advancedVehicle Dynamics

Design suspension geometry that actually wins races

For advanced engineers and serious owner-operators who need to design, analyze, and tune race-car suspension kinematics and damping from first principles.

7 hours20 lessons0 enrolled

Course Outline

Module 1: Build a kinematic foundation you can trust

Establish the geometric primitives that govern wheel motion: instant centers, roll centers, and camber curves.

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1.3 Convert spring rate to wheel rate before you tune

Module 2: Match springs, bars, and dampers to the kinematics

Translate wheel-rate targets into real hardware: springs, anti-roll bars, and damper curves.

Module 3: Test the suspension before the car turns a wheel

Use kinematics rigs, compliance rigs, and finite-element models to validate that the built suspension matches the design intent.

Module 4: Use geometry to solve handling problems

Apply anti-dive, anti-squat, roll-center migration, and third springs to specific handling scenarios.

Module 5: Look inside the damper

Deep-dive into shock-absorber internals based on the Dixon Shock Absorber Handbook.

Module 6: Design the structure that carries it all

Spaceframe, monocoque, and semi-monocoque chassis architectures for racing.

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