Tyre and Vehicle Dynamics

1 Tyre characteristics and vehicle handling and stability......Page 3
2 Basic tyre modelling considerations......Page 63
3 Theory of steady-state slip force and moment generation......Page 92
4 Semi-empirical type models......Page 158
5 Non-steady-state out-of-plane string-based tyre models......Page 218
6 Theory of the wheel shimmy phenomenon......Page 297
7 Single contact point transient tyre models......Page 341
8 Applications of transient tyre models......Page 366
9 Short wavelength intermediate frequency tyre model......Page 414
10 Motorcycle dynamics......Page 513
References......Page 582
List of symbols......Page 592
Appendix 1 Sign conventions for force and moment and wheel slip......Page 598
Appendix 2 TreadSim......Page 599
Appendix 3 SWIFT parameters......Page 615