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chassis and suspension
future features, 349–50
active mounts and absorbers,
349–50
controlled dampers and active
dampers, 349
future trends, 348–50
lightweight consequences, 349
robustness and effi ciency, 348–9
targets, 348
mounts and bushes, 343–8
basic isolator types, 343–4
dynamic isolation capability, 346–7
geometry and material tuning
options, 347–8
shore hardness, 347
static and dynamic axial stiffness
data, 346
stiffness and damping foundations,
344–5
stiffness and dampness
measurements, 345–6
noise and vibration refi nement,
318–50
road-induced NVH basic
requirement and targets, 319–22
cruising and impact cases time
history and frequency responses,
320
cruising vs impact, 319–20
excitation levels and spectra, 321
road excitation spectra amplitude,
321
road excitation spectrum vs
resulting interior noise, 322
road types and spectra, 320
target quantities for full vehicle
and target cascading, 321
vehicle systems cascade, 323
vehicle targets and cascaded
targets, 323
road-induced NVH foundations,
323–30
achieved kinematics and vehicle
topology, 328–30
advanced rear suspension concepts
reaction forces, 327
rear suspensions key requirements,
324
rear trailing arm suspension
concepts reaction forces, 326
suspension concepts, 324
suspension load cases, 325
wheel recession curve, 328
suspension, 340–3
dampers, 341–2
fl exible modes, 341
hardware tricks and late changes,
342–3
modal strategy, 342
rigid modes, 340–1
sprung masses, 341
tyre, 330–40
basic NVH properties, 331
cavity resonance, 334
cavity resonance against speed, 335
dimensional parameters
performance dependency, 336–7
excitation types, 331–6
other relevant parameters, 337–9
performance attributes, 330
run-fl at tyres, 339–40
typical interior noise and spindle
acceleration spectra, 335
chassis refi nement see road-induced
NVH
coincidence frequency, 294–6, 376
complex modulus, 51
comptometer, 17
computational fl uid dynamics, 180–1
computer-aided design, 13
computer aided engineering, 7, 174, 384
simulations, 174, 175, 185, 186–7
technology, 23
condenser microphones, 80–4
dynamic range, 83
frequency response, 81–3
power supplies, 83–4
preamplifi ers, 83
sensitivity, 80–1
time and frequency weightings, 84
connection, 161
constrained layer damping treatments,
309
Corcos model, 170
correlation analysis, 100–2
and spectral density functions, 109
autocorrelation, 101
analyser block diagram, 102
correlation between x(t) and x(t + τ),
101
cross-correlation, 101–2