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Automotive Design

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of the course is to provide students with the needed knowledge and skills, which enable them to define and manipulate the main design techniques of the main vehicle components, prior to design calculations and finally analyzing the performance of these designed components.

Requirements

MDP311

Description

  • English Description

    Vehicle components, Static and dynamic Vehicle loads, Design of Suspension System, Design of steering System, Design of transmission components, Design of brake systems, Design of vehicle structure with consideration of crash worthiness. Dynamic performance of the designed vehicle systems and the effects the dynamics of the vehicle, Applications on systems design using simulation- and finite-elements- software.
  • Arabic Description

    Vehicle components, Static and dynamic Vehicle loads, Design of Suspension System, Design of steering System, Design of transmission components, Design of brake systems, Design of vehicle structure with consideration of crash worthiness. Dynamic performance of the designed vehicle systems and the effects the dynamics of the vehicle, Applications on systems design using simulation- and finite-elements- software.
  • Department
    Automotive Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (15 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (20) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 1
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
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  • - Dixon, J.C., 2009. Suspension geometry and computation. John Wiley & Sons.
  • - Heisler, H., 2002. Advanced vehicle technology. Elsevier.
  • - Happian-Smith, J. ed., 2001. An introduction to modern vehicle design. Elsevier.
  • - Knowles, D., 2002. Automotive suspension and steering systems. Cengage Learning.
  • - Lelikov, O.P., 2009. Design of machine elements. Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, pp.327-522.
  • - Jazar, R.N., 2017. Vehicle dynamics: theory and application. Springer. - Bhandari, V. B. Design of Machine Elements, Tata McGraw-Hill 2010.