Course detail

Engine Dynamics

FSI-9DSMAcad. year: 2021/2022

Driving mechanisms of combustion engines. Driving mechanisms kinematics and dynamics. Balancing of driving mechanisms of combustion engines. Combustion engines bearings. Vibration in driving mechanisms of combustion engines, calculation models. Vibration dampers in driving mechanisms, dynamic vibration dampers. Cam mechanisms in combustion engines. Dynamics of hybrid drives.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Václav Píštěk, DrSc.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

This course enables students to acquire the knowledge and basic practical skills within the area of calculation methods and experimental research of driving mechanism dynamics.

Prerequisites

Technical mechanics, kinematics, dynamics. Elasticity and strength. Fundamentals of finite element method. Fundamentals of multi-body systems theory.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The exam verifies and evaluates the knowledge of mathematical and physical fundamentals of presented problems and application to solved tasks, foremost in relation with a dissertation thesis. The exam consists of a written part and an oral part.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of this course is to make students familiar with dynamics of driving mechanisms of combustion engines, in area of calculation methods and in experimental research too.

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

Education runs by the way of tuitions with subject provider.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ADAMS, Maurice L. Bearings: basic concepts and design applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 9781138049086. (EN)
DAVITASSHVILI, Nodar a Valeh BAKHSHALIEV. Dynamics of Crank-Piston Mechanisms. Springer, 2016. ISBN 981100322X. (EN)
FUCHS, Anton: Automotive NVH technology. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-24053-4. (EN)
HAYES, John G. a Gordon A. GOODARZI. Electric powertrain: energy systems, power electronics & drives for hybrid, electric & fuel cell vehicles. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-06364-3. (EN)
NORTON, Robert L. Cam design and manufacturing handbook. New York: Industrial Press, c2002. ISBN 0-8311-3122-5. (EN)

Recommended reading

Hafner, K. E. - Maass, H._: Torsionsschwingungen in der Verbrennungskraftmaschine. Springer-Verlag Wien New York
Maass, H. - Klier, H.: Kraefte, Momente und deren Ausgleich in der Verbrennungskraftmaschine. Springer-Verlag Wien New York

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme D-KPI-P Doctoral 1 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
  • Programme D-KPI-K Doctoral 1 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Václav Píštěk, DrSc.

Syllabus

Outline of lectures:
1. Powertrain mechanism of combustion engines, calculation models.
2. Forces in powertrains of combustion engines.
3. Powertrain balancing, crank mechanism.
4. Balancing of multi-cylinder in-line piston engines.
5. Balancing of V-engines and VR-engines.
6. Combustion engine powertrain vibrations, computational models.
7.Computational modelling of engine bearings.
8.Powertrain vibrations damping, dynamic dampers.
9.Dynamics of cam mechanism of combustion engines.
10. Dynamics of hybrid drives.