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The Automotive Chassis: Engineering Principles
SECOND EDITION
Chassis and vehicle overall Wheel suspensions and types of drive Axle kinematics and elastokinematics Steering - Springing - Tyres Construction and calculations advice

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Jornsen Reimpell Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Stoll Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jurgen W. Betzler Translated from the German by AGET Limited

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Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of Elsevier Science Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 225 Wildwood Avenue, 'Nobum, MA 01801-2041 Original copyright 1986 Vogel-Buchverlag, Wiirzburg Fourth German edition published by Vogel-Buchverlag, Wiirzburg 1999 First English edition published by Arnold 1996 Second edition published by Butterworth-Heinemann 2001 Reprinted 2002 Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Science. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Rd, London, England WIT 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder's written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publishers

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ISBN 0 7680 06570 Order number R-300 Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. 400 Commonweatlth Drive Warrendale, PA 15096-0001 USA Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] http://www.sae.org Composition by