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track and atmospheric effects, 741–2 Friction dynamometers, 30
in US and outside EC, 742 Front and rear inner fenders, 548–9
valve and port geometry, 780 Front axle lock, 371, 377, 378
Front-mounted engine, rear-mounted drive design, 224
advantages, 225
F1 McLaren production, 657 disadvantages, 225
Fahy’s equation, 722 driven rear axles, 226–7
Far field, 695 non-driven front axles, 225–6
Fatigue, 610–12 Front-wheel drive, 231
Faux sedan, 555–7 advantages, 235
Ferrari, 120, 534 design types, 231–4
Ferrari 360 Modena, 616 disadvantages, 235–7
Fiat Campagnolo, 244 driven front axles, 237–8
Fiat hybrid bus, 194–6 non-driven rear axles, 238
Fiat Panda, 239, 243, 247 independent wheel suspension, 240
Finite element analysis (FEA), 386, 387, 599–603 rigid axle, 240
Finite-element analysis system (FAST), 602 twist-beam suspension, 238, 240
Flake graphite iron, 384 Front-wheel drive vehicles, 322
Flanking transmission, 719 Front-wheel-drive manual gearbox, 115, 116
Flat hump (FH) rim, 301 Front-wheel-drive passenger car gearbox, 114–15
Flat-panel display, 799 Front wheel lock, 371
Flexing, 287 Fuel-cell powered vehicles:
Flow resistivity, 712–13
Ford P2000, 170
Flow separation, 665
Flywheel energy storage, 151 General motors Zafira projects, 168–70
Flywheel motor/generator, 185–7 liquid hydrogen/fuel reformation, 170, 171
Force coefficient, 316–17 prototype fuel-cell car, 170–1
Force-vector method, see Complex stiffness method Fuel consumption and NO x emissions, relationship between, 69
Forced linear vibrations, 341–3 Fuel control modes, 79–81, 95–7
Ford, 60 acceleration enrichment, 84–5
e-Ka, 161 closed-loop control, 82–4
Ecostar, 165–7 deceleration leaning, 85
exhaust gas ignition system, 59 engine crank, 81
EXT 11 project, 162–4 idle speed control, 85–6
finite element analysis, 602 open-loop control, 82
P2000 fuel cell platform, 170 warm-up mode, 81–2
Ford Escort Express delivery vehicle, 220 Full electro-mechanical system, 388
Ford Focus, 213 Fuel injection timing, 98
Ford Werke AG, 217 Full matrix method, see Matrix inversion method
Form drag, 664 Fuel quantity measurement, 791–2
Foundation brakes, 362, 363–4 Fuel quantity sensor, 791
Four-bar twist beam axle, 207 Fuel reformation, 170, 171
Four-stage stop simulation, 368 Fuel tank pressure control valve, 67
Four-stroke-cycle compression-ignition (diesel) engine, Full vehicle, modelling and assembly of, 475
10–12 aerodynamic effects, 491–2
Four-stroke-cycle petrol engines, 5, 6 anti-roll bars, 486–8
and two-stroke-cycle petrol engine, comparison of, 9–10 comparison of full vehicle handling models, case study,
Four-wheel drive, 240 513–23
advantages, 242–3 driveline components, 498–500
basic passenger car with front-wheel drive, 250–2 driver behaviour, 505
basic standard design passenger car, 252–3 body slip angle control, 512, 513, 514
disadvantages, 243, 245–6 path following controller model, 509–12
Golf4motion, 245 steering controllers, 506–9
manual selection, on commercial and all-terrain vehicles, two-loop driver model, 513, 514
249–50 equivalent roll stiffness model, roll stiffness determination
varieties, 253, 254 for, 488–91
vehicles with overdrive, 246–9 measured outputs, 477–8
Four-wheel steer system, 586 modelling traction, 497–8
Free linear motions, 340–1 springs and dampers:
Frequency response function, 343, 730 leaf springs, 485–6

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