Course: Mechanics of Transport Vehicles

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Course title Mechanics of Transport Vehicles
Course code KME/MDP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hajžman Michal, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures and exercises are formed into 13 blocks, practical examples and their implementation will be solved during the exercises: 1) Design elements of road vehicles and their mechanical (dynamical) characteristics 2) Parameter identification and computational models of main design elements 3) Computational modelling of tires - summary of approaches, model implementation, parameter identification 4) Longitudinal dynamics of road vehicles - acceleration, braking 5) Vertical dynamics of road vehicles - ride comfort, vibration, force effects during a ride on uneven surface, fatigue 6) Horizontal dynamics of road vehicles - handling, steering, stability 7) Drives and powertrains of road vehicles - whole powertrain, its dynamical properties, gearboxes, differential, combustion engines, electromotors 8) Formula Student (SAE), combustion engine version, electroformula, design and powertrain optimization 9) Specific problems of the single-track road vehicles dynamics 10) Rail vehicles - nonlinear computational model of wheel-rail contact, main design elements and their models 11) Rail vehicles - computational models for stability evaluation and dynamic properties of rail vehicles 12) Rail vehicles - powertrain, pantograph-catenary interaction, fatigue 13) Normative calculations in the field of mechanics/dynamics of road and rail vehicles, homologation, industrial problem and examples

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 35 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The student knows basics of vector and matrix calculus.
The student know basics of differential and integral calculus.
The student knows basics of statics, kinematics and dynamics of a mass point and a rigid body in a plane.
Skills
The student is able to calculate cross product.
The student is able to formulate body equation of motion.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student orients in modelling approaches of road and rail vehicles.
The student orients in dynamic solution of simpler mechanisms.
The student is able to solve vibration of linear discrete systems with one degree of freedom.
The student has a basic idea of a rail vehicle dynamic in a vertical direction.
Skills
The student is able to formulate equation of motion for the longitudinal vehicle motion.
The student identifies the important vehicle parameters.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Practicum
Competences
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Skills
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Blundel, Michael; Harty, Damian. The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics. Warrendale : SAE International, 2004. ISBN 0-7680-1496-4.
  • BROUSIL, J. - SLAVÍK, J. - ZEMAN, V. Dynamika. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1989. ISBN 80-03-00164-1.
  • Pacejka, Hans B.; Besselink, Ignatius Jozef Maria. Tire and vehicle dynamics. 3rd ed. Amsterdam : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 978-0-08-097016-5.
  • Shabana, Ahmed A.; Zaazaa, Khaled E.; Sugiyama, Hiroyuki. Railroad vehicle dynamics a computational approach. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4200-4585-7.
  • Švejnoch, Vladimír. Teorie kolejových vozidel. 1.vyd. Praha : ČVUT, 1991. ISBN 80-01-00622-0.
  • Vlk, František. Dynamika motorových vozidel : jízdní odpory, hnací charakteristika, brzdění, odpružení, řiditelnost, ovladatelnost, stabilita. 1. vyd. Brno : Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Vlk, 2000. ISBN 80-238-5273-6.


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