Course detail

Aventics Pneumobil Racing

FSI-0ZPAcad. year: 2019/2020

Lectures and excercises will be divided into separate learning blocks dedicated to individual aspects of racing car design. Students will familiarize with a pneumatic circuit, and its components supported by an experienced lecturers and technicians. Students will acquire a practical experience with Arduino development board, CAD systems and FEM simulation. Theoretical knowledge will be supported by series of experiments and testing drives on the pneumatic vehicle.
Students will have the opportunity to test and put their theoretical knowledge in practice. Special focus will be given to effectivity of design, innovative solutions and teamwork. The course will be concluded by a race between two student teams.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Ivan Mazůrek, CSc.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire the design of pneumatic circuit, propper choice of components and their control, engineering design of vehicle chassis and familiarize with other technical parts of racing pneumobile and principles of its design. The complexity of the subject leads to an overall widening of the horizons in design practice.

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of drawing documentation, machine design and CAD modelling.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of chosen topics. Laboratory exercises are focused on practical topics presented on the example of pneumatic vehicle.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on the following conditions: - active participation in the seminars, achievement of assigned tasks in laboratory exercises carried out on the vehicle.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the course is to make students familiar with the development process on the example of the student racing car with pneumatic drive. The course provides basic theoretical and practical knowledge to design a racing pneumobile, especially pneumatic circuits, its control and diagnostics, design of chasis and steering of the vehicle. Students will gain a good basis for design of a new racing pneumobile in further masters studies at the Institute of machine and industrial design.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at practicals is required. Absence at two seminars is allowed. Longer absence may be compensated for by special tasks according to instructions of the tutor.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SHIGLEY, Joseph E., Charles R. MISCHKE a Richard G. BUDYNAS. Konstruování strojních součástí. 1. vyd. Editor Martin Hartl, Miloš Vlk. Brno: VUTIUM, 2010, 1159 s. ISBN 978-80-214-2629-0. (CS)

Recommended reading

JAN, Zdeněk, Bronislav ŽDÁNSKÝ a Aleš VÉMOLA. Automobily. I. díl, Podvozek a převodná ústrojí. Brno: CERM, 2003, 266 s. ISBN 80-7204-262-9. (CS)
PARR, Andrew. Hydraulics and Pneumatics. Jordan Hill: Elsevier Science & Technology, 1999. ISBN 9780750644198. (dostupné online) (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3S-P Bachelor's

    branch B-STI , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)
    branch B-STI , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-KSI , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

  • Programme BO1-P Bachelor's

    branch B-OBN , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Filip Jeniš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basic information about international competition Pneumobil Aventics Racing, introduction of the workplace, structure of course and Safety at Work.
2. Basic pneumatic components used in racing vehicle, basic physical principles.
3. Pneumatic schemas, design of pneumatic circuits.
4. Design of pneumatic components, pneumatic accumulators, control valves, safety valves, pneumatic cylinders.
5. Theory of racing car construction (steering mechanism, gearbox).
6. CAD modelling of components in Solidworks.
7. CAD modelling of assemblies, structure of assemblies, constraints, drawings.
8. Basics of stress-strain analysis using FEM.
9. Basics of Arduino development board programming
10. Wheels, tires, vehicle suspension, steering of vehicles.
11. Drive of pneumobile, gearbox, shifting, synchronization.
12. Diagnostics of pneumatic system, sensors, measurement circuit, evaluation of results.
13. Student’s competition.

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Filip Jeniš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Familiarization with pneumobile vehicle, test drives.
2. Analysis of pneumatic circuit of pneumobile.
3. Drawing of pneumatic scheme and its verification.
4. Design and simulation of pneumatic circuit.
5. CAD modelling of basic vehicle components.
6. CAD modelling of frame structure.
7. CAD modelling of vehicle assembly and drawings.
8. Stress-strain analysis of designed parts.
9. Design of simple program for pneumobil control using Arduino.
10. Testing of vehicle at simple track.
11. Practical demonstration of drive systems, analysis of actual control system.
12. Diagnostics of pneumatic system - online sensing of pressure, velocity and temperature.
13. Application and verification of students knowledge in competition.