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Motor Vehicles
FSI-QMV-AAcad. year: 2013/2014
Subject motor vehicles focuses on problems of construction, testing, driving charecteristic and modern motor vehicles and trailers operation. Private cars, trucks, buses, semi-trailers and trailers. This subject is about structural solution of basic parts of modern motor vehicles e.g. axles and their suspension and damping, brake systems including electronic systems (ABS, ESP, HBA,... ), steering mechanisms, incorporation of engine aggregate into a car including its operating mechanism. Following will be a talk about active and pasive safety of vehicles including the most modern asistent systems in vehicles.
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Basic literature
Milliken, F., Race Car Vehicle Dynamics. Warrendale, SAE International 2nd edition, 890pp
Reimpell,J., Stoll,H., Betzler, J.W. The automotive chassis - engineering principles. SAE International; 2nd edition, 412pp. ISBN 0-340-61443-9
Recommended reading
Buehler, Otto-Peter A. Omnibustechnik. ISBN 3-528-03928-0.
Hoepke, Erik. Nutzfahrzeugtechnik. Auflage 2004. ISBN 3-528-23898-4.
Milliken, F., Race Car Vehicle Dynamics. Warrendale, SAE International 2nd edition, 890pp
Reimpell,J., Stoll,H., Betzler, J.W. The automotive chassis - engineering principles. SAE International; 2nd edition, 412pp. ISBN 0-340-61443-9
Stoffregen, Juergen. Motorradtechnik. Auflage 2004. ISBN 3-528-44940-3.
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2. Vehicle body – types of vehicle body (relation to the chassis), design of the body (styling, materials)
3. Vehicle body – design of the vehicle body in relation to active safety conditional, observational, controlling safety
4. Vehicle body – design of the vehicle body in relation to passive safety (crashes of the vehicles, biomechanics, traffic participants protection)
5. Tyres and wheels – tyres requirements, tyre designs, wheels, new tyre-wheel systems
6-7. Wheel suspensions – rigid axles, independent wheel suspensions, multiple-axle systems, wheel supports
8. Springing – springing types, anti-roll bars, shock absorbers
9. Steering – wheel alignment – axle kinematics (camber, caster, toe-in), steering systems, steering components (ball joints, power steering systems)
10.-11. Braking systems – friction brakes, braking components (components of braking systems), retarders, Anti-lock braking systems
12.-13. Motor vehicles testing