Week - 1 |
Introduction to vehicle technology theory. |
Week - 2 |
Tractive and braking effort, Cornering properties of tires, Mathematical tire models |
Week - 3 |
Road resistances, Traction limited performance, Drive types, Rollover. |
Week - 4 |
Vehicle engine and transmission characteristics, Electric and hybrid power-trains. |
Week - 5 |
Engine and power-train limited performance, Transmission gear ratio design and selection, Automatic transmissions, CVT. |
Week - 6 |
Theory of braking and braking stability. |
Week - 7 |
Steering of vehicles and steering equations. |
Week - 8 |
Steady state handling |
Week - 9 |
Steering stability, Transient response characteristics, Steady state handling characteristics of a tractor-semi trailer |
Week - 10 |
Suspension systems, Introduction to ride. |
Week - 11 |
Vehicle ride models. |
Week - 12 |
Design of a quarter vehicle model in Matlab-Simulink Environment. |
Week - 13 |
Design of a bicycle model in Matlab-Simulink Environment. |
Week - 14 |
Design of a full vehicle model in Matlab-Simulink Environment. |