Tyre and Vehicle Dynamics

Tyre characteristics and vehicle handling and stability Basic tyre modelling considerations Theory of steady-state slip force and moment generation Semi-empirical steady-state tyre models Non-steady-state out-of-plane string-based tyre model Theory of the wheel-shimmy phenomenon Single contact point transient tyre models Applications of transient tyre models Short wavelength intermediate frequency tyre model Dynamic Tyre Model Performance Motorcycle dynamics Steady state and dynamic tyre testing References Appendix List of symbols Index