheels Axle kinematics Vehicle steering Springing and damper systems The platform concept Four wheel drive technology Suspension design Over 400 illustrations related basic engineering principles to the particular requirements of the chassis of vehicle mechanics. Additionally, the book now fully conforms to the international standards of ISO 8855 and SAE J670. The Automotive Chassis is essential reading for component and system engineers in both higher education and industry as well as for non-specialists who need to gain an understanding of the field.
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Engineering from the Germans! July 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am amazed by the depth this book goes into! But what can I say, it was originally written by the Germans, masters of anything engineering. The translation seems good, however, there are some minor errors here and there regarding proper wording. The diagrams are all very detailed and very easy to read. The authors went to great lengths to get their point across. I do however have to purchase a few books on basic engineering pricipals seeing as this text is a bit more advanced than my education! Beware, if you do not know what "elastokinematic" means, than you may want to brush up on basic mechanical engineering pricipals like I have to do.
you must have it if you design cars March 24, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found it very useful.
it covers quite all the parts related to suspensions and their function.
when theory is explained, it's made rigorously, but always to give you a formula you'll apply pratically: no "tensors" here.
there are a couple of tables and data that helped me much (what toe-in should I use in a street car?)
there are also pictures that helped me to explore new ideas (the pictures are about road cars, but I found them here).
in the end: if your job is to design road cars (or parts of road cars), I think that soon or later you'll put this book off the shelf and find very useful.
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