Virtual Prototypes and Virtual Enviroment (FSI-QVQ)

Academic year 2024/2025
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Petr Porteš, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚADI all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with theoretical and practical knowledge of multi-body software. They will learn of multi-body software and its development trends.
Students will have a clear idea of which problems are possible to solve with the multi-body software, what data are necessary, what outputs they are able to get. Students will also acquire the necessary knowledge to enable them to independently create multi-body models using software tools.
Learning outcomes and competences:
 
Prerequisites:

Matrix calculus. Basic knowledge of numerical mathematics and technical mechanics, kinematics, dynamics.
Course contents:

Virtual prototypes created using so-called multi-body software play a significant role in today's product development process. This software greatly enhances the efficiency of engineering work and reduces the financial demands of development. The subject focuses on the use of these tools in the design and testing of both traditional and autonomous vehicles. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge to independently create virtual prototypes, gain an overview of the problems that can be solved using multi-body software, understand the data required to create a model, and understand what results they can get. For the practical part of the course, software that is among the most significant and widely used in the automotive industry is chosen.
Teaching methods and criteria:
 
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:

Attendance at seminars is obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of absence is solved individually with a course provider.
Controlled participation in lessons:
 
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture

  1. Introduction (multi-body formalism and other technologies), basic types of models

  2. Basic modeling elements and modeling process – definition of bodies, kinematic constraints, force effects

  3. Basic modeling elements and the modeling process – motion generators, sensors

  4. Coordinate systems, methods of determining position and orientation

  5. Closed kinematic chains - the problem of redundant coordinates

  6. Numerical solution – system of nonlinear equations

  7. Numerical solution – system of differential equations

  8. Number of degrees of freedom - influence on the way the mechanism is modeled

  9. Types of analyses

  10. Modeling the virtual environment

  11. Creation of scenarios

  12. Virtual test - implementation

  13. Virtual test - analysis
    Computer-assisted exercise

  1. Introduction to the ADAMS software environment

  2. Basic modeling elements in MBS

  3. Tools for parameterization of models

  4. Creating a complete model in ADAMS/View

  5. Simulation, parameterization, analysis of results

  6. Customization of the user environment, automation of simulations and DOE

  7. Introduction to ADAMS/Car

  8. Simulation of subsystems on test beds

  9. Driving simulation of a complete vehicle

  10. Introduction to CarMaker software

  11. Creation of scenarios and their simulation

  12. Modification of vehicle parameters and evaluation of results

  13. Submitting and consulting the results of separate tasks
Literature - fundamental:
1. STEJSKAL, V., VALÁŠEK, M. Kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8247-9731-0
2. BLUNDELL, M., HARTY, D. The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics. Second edition. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-008-0994-253.
3. SCHIEHLEN, W. (ed.) Multibody Systems Handbook. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1990
4.

AL-TABEY, Wael. Study of Vehicles Handling & Riding Characteristics by Adams Software: full study of automotive handling and riding characteristics using MSC-ADAMS software. Saarbrücken, 2012. ISBN 978-3-8484-3942-3.
5.

GÜHMANN, Clemens, Jens RIESE a Klaus VON RIEDEN. Simulation and Testing for Vehicle Technology: 7th Conference. Berlín: Springer Verlag, 2016. ISBN 331932344X.
6.  ADAMS Online Help. 2023.
7.

IPG - Carmaker Reference Manual. 2023.
Literature - recommended:
1. Getting Started Using ADAMS/View. [on-line Adams software tutorial] MSC.Software Corporation.
3. STEJSKAL, V., VALÁŠEK, M. Kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8247-9731-0
4. SCHIEHLEN, W. (ed.) Dynamics of High-Speed Vehicles. Wien-New York: Springer-Verelag, 1982
5. BLUNDELL, M., HARTY, D. The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics. Second edition. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-008-0994-253.
6. PACEJKA, Hans B. Tire and vehicle dynamics. Third Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2012. ISBN 9780080970165.
7. Road vehicles - Vehicle dynamics and road-holding ability – Vocabulary, ISO8855 : 2011 (E/F), International Organization for Standardization, Switzerland
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
N-AAE-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory 2 1 S
N-ADI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory 2 1 S