Student Project

Hi, I am at the University Of Southampton and am studying for a degree in Aerospace Engineering. For my third year project, I am developing the rear chassis for an F3 car which the university is building, including engine mounting, suspension, etc.

At the moment I am currently trying to find information on the subject, mainly technical literature. Does anyone know of any good books, websites, journals, etc. for finding such information?

i am studying motorsport engineering in Swansea, so far I have found that there are some good books going about. I have used

The Race And RAlly Source Book by Alan Stainforth
Chassis Engineering by Herb Adams

There is also a series of three books called something like Tune to win or Engineer To Win. One is on chassis.

Those ones have helped me so far.

Hello, I don't study engineering yet, but I pretend to, and I have some books that may interest you about aerodynamics, but I don't know if you're working about these thing.Just let me know.
Apart from that, I recommend you this one about composites:
Competition car composites, by Simon McBeath.
I hope it helps you.

Thanks for all your replies, they have been a great help. The more information I find, the better. It seems that books aren't too hard to get hold of, and I think I might try and subscibe to that magazine so that I get to know what all the latest technologies are as they emerge. What I am still short of though are any technical papers, theses, etc. But still, ant more books, magazines, journals, etc. would be appreciated. I did find another magazine called "Race Tech" and that looks quite good, I have also found the Society Of Automotive Engineers useful (www.sae.org).

Hello

I have just finished my aerospace engineering degree at kingston Uni. books that i have found very usefull are:
Katz, J. race car aerodynamics
McBeath, S., Competition Car Downforce
Milliken, W. F., Milliken, D. L., Race Car Vehicle Dynamics, SAE

the last one is very good for all around dynamics big book.

also race tech is a very good journal.

hope that helps