Course detail

Vehicle Engines

FSI-QVO Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester

The course deals with the present day conditions and development prospects of vehicle combustion engines. Descriptions of design solutions and functions of individual assembly groups and engine elements are followed by the main functional requirements, achievements and development trends for passenger cars, truck engines, tractor and motorcycle engines.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have an overall idea of the design of vehicle combustion engines and their parts.

Prerequisites

Design of machine part, kinematics and dynamics of machine mechanism, evaluation of these elements regarding mechanics, elasticity, and strength. Thermo cycles of combustion engines and thermal load. Combustion engines maps.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit: mandatory attendance in seminars, presentation and submitting the seminary work. Examination is written and oral. Seminar thesis evaluation is part of the total evaluation.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with fundamental principles of design of internal combustion engines.

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

Attendance in seminars is obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of absence is solved individually with a subject provider.

The study programmes with the given course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Design of vehicle engines.
2. Piston, piston rings, piston pin.
3. Connection rod and crankshaft.
4. Bearings and crankshaft packing.
5. Crank case and block of cylinders of engine.
6. Cylinder and head of cylinder of engine.
7. Four-stroke engine valve timing mechanism.
8. Two-stroke engine valve timing mechanism.
9. Variable valve timing mechanism.
10. Intake and exhaust marigold of combustion engines.
11. Cooling of piston combustion engines.
12. Lubrication of piston combustion engines.
13. Reducing of fuel consumption and emission of vehicle engines.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Design of vehicle engines.
2. Piston, piston rings, piston pin.
3. Connection rod and crankshaft.
4. Bearings and packing of crankshaft.
5. Crank case and block of cylinders of engine.
6. Cylinder and head of cylinder of engine.
7. Four-stroke engine valve timing mechanism.
8. Two-stroke engine valve timing mechanism.
9. Variable valve timing mechanism.
10. Intake and exhaust marigold of combustion engines.
11. Cooling of piston combustion engines.
12. Lubrication of piston combustion engines.
13. Reducing of fuel consumption and emission of vehicle engines.