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A thesis: An Investigation into the Damping of a V8 Supercar

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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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Default A thesis: An Investigation into the Damping of a V8 Supercar

Some good reading on dampers here:

http://www.varg.unsw.edu.au/Assets/l...hesis_biti.pdf

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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Downloaded, saved... looks like I have some good reading in front of me.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 07:51 AM
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Good reading indeed... Still have over 1/2 left. Thanks for sharing.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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A powerpoint presentation by the author of ChassisSim (who writes a lot of articles in Race Car Engineering mag) on dampers:

http://www.vehicledynamics-expo.com/...y_3/nowlan.pdf
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Spreadsheet on dampers from Jorge Segers, who consults with ChassisSim and is the author of a major text on data acquisition.

Manual link (see January 2009 section for link): http://sites.google.com/site/jorgesegers2/news
Spreadsheet on damper speed histograms (see November 2009 for link: http://sites.google.com/site/jorgesegers2/news
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