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Some major books about Vehicle Dynamics

The reference about tires

  • Hans B Pacejka, Tyre and Vehicle Dynamics, Butterworth-Heinemann, (three editions in 2002 - 2006 - 2012)

670 pages
Professor Pacejka from Delft University is the author of the well-known Magic Formula, and his book is definitely an undisputed reference on the subject.

The classic ones

  • J.Y. Wong. Theory of Ground Vehicles (1978 - 1993 - 2001 - 2008)

560 pages. Seven chapters (see details on wiley website).
Covers off-road vehicles, including tractors, etc. Includes a whole chapter on "terramechanics" (vehicle terrain interaction).

  • John C Dixon, Tires, Suspension and Handling (1991 - 1996)

621 pages
Quite advanced, and rather short on illustrations. No ebook available on Google Books, you can find the paper version on Amazon. The author also wrote The Shock Absorber Handbook and Suspension Geometry and computation

  • T. Gillespie, Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics (1992)

Intermediate level.
The only classic without any updated edition ? Looks quite old now. Chapters about acceleration and braking performance, road load, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, ride, steady-state cornering, suspensions, steering system, rollover, tires. Some examples with solutions at the end of each chapter.

  • W. Milliken & D. Milliken, Race Car Vehicle Dynamics (1995)

  • W. Milliken & D. Milliken, Chassis Design - Principles and Analysis (2002)

  • G. Genta, Motor Vehicle Dynamics. Modeling and Simulation (1997)

More recent books

  • Reza N Jazar, Vehicle Dynamics, Theory and Application (2008 - 2014 - 2017)

988 pages
Springer website claims that the 3rd edition has been reduced by 25% ("to allow for coverage over one semester"), but there is still approximately one thousand pages ... Professor Jazar also wrote Advanced Vehicle Dynamics published in 2019, rather intended for post-graduate students.

  • Rajesh Rajamani, Vehicle Dynamics and Control (2006 - 2012)

524 pages
Great book, very clear. Addresses lateral control, longitudinal control, suspension control ... Some ADAS applications are processed, such as automated lane keeping or adaptive cruise-control.
In the second edition of the book chapters on roll dynamics, rollover prevention and hybrid electric vehicles have been added, and the chapter on electronic stability control has been enhanced. There's even a chapter about IC engines.

  • Karnopp - Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and Control 2nd ed (2004 - 2013)

300 pages
Dean Karnopp is professor emeritus at UC Davis. The book is not restricted to automobiles, and contains chapters about trailers, two-wheeled and tilting vehicles, aircrafts, rail vehicle dynamics (and also 40 pages of problems at the end). Covers the basics of stability and control but less thoroughly than Rajamani's book. Karnopp addresses only lateral (yaw) control for example. Level : intermediate

  • Bruce Minaker, Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics and Modelling (2019)

See my detailed review

French-speaking only

  • Thierry Halconruy, Les liaisons au sol (1995 - 200 pages)

  • Jean-Pierre Brossard, Dynamique du véhicule: Modélisation des systèmes complexes (2013 - 710 pages)

Some I haven't read .. yet :)

  • Rao V Dukkipati and others, Road Vehicle Dynamics, SAE, 2008
  • Georg Rill, Road Vehicle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Modeling, 2011
  • D. J. N. Limebeer and Matteo Massaro, Dynamics and Optimal Control of Road Vehicles, 2018