Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL I | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | AUTO303 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 6 | ||||||||||
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 | AUTO205 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | · Suspension system: know the most common types of suspension systems, sketch the characteristic of a coil or torsion spring, sketch the characteristic of a shock absorber, derive the differential equations of motion for ¼, ½ vehicle model, know excitation sources, compute the eigenfrequencies and eigenmodes, compute the frequency and time domain response of a vehicle, know about vibration suppression, know what is linearisation and why we use it, measure ride quality using data acquisition system, accelerometers and other dedicated equipment. · Automotive control: know what a control system is, know what open and closed loop control, list sensors and actuators used in automotive engineering, know how to model a controlled system. · Active suspension systems: modelling and analysis of an active suspension system, know how to model and analyse a semi-active suspension system, know what sky hook damping is. · Modelling of vehicle suspension using applicable software: Individual or small group modelling performed with the use of common industrial packages such as Carsim, Matlab. Experiments will include measurement of vehicle’s vertical response. | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Furthermore theoretical principles are explained by means of specific examples and solution of specific problems. Lectures are supplemented with computer laboratory work carried out with the supervision of a lecturer. Here a demonstration of actual problems and computational methods takes place. Additionally, during laboratory sessions, students apply their gained knowledge and identify the principles taught in the lecture sessions by means of working on different modelling tasks and evaluating simulation results. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |