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Technology/Engineering/Automotive

Engineering for advancing ground vehicle mobility

A standard text and reference for both the educational and professional communities, Theory of Ground Vehicles gives aspiring and practicing engineers a fundamental understanding of the critical factors affecting the performance, handling, and ride essential to the development and design of ground vehicles. In view of the growing concerns over environmental impact, energy efficiency, and safety, this new Fourth Edition has been revised and expanded to address these issues and other developments in the field.

Retaining the contents and format of previous editions, the Fourth Edition introduces new material to reflect recent advances in ground transportation technology, including:
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Computer-aided methods for design and performance evaluation of off-road vehicles and their practical applications
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Emissions and fuel economy
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Hybrid electric drives and fuel cells and their operating principles
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Selection of vehicle configurations for off-road operations
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Road vehicle stability control
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ISO 2631-1:1997 and its applications to evaluating vehicle ride characteristics

As in previous editions, this book focuses on applying engineering principles to the analysis of vehicle behavior. A large number of practical examples and problems are included throughout to help readers bridge the gap between theory and practice. With its broad coverage and pedagogical aids, Theory of Ground Vehicles, Fourth Edition remains the text of choice for students, engineers, and researchers wishing to master and apply basic theory to solve real-world, road and off-road vehicle mobility problems. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Good Book
This is a good book. It is not all inclusive however and is semi-technical with not very many workout problems.

So much information
Theory of Ground Vehicles by J.Y. Wong (4th edition) is an excellent resource for automotive engineers. There are so many plots, visuals and other useful resources that it is almost overwhelming. However, if you know a specific topic you are interested in learning about this vast wealth of information proves extremely useful. I have only been focusing on the performance of road vehicles chapters in the book so I haven't had a chance to look at other sections in detail. However, there is significant discussion about off-road vehicles as well.

Theory of Ground Vehicles
It is a present for my boyfriend.I was able to find it easily on the site and it arrived quickly after I made the purchase.

useful book
I recommend every automotive engineer to use this book, It's a good reference.

Handles both road vehicles and tracked vehicles
The book covers dynamics of ground vehicles over hard surfaces and unprepared terrain - mechanics of vehicle-terrain interactions, terramechanics. Tracked vehicles such as a military tank or a bulldozer that is propelled by tracks instead of pneumatic tires are also covered in detail in this book. There is also attention to air-cushion vehicles (hovercrafts). However, the guided ground vehicles which are constrained to move along a fixed path, such as railway vehicles and tracked levitated vehicles are not covered in this book.

There is a very good chapter on the mechanics of pneumatic tires, which has both theoretical and practical information. Attention is also given to performance of tires on wet surfaces. This issue is frequently overlooked by the other vehicle dynamics books; however, the behavior of tires on wet surfaces is of considerable interest from a safety point of view, as many accidents occur on slippery roads. The tire is also analyzed as both spring and a damper. There are useful graphs and tables in this chapter, as well as throughout the whole book. The table of damping coefficient of tires shows that the damping coefficient of tire drops with increase of the inflation pressure.

Mechanics of vehicle-terrain interactions studies distribution of stresses in the terrain under vehicular loads, empirical methods for predicting off-road vehicle performance, a computer-aided method for evaluating the performance of vehicles with flexible tracks, and so on.

Performance characteristics are covered separately for road and off-road vehicles. For the road vehicles, the author analyzes equation of motion and maximum tractive effort, aerodynamic forces and moments, vehicle power plant and transmission characteristics, prediction of vehicle performance, operating fuel economy, engine and transmission matching and braking performance. For off-road vehicles, the author examines drawbar performance, fuel economy of cross-country operations, transport productivity and efficiency, mobility map and mobility profile, selection of vehicle configurations for off-road operations.

Handling characteristics of road vehicles and steering of tracked vehicles are also separately analyzed.

There is a very good chapter on vehicle ride characteristics and human response to vibration.

I also recommend "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" by William F. Milliken and Douglas L. Milliken, which is also a good compromise between theoretical and practical information. ... Read more

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This book will be of great interest to any professional engineer or automotive engineering student working on off-road vehicles. Reflecting the increase in off-road vehicle production and development-recreational, agricultural, construction, military-this book equips readers with all of the necessary knowledge to successfully design and model off-road vehicle systems, and provides a comprehensive introduction to terramechanics, the mechanics of vehicle/terrain interaction.

• The only book to cover the principles of off-road vehicle and terrain engineering, a rapidly developing sector that includes SUVs, tractors and agricultural vehicles, military vehicles, and construction equipment


• Covers the latest developments in the field, including the latest computer-aided methods employed in the development of new generation of high-mobility off-road vehicles in Europe, North America and Asia.


• Ideal for professional reference and course reference by students, with new detailed worked design examples, case studies, and accompanying problems and solutions.

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Descriptions of most of the backcountry roads andoff-road vehicle trails in this area of southeastern Utah's CanyonCountry. ... Read more

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Decriptions of most of the backcountry roads and off-roadvehcile trails in this area of southeastern Utah's Canyon Country. ... Read more

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A "Must Have" Book for Venturing into The Maze
This is a book written in the manner of a Fran Barnes Book and is an excellent guide into the vast wilderness of the Maze Section of Canyonlands National Park. I used this book to go to Cleopatra's Chair and The Panoramic Overlook, the latter site is over 56 miles from the paved road. It is accurate and well written. (Check local sources for current road conditions before driving into the Maze, or for that matter, any off road location sparsely traveled.) On the day of our adventure we saw not one other person save for the Ranger at the Hans Flat Station for sign in and sign out (so they know where to look for you if you don't sign out). This out of print publication is well worth any price you pay. ... Read more

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The computer-aided methods presented in this book represent recent advances in the methodology for predicting and evaluating off-road vehicle performance.The mathematical models established for vehicle-terrain systems will enable the engineering practitioner to evaluate, on a rational basis, a wide range of options and to select an appropriate vehicle configuration for a given mission and environment.The models take into account all major design and operational parameters, as well as pertinent terrain characteristics.

Applications of the computer-aided engineering methods to the parametric analysis of off-road vehicle design are demonstrated through examples.

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Descriptions of most of the backcountry roads andoff-road vehicle trails in this area of southeastern Utah's CanyonCountry. ... Read more

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Rapid developments in electronics over the past two decades have induced a move from purely mechanical vehicles to mechatronics design. Recent advances in computing, sensors, and information technology are pushing mobile equipment design to incorporate higher levels of automation under the novel concept of intelligent vehicles. Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems for Off-road Vehicles introduces this concept, and provides an overview of recent applications and future approaches within this field. Several case studies present real examples of vehicles designed to navigate in off-road environments typically encountered by agriculture, forestry, and construction machines. The examples analyzed describe and illustrate key features for agricultural robotics, such as automatic steering, safeguarding, mapping, and precision agriculture applications.The eight chapters include numerous figures, each designed to improve the reader’s comprehension of subjects such as:• automatic steering systems;• navigation systems;• vehicle architecture;• image processing and vision; and• three-dimensional perception and localization.Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems for Off-road Vehicles will be of great interest to professional engineers and researchers in vehicle automation, robotics, and the application of artificial intelligence to mobile equipment; as well as to graduate students of mechanical, electrical, and agricultural engineering. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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The "Designed for Success" series introduces a range of exciting vehicles. Each book includes information on: design and technology; performance; safety; manufacture; and leading models in a way that is accessible for a wide range of readers. The titles cover examples of vehicles whose design has been successful; provide case studies that look at design, manufacture and the performance of vehicles and include information of safety, including clothing. This title focuses on off-road vehicles. ... Read more

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Basic
very short (32 pages) and basic picture-book about off road vehicles.It would be informative for someone who is completely new to this subject, otherwise it is nothing special.It does have a few good photos to its advantage.If you are looking to expand your already decent bank of knowledge about the hobby, i would not recommend this title. ... Read more

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Description of most of the backcountry roads and off-roadvehicle trails in this area of southeastern Utah's Canyon Country. ... Read more

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Describes the history and development of four-wheel drive vehicles and some of the models manufactured around the world. ... Read more

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Off Road Vehicle Book
This book helped me learn more about off road and was a factor in findingthe right car for off road. ... Read more

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Describes the nature, vehicles, and competitions of off-road racing, focusing on four-wheel drive race vehicles such as Range Rovers, Landcruisers, and Jeeps. ... Read more