Description:
While always recognising that there are differences in suspension requirements for difference classes of vehicles and in various markets of the world for a given vehicle, this book focuses on the suspension and handling of cars or automobiles, as opposed to those characteristics of other types of road vehicles.

Through appendices and diagrams, Car Suspension and Handling, fourth edition, outlines the purpose and history of vehicle suspension systems, while defining the basic parameters of suspension geometry. In addition, the book delves into human sensitivity to vibration and offers data on durability, tire background information, steering calculations and suspension calculations.

Contents:
Disturbances and sensitivity
The wheel and tire
Steering
Suspension systems and their effects
Dampers
Front suspensions
Rear suspensions
Drive layouts and their effects
Advanced suspension systems
Computer aided engineering (CAE) for suspension