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Theory of Transport Means

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0674/01
Abbreviation TDP
Course title Theory of Transport Means
Credits 6
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Jaromír Široký, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Division of road and rail vehicles
2. Characteristics of vehicle drives
3. Equations of motion of rail vehicles
4. Methods of determining the parameters of rail vehicle motion
5. Relationship between KV and track - transverse stability
6. Relationship between KV and track - safety against derailment
7. Braking of rail vehicles - characteristics and cooperation of braking systems, their evaluation
8. Equations of motion of road vehicles, dynamic and static characteristics of road vehicles
9. Kinematics of the transmission system of SV
10. Analysis of the action of vertical forces
11. Controllability of road vehicles
12. Vehicle stability longitudinal vertical and transverse
13. Braking of road vehicles, requirements for the distribution of braking forces

E-learning

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Literature

JÍLEK, Petr, 2021. Mechanika pohybu silničních vozidel. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice. ISBN 978-80-7560-388-3 .
ČESKÉ VYSOKÉ UČENÍ TECHNICKÉ V PRAZE. Fakulta dopravní, 2022. Modelování a simulace pohybu vozidla: studijní opora. Praha: ČVUT.
ČESKÉ VYSOKÉ UČENÍ TECHNICKÉ V PRAZE. Fakulta dopravní, 2020. Trakční mechanika kolejových vozidel: digitální učební texty. Praha: ČVUT.
ŠIROKÝ, Jaromír, 2024. Dopravní prostředky příklady [online]. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava [cit. 2026-07-08]. Dostupné z: https://dspace.vsb.cz/server/api/core/bitstreams/2ffd5f3b-885a-4d72-97d5-1ea95dba1954/content
GUVENC, Levent, Bilin AKSUN GUVENC, Bilgi MACIT a M. Selim SARIHAN, 2024. Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics and Modelling. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-91218-7 .
JÍLEK, Petr. Mechanika pohybu silničních vozidel. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7560-388-3 
KEMKA, Vladislav, Jan KOVANDA a Jan KREJČÍ. Silniční vozidla: Vybrané statě z konstrukce a dynamiky vozidel
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Doporučená literatura

RAJAMANI, Rajesh, 2023. Advanced Vehicle Dynamics. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-031-15574-1 .
GILLESPIE, Thomas D. Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics. Revised edition. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 2021. ISBN 978-1-4686-0176-3 .
ASGARI, Ramin a Georg RILL. Road Vehicle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Modeling with MATLAB®. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-367-19943-2 .
GUIGGIONI, Massimo. Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics and Modeling. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2014 (přetisk/vydání s online podporou MATLAB 2019). ISBN 978-1-118-27485-9 .