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Connections of automotive construction

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Course Unit Code632-2009/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
WEI08Ing. Michal Weisz, Ph.D.
BUR357Ing. Michal Buráň, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject is focuses on the design of automotive structures. Students will become acquainted with the modern materials used in the automotive industry and with technologies suitable for making joints of such materials as welding, bonding and riveting. In the course the students will learn about strength calculations of welded, glued and riveted joints, marking the joints on the drawings. Furthermore, the weldability of welded joints will be solved - welds obtuse, round, point, perforated. Last but not least, the students will get acquainted with the statics and the fundamentals of the elasticity of these joints, mechanical tests of welded and glued joints, and evaluation of the defects of these joints.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The subject is focuses on the design of automotive structures. Students will become acquainted with the modern materials used in the automotive industry and with technologies suitable for making joints of such materials as welding, bonding and riveting. In the course the students will learn about strength calculations of welded, glued and riveted joints, marking the joints on the drawings. Furthermore, the weldability of welded joints will be solved - welds obtuse, round, point, perforated. Last but not least, the students will get acquainted with the statics and the fundamentals of the elasticity of these joints, mechanical tests of welded and glued joints, and evaluation of the defects of these joints.
Course Contents
Lectures:

1. Connect the car - the general classification, basic concepts, dismantling joints and usability ...
2. Basic concepts of statics and strength - power, voltage, torque, strain, degrees of freedom, bonds, ...
3. Methods of stress components - tension, shear, bending, torsion, bar system, still uncertain task bar system, ...
4th Fatigue - tensile test, tears, Wöhler curve, influences on fatigue components, ...
5th Welding 1
6th Welding 2
7th Welding 3
Bolted connections eighth - partition, usability, design calculations, ...
9th dynamically loaded screw connections - connections with preload, cyclic loading, Haigh - Smith chart.
10th Pinned joints - classification, applicability, basic computing, ...
11th Joints by pins and pens - division, feasibility, basic computing, ...
12th Clamping connections - distribution, use, basic computing, ...
13th Interference fits - tolerance, use and usability, basic computing, ...
14th Glued joints - the use of adhesives and usability ...


Practice:

Design of welded structures - selection of basic and additional material, welding process variables.
Carrying capacity of welded joints - calculations, butt welds, fillet.
Carrying capacity of welded joints - Spot welding calculations, studs.
Bonding - Bonding practical selected materials - composites, plastics, metals.
Welding of plastics.
Labelling welds on drawings.
Quality of welded joints - VT. visual inspection, evaluation of defects in the samples, the grades according to ČSN EN ISO 5817
Mechanical testing of welds and bonded joints.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Kuoppa J. and. col.:structural design and manufacturing in high-strength steel,Sweden SSAB,ISBN:978-91-637-1032-2,2012.
Učební texty dostupné z http://fs1.vsb.cz/~hla80/2009Svarovani/indexs.htm
KUNCIPÁL, J. a kol.: Teorie svařování, SNTL Praha, 1986.
TURŇA, M.: Špeciálne technológie zvárania, ALFA Bratislava, 1989.
Kuoppa J. and. col.:structural design and manufacturing in high-strength steel,Sweden SSAB,ISBN:978-91-637-1032-2,2012.
Recommended Reading:
KUNCIPÁL, J. a kol.: Nové technologie ve svařování, SNTL Praha, 1984.
KUNCIPÁL, J. a kol.: Nové technologie ve svařování, SNTL Praha, 1984.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 51
        CreditCredit 
        ExaminationExamination