Physics Of Racing

Here are more articles I found very informative, thought I would share it with those of you who like all the physics in racing. There are 25 articles in total, they were written by Brian Beckman a physicist.


1. Weight Transfer

2. Keeping Your Tires Stuck to the Ground

3. Basic Calculations

4. There is no such thing as Centrifugal Force

5. Introduction to the Racing Line

6. Speed and Horsepower

7. The Traction Budget

8. Simulating Car Dynamics with a Computer Program

9. Straights

10. Grip Angle

11. Braking

12. CyberCar, Every Racer's DWIM Car

13. Transients

14. Why Smoothness?

15. Bumps In The Road

16. RARS, A Simple Racing Simulator

17. "Slow In, Fast Out!" or, Advanced Racing Line

18. "Slow In, Fast Out!" or, Advanced Racing Line, Continued

19. Space, Time, and Rubber

20. Four-Point Statics

21. The Magic Formula: Longitudinal Version

22. The Magic Formula: Lateral Version

23. Trail Braking

24. Combination Slip

25. Combination Grip


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