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Automotive mechatronic systems

Code:
18437
Abbreviation:
AMS
Higher education institution:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
ECTS credits:
4.0
Load:
13(E) + 2(E) + 30(L)
Issuing teachers:

Professor Joško Deur, PhD

Course contractors:

Assistant Professor Branimir Škugor, PhD (E)

Professor Joško Deur, PhD (L)

Course description:
Course objectives: To present basics of automotive mechatronics Enrolment requirements and required entry competences for the course: Student responsibilities: Regular attendance of lectures and practical excercises Consultations as needed Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam: Interactive teaching process, with active student participation in discussions and interpretation of results, exam, consultations, email correspondence Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences: Interactive teaching process, with active student participation in discussions and interpretation of results, exam, consultations, email correspondence Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes): understand basic concepts of automotive mechatronic system design create dynamic models of powertrain and vehicle dynamics components and systems conduct design of control systems and calculate controller parameters execute computer simulations using appropriate software tools analyze and document obtained results Lectures 1. Introduction iof automotive mechatronics. Division of automotive mechatronic systems 2. Dynamic model of automotive power train 3. Dynamic model of sparkignition (SI) engine 4. Modeling of automatic transmission 5. Tyre models 6. Vehicle dynamics models 7. Suspension models 8. Air/fuel ratio control for SI engine 9. Principles of SI engine speed control. Electronic throttle 10. Design of SI engine speed control system 11. ABS 12. Traction control 13. Simulation of passive vehicle dynamics 14. Fundamentals of vehicle dynamics control 15. Future developments of automotive mechatronic systems Exercises 1. Examples of automotive mechatronic systems (EXERC) 2. Simulation of power train dynamics I (COMPEXERC) 3. Simulation of power train dynamics II (COMPEXERC) 4. Simulation of power train dynamics III (COMPEXERC) 5. Simulation of vehicle dynamics (incl. tyre dynamics) I (COMPEXERC) 6. Simulation of vehicle dynamics (incl. tyre dynamics) II (COMPEXERC) 7. Simulation of vehicle dynamics (incl. tyre dynamics) III (COMPEXERC) 8. Design of air/fuel ratio control system (EXERC) 9. SI engine speed control I (LABVJ) 10. SI engine speed control II(LABVJ) 11. Simulation of ABS (COMPEXERC) 12. Simulation of traction control system (COMPEXERC) 13. Example of vehicle dynamics controls I (COMPEXERC) 14. Example of vehicle dynamics controls II (COMPEXERC) 15. Example of vehicle dynamics controls III (COMPEXERC)
Course languages:

Hrvatski

Mandatory literature:

1. Automotive Handbook, Bosch, 2000.

2. Ribbens, W.B.: Understanding Automotive Electronics, Elsevier Science, 2003.

3. Gillespie, T.D.: Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics, SAE Inc., 1992.

Course in study programme:
Code Name of study Level of study Semester Required/Elective
16 Engineering Modelling and Computer Simulations undergraduate 5 elective
20 Marine Engineering undergraduate 5 elective
21 Industrial Engineering and Management undergraduate 5 elective
22 Materials Engineering undergraduate 5 elective
23 Mechatronics and Robotics undergraduate 5 elective
151 Design of Medical Structures undergraduate 5 elective
153 Design and Product Development undergraduate 5 elective
154 Mechanisms and Robots undergraduate 5 elective
155 IC Engines and Motor Vehicles undergraduate 5 elective
171 Energy and Power Engineering undergraduate 5 elective
172 Process Technology undergraduate 5 elective
173 Thermotechnics undergraduate 5 elective
181 Automation of Production Systems undergraduate 5 elective
182 Quality Assurance undergraduate 5 elective
183 Manufacturing Systems undergraduate 5 elective
184 Production and Assembly undergraduate 5 elective
185 Welded Structures undergraduate 5 elective
1142 Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence undergraduate 5 elective
20 Marine Engineering undergraduate 7 elective
22 Materials Engineering undergraduate 7 elective
23 Mechatronics and Robotics undergraduate 7 elective
151 Design of Medical Structures undergraduate 7 elective
153 Design and Product Development undergraduate 7 elective
154 Mechanisms and Robots undergraduate 7 elective
155 IC Engines and Motor Vehicles undergraduate 7 elective
171 Energy and Power Engineering undergraduate 7 elective
172 Process Technology undergraduate 7 elective
173 Thermotechnics undergraduate 7 elective

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  • E - Exercises
  • L - Lectures