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Who is Bill Mitchell?

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I have written four SAE papers for their Motorsports Engineering Conferences. These are available from SAE for $10 or $8 for SAE members. They can be delivered by physical mail or E-mail. They can be faxed for $30 or $24 for SAE members. SAE can be accessed at http://www.sae.org/

For the 1998 Conference I wrote the following 

Asymmetric Roll Centers - SAE 983085. You can access the paper at http://www.sae.org/servlets/productDetail?PROD_TYP=PAPER&PROD_CD=983085

A Method for Data Alignment - SAE 983087.  You can access the paper at http://www.sae.org/servlets/productDetail?PROD_TYP=PAPER&PROD_CD=983087

For the 2000 Conference I wrote a paper on using data acquisition to train test drivers at the Transportation Research Center in Ohio.

Training Test Drivers with Data Acquisition - SAE 2000-01-3568. You can access the paper at http://www.sae.org/servlets/productDetail?PROD_TYP=PAPER&PROD_CD=2000-01-3568

For the  2004 Conference I wrote a paper on driving techniques. This was based on research done with the Driving Simulator and then tested by Roger Schroer at the Transportation Research Center.

Driving the Traction Circle - SAE 2004-01-3545. You can access the paper at the SAE web site.

Several years ago I wrote a series of articles entitled "The Fundamentals of Data Acquisition" for Racer Magazine. These articles will soon be available on this web site. See Fundamentals - part 1, Fundamentals - part 2, Fundamentals - part 3, Fundamentals - part 4 and Fundamentals - part 5.

The printed documentation for the Racing by the Numbers Debrief3 Data Acquisition program contains a chapter on data acquisition procedures. It is included as well. See Data Acquisition Procedures

Version 4.00 of the Suspension Geometry program introduced Force-Based Roll Centers.

These are described in Force-Based Roll Centers