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Design of Vehicles

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 342-0955/02
Abbreviation KV
Course title Design of Vehicles
Credits 10
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Famfulík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Management of requirements for vehicles
2. Calculation and utilization of composite materials in the construction of motorcycles, cars and rolling stock, metallic and non-metallic components for vehicles, calculations, boundary conditions
3. Drive simulation, modeling of elements in the drive chain, software tools and their applications (GT Suite, Ricardo)
4. Systematics of vehicle subsystems and components
5. Systematics of vehicle crossection
6. Passive safety, impact resistance, deformation, controlled deformation, energy balance, high strength materials
7. New solutions for cars
8. New motorcycle solutions
9. Advanced assistive systems
10. Track characteristics of rolling stock, safety against derailment
11. Adhesion of rolling stock, slippage and slip protection
12. Vertical and transverse and longitudinal suspension of rolling stock
13. Electric power transmission, co-operation internal combustion engine and traction generator, regulation
14. Hydrodynamic transmission of power, gearbox, regulation
15. New solutions for rolling stock, passenger and freight wagons
16. Conventional vehicles and high-speed vehicles, crash resistance requirements
17. Human ergonomy

Literature

Crolla, D. A., Automotive Engineering - Powertrain, Chassis System and Vehicle Body, Elsevier Burlington, 2009, ISBN 978-1-85617-577-7 .
Foale, T., Motorcycle Handling and Chassis Design, Tony Foale designs,2002, ISBN 9788493328610 .
Janicki, J., Schienenfahrzeugtechnik, Bahn FachverlagGmbH Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-943214-07-9 .

Doporučená literatura

Brown, J., Robertson, J., Serpento, S., Motor Vehicle Structures: Concepts and Fundamentals, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002, ISBN 0 7506 5134 2 .
Reimpell, J., Stoll, H., Betzler, J., The Automotive Chassis, Engineering Principles, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001, ISBN 0 7506 5054 0 .
Spiryagin, M., Cole, C., Sun, Y., McClanachan, M., McSweeney, T., Design and Simulation of Rail Vehicles, CRC Press, 1st Edition, 2013, ISBN 978-1466575660 .