Braking 2004 : vehicle braking and chassis control

Foreword vii Braking Systems and Chassis Control Active steering - BMW's approach to modern steering technology M Krenn and T Richter 3 Stability analysis of braked vehicles with application to motorcycles J P Meijaard and A A Popov 15 Brake duty cycle research on London delivery vehicle A M Walker, S Wilkins, and I Marquis 25 Non-intrusive brake valve diagnostic tool E Curry 33 An investigation into brake system design and safety of articulated tank vehicles I M Ibrahim, M A El-Nashar, D C Barton, and D A Crolla 45 Human Factors in Automotive Braking Drivers' perception of secondary braking systems A Mendelson, E Curry, D Southall, H Jamson, and P Smith 61 Brake Refinement - Theoretical Approaches In-plane vibration investigations of a noisy disc brake W P Steel, J D Fieldhouse, C Talbot, and A Crampton 103 Two-dimensional friction force in brake squeal simulation H Storck and F Moser 113 Contact pressure distributions by simulated structural modifications A R Abu Bakar and H Ouyang 123 Application of wavelet transforms in the analysis of high-frequency squeal in a disc brake system M Paliwal, A Mahajan, J Don, and P Filip 133 Experimental identification method for interface contact stiffness of FE model for brake squeal Y Goto, T Amago, K Chiku, T Matsushima, and Y Ishihara 143 Pseudo-spectral methods applied to the mathematical modelling of disc brake squeal C J Talbot, J D Fieldhouse, W P Steel, and A Crampton 157 Three step simulation process for brake squeal analysis F Moser and H Storck 167 Brake Refinement - Practical Solutions Disc brake squeal - an experimental approach S James, H Ouyang, D J Brookfield, and J E Mottershead 179 Brake squeal noise measurement repeatability between dynamometers J K Thompson, B Lowe, M Doescher, D Rhode, and M Rogus 189 NVH optimization of an electrical parking brake H J Griebel, T Treyde, and T Kaster 199 Brake noise reduction using rotor asymmetry J D Fieldhouse, W P Steel, C J Talbot, and M A Siddiqui 209 Thermal and Materials Design Issues Further developments of the wet braking system D Chan, G W Stachowiak, and S Nowak 225 Commercial vehicle brake cooling - ventilated disc or ventilated wheel carrier? M Tirovic and G P Voller 241 A contribution towards understanding brake interface temperatures H S Qi, A J Day, K H Kuan, and G F Rosala 251 Delphi's 'maximum torque brake' S Hudson and A Smith 261 Effect of vinyl ether modification on the properties and performance of friction materials B H McCormick 273 The mystery of vehicle rollaway A J McKinlay, P C Brooks, D Pindar, and A Bissett 283 Authors' Index 295