Design of vehicle chassis

Garant předmětu:

Gabriela Achtenová

Lecturer:

Gabriela Achtenová, Jan Baněček, Marek Bous, Michal Jasný, Daniel Lukáš, Jiří Pakosta, Václav Tajzich

Tutor:

Gabriela Achtenová, Jan Baněček, Marek Bous, Michal Jasný, Daniel Lukáš, Jiří Pakosta, Václav Tajzich

Supervisor:

Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway Engineering

Synopsis:

The subjects explains the details of the automotive chassis design (inertial behaviors of the sprung masses, axle position, load spectra, brake system, wheel suspension, wheel group, damping system, steering mechanism)

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1 – Vehicle chassis - introduction

2 – Inertial behaviors of the sprung masses, axle position, load spektra. Ex

3 – Brake system 1 (basic and aditional funcitons)

4 – Brake system 2 (design elements). Ex.

5 – Wheel suspension 1. (Axle – function, requirements, classification, kinematic requirements)

6 – Wheel suspension 2. (Design elements, elastokinematics, Examples). Ex.

7 – Wheel group 1 (Steerable axle, driving axle, basic parameters)

8 – Wheel group 2 (Ways of wheel seat). Ex.

9 – Damping system 1 (requirement, design variants)

10 – Damping system 2. (Design elements). Ex.

11 – Damping system 3. (Space requirements of the wheel)

12 – Damping system 4. (Load condtions, life cycle, endurance of damping system). Ex.

13 – Steering mechanism. (Requirements, design elements)

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Proposal of the tire dimensions.

2. Brake design, calculation of warming.

3. Calculation of main wheel suspension element

4. Calculation of the wheel seat

5. Proposal of the main element of the damping system

6. Calculation of chosen element

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Dixon J.C.: Tires, Suspension and Handling. SAE 1996. ISBN 978-1560918318

Dixon J.C.: The Shock Absorber Handbook. SAE 2014, ISBN 978-0768000504

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed	roomT4:A1-507b Pakosta J. Bous M. 13:15–15:00 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice Učebna 507
Thu
Fri	roomT4:A1-505e Achtenová G. Baněček J. 09:00–10:30 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice Učebna 505e

Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: