1st Edition
Vehicle Dynamics and Handling Feel From Driver Perception to Beyond Center-of-Gravity Dynamics and Design Formulas
1. Introduction: Systematic Framework for Handling Development with Focus on Emotional Response Using Vehicle Dynamics SECTION 1: Vehicle Model and Fundamental Cornering Characteristics 2. Steady-State Cornering and Static Vehicle Model (Basis Property 1: Cornering Feel 1) 3. Dynamic Cornering Response SECTION 2: Basis Properties That Define Handling Characteristics 4. Vehicle Rear-End Response (Basis Property 2: Cornering feel 2) 5. Vehicle Rear-End Pendulum Motion (Basis Property 3: Cornering Feel 2) 6. Rear-end Response Felt through the Steering Wheel (Basis Property 4: Steering Feel 1) 7. Steering wheel angle lag in response to torque input (Basis Property 5: Steering Feel 2) 8. Steering Operability in Quasi-Static Maneuvers (Basis Property 6: Steering Feel 3) 9. Static Roll Angle and Dynamic Roll Response (Basis Properties 7 and 8: Roll Feeling 1 and 2) 10. Pitch and Jacking Motions Induced by Cornering (Basis Properties 9 and 10: Cornering Feel 3 and 4) SECTION 3: Stability Properties to Be Considered in Design 11. Lift-Off Stability (Stability Property 1) 12. External Disturbance Stability (Stability Properties 2 and 3) 13. Limit Cornering Stability (SPs 4–7) SECTION 4: Fundamental Vehicle Layouts Enabling Sports Driving 14. Limits of Cornering Performance in Sports Driving SECTION 5: Vehicle Design for Optimal Handling and Stability 15. Design Strategies for Enhanced Handling and Stability. Appendix A: Mechanistic Interpretation of Tire Forces Using the Brush Model. Appendix B: Driver Model to Follow Roads
Biography
Hideki Sakai is an experienced researcher of vehicle dynamics, with over 26 years of research experience at Toyota Motor Corporation and Kindai University. He attained his Engineering Doctorate from Yokohama National University in 1999. He has provided consulting services to more than ten automakers and suppliers. He is a Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan.
