Course: Design of road vehicles

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Course title Design of road vehicles
Course code KDPD/PKSVP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šefčík Ivo, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Tesař Miroslav, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Vehicle frames and bodies. Rigid and swinging axles - driven, drive, steering. Vehicle wheel, rims, tires. Suspension of vehicles (leaf spring, spiral spring, torsion-bar spring, rubber suspension, air, hydropnuematic, rubber- liquid suspension). Shock absorbers, stabilizers. Requirements on steering (steering geometry, steering mechanism, steering parts, ball joints, steering rods, steering gearboxes,steering boosters, all-wheel steering). Kinds and constructions of drum and disc brakes. Brake systems. Total ordering of car drive-train. Clutches (dry friction, multi-disc, centrifugal, electromagnetic, hydrodynamic, automatic). Manual step gearboxes, synchronization systems, shifting mechanism, and an auxiliary transmissions. Hydrodynamic torque converter, planetary gearboxes. Articulated and dumb-bell shafts, differential (spur-gear differential, epicyclic differential, inter-axle differential, differential lock). Electronic devices. Time reserve, conclusions of course content.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection
Learning outcomes
Subject objective is acquainting students with basics of structural design of road vehicle specifically with parts of chassis and transmission mechanism, with their functions and characteristics.
After passing this subject student is able to describe and explain the function of particular construction parts of chassis and transmission mechanism. Student is able to evaluate particular constructions from view of their functions and characteristics.
Prerequisites
Encompassment of mathematics, physics, technical mechanics is supposed.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Credit is awarded for successful processing of a written work and active participation in exercises. Final examination consists of oral examination with written preparation.
Recommended literature
  • Gscheidle, Rolf. Příručka pro automechanika. Praha: Sobotáles, 2002. ISBN 80-85920-83-2.
  • MORAVEC, Vladimír. Hnací ústrojí automobilů. Kopřivnice, 1998.
  • Vlk, František. Podvozky motorových vozidel : pneumatiky a kola, zavěšení kol, nápravy, odpružení, řídící ústrojí, brzdové soustavy. Brno: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Vlk, 2000. ISBN 80-238-5274-4.
  • Vlk, František. Převodová ústrojí motorových vozidel : spojky, převodovky, rozvodovky, diferenciály, hnací hřídele, klouby. Brno: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Vlk, 2000. ISBN 80-238-5275-2.
  • VLK, FRANTIŠEK. Převody motorových vozidel. Brno: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství VLK, 2006.
  • Vlk, František. Stavba motorových vozidel : [osobní automobily, autobusy, nákladní automobily, jízdní soupravy, ergonomika, biomechanika, struktura, kolize, materiály]. Brno: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Vlk, 2003. ISBN 80-238-8757-2.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter