Course detail

Motor Vehicles

FSI-FAU-K Acad. year: 2021/2022 Winter semester

Comprehensive presentation of basic problems in designing vehicles. The course focuses on motor cars, and commercial motor vehicles. Students will be made familiar with the main development trends in the field presented on theoretical analysis of solved problems. Theoretical knowledge acquired in the previous study will be applied to concrete problems.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Supervisor

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kaplan, CSc.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be have an overview of the current situation in design of undercart parts of vehicles, and will be able to forecast their development. Students will acquire knowledge necessary for an independent design activities.

Prerequisites

The student needs to have knowledge appropriate courses of theoretical basics of bachelor study programme at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology, Brno

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Graded course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars, and passed control tests. Examination tests student’s knowledge of presented study material. The exam has a written and an oral part.

Aims

The aim of the course is make students familiar with the design of undercart parts of motor cars and trucks, buses and vehicle trains.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is compulsory and systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the course supervisor.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B3S-K: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Blaťák, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kaplan, CSc.

Syllabus

01. Train resistance.
02. Train limits.
03. Axles, constructional principle.
04. Systems of suspension and damping.
05. Tyres and wheels.
06. Braking systems.
07. Vehicle steering systems.
08. Clutch
09. Gearbox, synchronizing
10. Planetary gearbox
11. Transmission and cardan shaft
12. Axle drive
13. Differential

Guided consultation

35 hours, optionally

Syllabus

01. Train resistance.
02. Train limits.
03. Axles, constructional principle.
04. Systems of suspension and damping.
05. Tyres and wheels.
06. Braking systems.
07. Vehicle steering systems.
08. Clutch
09. Gearbox, synchronizing
10. Planetary gearbox
11. Transmission and cardan shaft
12. Axle drive
13. Differential

Laboratory exercise

4 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Blaťák, Ph.D.
Ing. Petr Hejtmánek, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kaplan, CSc.

Syllabus

01.-02. Measurement of vehicle´s centre of gravity
03.-04. Wheel suspension – measurement of kinematic characteristic of axletree
05.-06. Measurement of wheel alignment
07.-08. Damper testing – diagnostic of dampers without disassembly
09.-10. Measurement of train resistance – trailing throttle test
11.-12. Brake testing in laboratory terms
13. Credit