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Contact Patch

Transport technology from the ground up

Map

  1. G.2020 Welcome
  2. G.2019 Machines in motion
  3. C.2020 A barrel of fireworks
  4. C.2019 The contact patch
  5. G.2016 The laws of friction
  6. C.1717 Grip
  7. C.2015 A simple model for tyre deformation
  8. C.1610 Rubber tyres
  9. G.1209 The wheel
  10. C.1603 The road surface
  11. C.1602 Pavement structure
  12. G.0119 Rolling resistance
  13. G.1619 Hysteresis losses in rolling wheels
  14. G.1615 Bearings
  15. C.1416 Aerodynamic forces
  16. G.1114 Suspension
  17. G.1115 Smoothing the ride
  18. C.1114 Suspension systems
  19. C.1405 Front wheel set-up
  20. C.0505 Steering
  21. C.0504 Ackermann geometry
  22. C.2009 Dynamic load transfer
  23. G.0816 Braking
  24. C.0816 Stopping
  25. C.0415 Cornering basics
  26. C.0418 Oversteer and understeer
  27. C.1508 Arranging the wheels
  28. C.0414 Roll
  29. G.0216 Passengers in motion
  30. C.0118 Controlling the vehicle
  31. R.2020 Steel wheel on steel rail
  32. R.2019 Rolling contact
  33. R.1717 Friction between wheel and rail
  34. R.1610 The wheelset
  35. R.1605 The steel rail
  36. R.1604 Track alignment
  37. R.1603 Turnouts
  38. R.1602 The roadbed
  39. R.1416 Aerodynamics and the moving train
  40. R.1412 Track behaviour
  41. R.1114 Railway suspension
  42. R.0816 Railway braking
  43. R.0418 Hunting
  44. R.0415 Curving
  45. R.0410 Tilting trains
  46. R.0314 Off the rails
  47. R.0204 Train formation
  48. R.0118 Driving a train
  49. F.2020 Fluid flow
  50. F.2019 Moving fluids
  51. F.1919 Flow without friction
  52. F.1918 Bernoulli’s equation
  53. F.1917 Viscous flow
  54. F.1818 Vortices
  55. F.1817 Fluid forces
  56. F.1816 Drag, lift & directional stability
  57. F.1616 Fluid flow and body shape
  58. F.1518 Propeller thrust
  59. F.1513 Propellers
  60. F.1317 Big is beautiful
  61. F.0515 Drift
  62. M.2020 Marine craft
  63. M.1920 Afloat
  64. M.1919 The marine environment
  65. M.1820 Ocean waves
  66. M.1818 Floating upright
  67. M.1718 Planing craft
  68. M.1717 Hydrofoils
  69. M.1715 Floating on air
  70. M.1620 Ships make waves
  71. M.1619 Resistance
  72. M.1508 The ship’s hull
  73. M.1506 Fast ships
  74. M.1410 Marine propellers
  75. M.1405 Propeller installations
  76. M.1115 Seakeeping
  77. M.1015 Stresses and strains
  78. M.0505 Steering gear
  79. M.0418 Answering the helm
  80. M.0415 Manoeuvres
  81. M.0118 Sailing
  82. A.2020 Flying machines
  83. A.1918 The aerial environment
  84. A.1816 Lift
  85. A.1815 Practical aerofoils
  86. A.1810 The three-dimensional wing
  87. A.1716 Drag
  88. A.1615 High speed aerodynamics
  89. A.1610 Aircraft configuration
  90. A.1410 High speed aircraft
  91. A.1405 Control surfaces
  92. A.0415 Flying the aircraft
  93. A.1215 Cruising
  94. A.1005 Air frame
  95. A.0418 Stability