The Science of Vehicle Dynamics (2nd ed. - 2018)

Winner of a 2019 Textbook Excellence Award: "The Science of Vehicle Dynamics is a masterful text written by an exceptional contributor in the field of applied mathematics. Students and professionals alike will benefit from this practical yet innovative treatment of the material, which has already impacted the industry."

In this textbook mathematical models of vehicles are developed, always paying attention to state the relevant assumptions and to provide explanations for each step. This approach allows for a deep, yet simple, analysis of the dynamics of vehicles, without having to resort to foggy concepts.

However, there is much more than that. Quite surprisingly, it is shown that several classical concepts, such as the understeer gradient or the roll axis, are either wrong or inadequate and need to be replaced.

The book covers handling and performance of both road and race cars. A new approach, called MAP (Map of Achievable Performance), is presented and thoroughly discussed.

This new book is not a translation of the Italian book “Dinamica del Veicolo” by the same author. Actually, in some sense, this new book is totally different, with new topics and with new points of view for the topics covered in the Italian book as well.

This second edition (2018) is about 200 pages longer than the first edition (2014), includes many worked-out execises, and it is also much cheaper.

The more you know vehicle dynamics, the more you'll be surprised