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Main Title Analysis techniques for racecar data acquisition /
Author Segers, Jèorge.
Publisher SAE International,
Year Published 2014
OCLC Number 859170229
ISBN 9780768064599; 0768064597
Subjects Automobiles, Racing--Dynamics--Data processing ; Automobiles, Racing--Performance--Measurement ; Automobiles, Racing--Testing ; Auto's ; Raceauto's ; Data-analyse
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ELCM  TL243.S43 2014 NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI 09/30/2015
Edition Second Edition.
Collation xviii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Data Analysis Software Requirements -- Chapter 3 The Basics -- Chapter 4 Straight-Line Acceleration -- Chapter 5 Braking -- Chapter 6 Gearing -- Chapter 7 Cornering -- Chapter 8 Understanding Tire Performance -- Chapter 9 Quantifying Roll Stiffness Distribution -- Chapter 10 Wheel Loads and Weight Transfer -- Chapter 11 Shock Absorbers -- Chapter 12 Suspension Analysis in the Frequency Domain -- Chapter 13 Aerodynamics -- Chapter 14 Analyzing the Driver -- Chapter 15 Simulation Tools -- Chapter 16 Using the Data Acquisition System for Race Strategy -- Chapter 17 Data Analysis Using Metrics -- Chapter 18 Track Data -- Chapter 19 Introduction to Measurement -- List of Symbols -- English Letters -- Greek Symbols. Racecar data acquisition used to be limited to well-funded teams in high-profile championships. Today, the cost of electronics has decreased dramatically, making them available to everyone. But the cost of any data acquisition system is a waste of money if the recorded data is not interpreted correctly. This book, updated from the best-selling 2008 edition, contains techniques for analyzing data recorded by any vehicle's data acquisition system. It details how to measure the performance of the vehicle and driver, what can be learned from it, and how this information can be used to advantage next time the vehicle hits the track. Such information is invaluable to racing engineers and managers, race teams, and racing data analysts in all motorsports. Whether measuring the performance of a Formula One racecar or that of a road-legal street car on the local drag strip, the dynamics of vehicles and their drivers remain the same. Identical analysis techniques apply. Some race series have restricted data logging to decrease the team's running budgets. In these cases it is extremely important that a maximum of information is extracted and interpreted from the hardware at hand. A team that uses data more efficiently will have an edge over the competition. However, the ever-decreasing cost of electronics makes advanced sensors and logging capabilities more accessible for everybody. With this comes the risk of information overload. Techniques are needed to help draw the right conclusions quickly from very large data sets. In addition to updates throughout, this new edition contains three new chapters: one on techniques for analyzing tire performance, one that provides an introduction to metric-driven analysis, a technique that is used throughout the book, and another that explains what kind of information the data contains about the track.
Place Published Warrendale, Pa.
PUB Date Free Form 2014
BIB Level m
Medium unmediated
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Cataloging Source RDA
LCCN 2013037907
Merged OCLC records 873741572
OCLC Time Stamp 20150924121031
Language eng
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OCLC Rec Leader 01383cam 2200433 i 45020