Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | DYNAMICS FOR AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | AUTO204 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | ACES103 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | Kinematics of particles: Rectilinear motion, Cartesian motion, Polar, cylindrical and path coordinates, motion of a projectile, relative motion
Kinetics of particles: Cartesian and polar dynamics, path dynamics, linear and angular momentum, impulse, impact
Energy of particles: Work, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservation, power
Multi-particle systems: Force balance and linear momentum, angular momentum
Rigid-body kinematics: Work and energy, relative velocities, instantaneous centers, rotating frames, acceleration, relative motion
Rigid-body kinetics: Fixed-point rotation, curvilinear motion, general motion, momentum of planar bodies, work/energy of planar bodies
Three dimensional dynamics: Kinematics, moments of inertia, equations of motion
Vibrations: Undamped free vibration, energy methods, undamped forced vibration, viscous damped free vibration, viscous damped forced vibration
Laboratory Work (Experiments and computer laboratory): Small group experiments performed with the use of experimental apparatus.
“Experiment of crank and connecting rod apparatus”
“Computer programming aspects of MATLAB and application of the Experiment of crank and connecting rod apparatus”
“Experiment for radius of gyration”
“Experiment of trifillar suspension of a rigid body”
“Experiment for the determination of the moment of inertia of a flywheel”
“Experiment of simple harmonic motion”
“Undamped free vibration computer programming and calculations with MATLAB” | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations and Laboratory work. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |