| Titel | 3 |
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| Copyright | 4 |
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| Foreword | 5 |
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| Table of Contents | 7 |
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| Part 1 Fundamentals | 17 |
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| 1. Vibration Control Technology for the Automotive Industry | 17 |
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| 1.1 Fundamentals and requirements of vibration control technology | 17 |
| 1.2 Vibration control technology in automotive engineering | 17 |
| 2. Isolation, Damping, and Absorption | 21 |
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| 2.1 A material becomes predictable | 21 |
| 2.2 The principles of vibration isolation | 22 |
| 2.3 Four-pole theory: an approach to describing the isolation of high frequencies | 25 |
| 2.4 Effects of damping and friction on isolation | 34 |
| 2.5 Vibration absorption | 43 |
| 3. Vibration Control Materials | 45 |
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| 3.1 Introduction | 45 |
| 3.2 Elastomers – an extraordinary class of materials | 45 |
| 3.3 Base polymer – or crude rubber (caoutchouc) | 46 |
| 3.4 Elastomeric materials – overview of typical material properties | 48 |
| 3.5 Natural rubber – discovery and history, properties and application | 53 |
| 3.6 Compounding and vulcanization | 70 |
| 3.7 Molding and vulcanization | 78 |
| 3.8 Elastomers for vibration control – an overview | 81 |
| 3.9 Component groups – engineered materials | 86 |
| 3.10 Bonding technology | 102 |
| 4. From System Knowledge to a Better Component | 133 |
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| 4.1 From system description to component specification | 133 |
| 4.2 From specification to component design | 134 |
| 4.3 Component design | 140 |
| 5. Component Production | 147 |
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| 5.1 The single-loop development approach | 147 |
| 5.2 From component drawing to sample product | 149 |
| 6. Testing in the “Single-Loop” Era | 153 |
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| 6.1 Fatigue strength testing – history and motivation | 153 |
| 6.2 Fatigue strength of elastomeric mounts | 154 |
| 6.3 Virtual endurance test | 155 |
| 6.4 Statistical basis | 159 |
| 6.5 Reducing test duration by omission | 164 |
| 6.6 Assessment of temperature effect | 170 |
| 6.7 Conclusion | 171 |
| Part 2 Applications | 173 |
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| 7. Engine and Transmission Mounts | 173 |
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| 7.1 Mounting systems | 173 |
| 7.2 Basic principles of mounting systems | 196 |
| 7.3 Elastomeric compounds for engine and transmission mounts | 206 |
| 7.4 Elastomeric mounts | 212 |
| 7.5 Conflicting objectives of elastomeric mount elements | 226 |
| 7.6 Engine and transmission mounts with hydraulic damping | 228 |
| 7.7 Hydrobushings | 254 |
| 7.8 Air-damped mounts | 257 |
| 7.9 Switchable engine mounts | 267 |
| 7.10 Active Vibration Control | 276 |
| 7.11 Responses to market requirements | 285 |
| 7.12 Summary | 304 |
| 7.13 Guiding principles for engine and transmission mount design | 305 |
| 8. Chassis Mounts | 307 |
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| 8.1 Ride comfort or driving safety | 307 |
| 8.2 Rubber-metal suspension components | 311 |
| 9. Rubber-to-Metal Mounts for CommercialVehicles | 323 |
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| 9.1 Engine mounts for medium and heavy trucks | 323 |
| 9.2 Chassis mounts | 328 |
| 9.3 Cab mounts | 331 |
| 9.4 Special mounts | 333 |
| 10. Air Springs | 337 |
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| 10.1 The use of air springs in vehicle technology | 337 |
| 10.2 Function and physical principles of air springs | 348 |
| 10.3 Design and characteristics of air spring bellows | 354 |
| 10.4 Configuration and design of air springs | 361 |
| 10.5 Production of air springs | 369 |
| 10.6 Reinforcing layers | 370 |
| 10.7 Responses to specific market requirements | 372 |
| 11. Torsional Vibration Dampers | 375 |
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| 11.1 Cranktrain | 375 |
| 11.2 Damper isolator pulleys for auxiliary devices | 389 |
| 12. Absorbers | 399 |
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| 12.1 Linear absorbers | 399 |
| 12.2 Rotational vibration absorbers | 411 |
| 12.3 Driveshaft mounting, centering, and torque transmission components | 415 |
| 13. Fundamentals of Polyurethane (PUR) as a Springing and Damping Material | 421 |
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| 13.1 Introduction | 421 |
| 13.2 Basic chemistry | 422 |
| 13.3 Catalysts | 425 |
| 13.4 Comparison | 426 |
| 13.5 MCU elastomers in automotive applications | 426 |
| 14. Microcellular Polyurethane (MCU) | 427 |
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| 14.1 Principles of MCU applications | 427 |
| 14.2 Development examples of automotive components | 430 |
| 14.3 Component behavior prediction through FEA (Finite Element Analysis) | 433 |
| 14.4 Body mounts and suspension mounts | 436 |
| 14.5 Application examples for MCU | 437 |
| 14.6 Summary | 440 |
| Appendix | 441 |
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| Index of chapters and authors | 441 |
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| Acronyms | 442 |
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| References | 444 |
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| Further reading | 447 |
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| Illustration credits | 448 |
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| Index | 449 |
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