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Mechanics of automobiles /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
1964.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Mechanics of Automobiles; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; 1.1. Acceleration and Inertia; 1.2. Resistances to Motion; CHAPTER 2. VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; 2.1. Torque to Angularly Accelerate a Body; 2.2. Moment of Inertia; 2.3. Inertia of a Simple Gear Train; 2.4. Gear Ratio for Maximum Acceleration; 2.5. Measurement of Rolling and Air Resistance; CHAPTER 3. VEHICLE BRAKING AND BRAKES; 3.1. Vehicle Braking; 3.2. Braking (or Performance) of a Vehicle: Straight Motion; 3.3. Braking of a Vehicle: Motion in a Curve
- 3.4. Internal Expanding Shoe Brakes3.5. Pressure Between Lining and Drum; 3.6. Calculation of Brake Torque with Pivoted Shoes; 3.7. Graphical Determination of Braking Torque; 3.8. Other Constructions; 3.9. Disc Brakes; References; CHAPTER 4. DRY FRICTION CLUTCHES; 4.1. Single Plate Clutch; 4.2. Multi-Disc Clutches; CHAPTER 5. GEAR BOX; 5.1. Simple Epicyclic Gear. Velocity Ratios; 5.2. Compound Epicyclic Gear: Velocity Ratios; 5.3. Transmission of Power and Equilibrium or Epicyclic Gear; 5.4. Torque to Accelerate and Energy of an Epicyclic Gear Train
- CHAPTER 6. COUPLINGS BETWEEN NON-AXIAL SHAFTS6.1. Universal Joint (Hooke's) Angular Displacement and Velocity; 6.2. Constant Velocity Ratio Using a Double Hooke's Joint; 6.3. Angular Acceleration of a Hooke's Joint; CHAPTER 7. BALANCE OF RECIPROCATING ENGINES; 7.1. Out of Balance Forces and Couples Due to the Reciprocating Engine Parts; 7.2. Vector Representation of Unbalanced Forces and Couples; 7.3. Method of Direct and Reverse Cranks; CHAPTER 8. CAMS AND VALVE GEAR; 8.1. Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration of Cam Follower; 8.2. Inertia Effects; CHAPTER 9. SUSPENSION, STEERING AND TYRES
- 9.1. Types of Suspension9.2. Roll Centres for Four Bar Suspension; 9.3. Roll Centres for the Sliding Rod Suspension; 9.4. Change of Track; 9.5. Steering Interference; 9.6. Simple Wheel Steering Angles; 9.7. Castor, Camber and Alignment; 9.8. Tyre-Road Forces and Couples; 9.9. Rolling Resistance; 9.10. Slip Angle, Cornering Force and Self-aligning Torque; 9.11. Steering and Slip Angles; CHAPTER 10. GYROSCOPIC EFFECTS; 10.1. Angular Momentum and Velocity Vectors; 10.2. Gyroscopic Action of a Rotating Disc Using Momentum Vectors; CHAPTER 11. VIBRATIONS
- 11.1. Vehicle Ride Vibrations with Single Degree of Freedom11.2. Vibrations Due to Engine Unbalance; 11.3. Vehicle Ride Vibrations with Two Degree of Natural Freedom; 11.4. Impedance Method; 11.5. Torsional Vibrations of Engine and Transmission