Motor Vehicles (FSI-QMV)

Academic year 2018/2019
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kaplan, CSc.  
Supervising institute: ÚADI all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:
The target of this subject is to acquaint the graduates with fundamental part of modern technology of vehicles construction in connection with the user and technology of production.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Graduates of this subject will obtain complete rewiew of basic connections for motor vehicles construction including illustrations of specific technical solutions of both private cars and trucks of the most modern style. Furthemore, graduates will get an idea about possibilities component and complex automobile testing.
Prerequisites:
kinematics basics, dynamics basics, strength of materials basics, machine parts design and mechanisms, vehicle dynamics
Course contents:
Subject motor vehicles focuses on problems of construction, testing, driving charecteristic and modern motor vehicles and trailers operation. Private cars, trucks, buses, semi-trailers and trailers. This subject is about structural solution of basic parts of modern motor vehicles e.g. axles and their suspension and damping, brake systems including electronic systems (ABS, ESP, HBA,... ), steering mechanisms, incorporation of engine aggregate into a car including its operating mechanism. Following will be a talk about active and pasive safety of vehicles including the most modern asistent systems in vehicles.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Requirements for Course-unit credit award: The orientation within problems discussed and the ability of solving them, examined by working-out assigned tasks without significant mistakes. Continuous study checking is carried out together with given tasks verification. Examination: The exam verifies and evaluates the knowledge of physical fundamentals of presented problems, theirs mathematical description on a presented level and application to solved tasks. The exam consists of a written part (test) and an oral part. Final evaluation consists of: 1. Evaluation of the work on seminars (elaborated tasks). 2. Result of the writing part of the exam (test). 3. Result of the oral part of the exam.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Attendance at seminars is obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of absence is solved individually with a course provider.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 3 hrs. optionally                  
    Labs and studios  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Types and conceptions of road vehicles – passenger cars (types of vehicle body and drive), trucks, buses, trailers and semi-trailers
2. Vehicle body – types of vehicle body (relation to the chassis), design of the body (styling, materials)
3. Vehicle body – design of the vehicle body in relation to active safety conditional, observational, controlling safety
4. Vehicle body – design of the vehicle body in relation to passive safety (crashes of the vehicles, biomechanics, traffic participants protection)
5. Tyres and wheels – tyres requirements, tyre designs, wheels, new tyre-wheel systems
6-7. Wheel suspensions – rigid axles, independent wheel suspensions, multiple-axle systems, wheel supports
8. Springing – springing types, anti-roll bars, shock absorbers
9. Steering – wheel alignment – axle kinematics (camber, caster, toe-in), steering systems, steering components (ball joints, power steering systems)
10.-11. Braking systems – friction brakes, braking components (components of braking systems), retarders, Anti-lock braking systems
12.-13. Motor vehicles testing
    Labs and studios 1. Tyres – measurement of the tyres temperature, wheels (tyres) balancing
2. -3. Centre of gravity measurement
4. Moment of inertia measurement
5. Wheel suspensions – measurement of sprung mass and unsprung mass
6. Wheel suspensions – measurement of axle kinematics
7. Measurement of wheel alignment
8. Shock absorbers testing - dismantingless diagnostics of shock absorbers
9. Coast down test – measurement of aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance (vehicle drag) odpor je resistance
10. Brakes testing – on the roll/brake testing machine
11. Brakes testing – driving test
12. Vehicle circle test
13. Analysis of track test data – analysis of the data from race car data acquisition system
Literature - fundamental:
1. REIMPELL, Jornsen. The Automotive Chassis. 2nd edition. Oxford: Butterworth - Heinemann, 2001. 444 s. ISBN 0-7506-5054-0.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
M2I-P full-time study M-ADI Automotive and Material Handling Engineering -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory-optional 2 2 W