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This section deals with the evolution of the chassis subsystems in its broader meaning, and thus includes suspensions, steering system, wheels, tires, brakes and transmission systems. This order does not imply any priority, even if suspensions and steering system had a more significant influence on vehicle architecture and its evolution. The steering system is described together with suspensions because its configuration is strictly linked with design of the latter.
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Shimmy is a general term indicating self-excited vibration of steering wheels or, better, of the whole steering system. It is applied to the vibration of the steering systems of cars and trucks, but also of motorcycles (a more correct term is wobble), of airplane tailwheels and of any pivoting wheels, like those used in shopping carts. These phenomena are different, so that there is not a single explanation or mathematical model for wheel shimmy.
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Genta, G., Morello, L., Cavallino, F., Filtri, L. (2014). Chassis. In: The Motor Car. Mechanical Engineering Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-8552-6_3
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