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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. Performance of Off-road Vehicles

Authors : Hamid Taghavifar, Aref Mardani

Published in: Off-road Vehicle Dynamics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Vehicle performance refers to the science of motioning of the vehicle in terms of transient performance (e.g. acceleration, braking, cornering) and those of steady-state performance criteria such as (power driveline losses, gross and net traction, vehicle aerodynamics).

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Metadata
Title
Performance of Off-road Vehicles
Authors
Hamid Taghavifar
Aref Mardani
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Off-road Vehicle Dynamics

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-42519-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-42520-7

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42520-7_3

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