After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

• continue the module vehicle system dynamics.
• conduct more detailed investigations on vehicles, rail vehicles and watercraft with the aid of a well-founded understanding of vehicle dynamics.
• solve examples independently using the theoretical foundations.
• conduct investigations on vehicles using mathematical models / descriptions.

Vehicle system dynamics of automobiles (and 2-wheeled vehicles), railway vehicles, watercrafts, aeroplanes: description of supporting, guiding and traction/braking systems. Detailed consideration of motor vehicle (basic vehicle and tyre models, tyre characteristics, longitudinal dynamics, handling and stability behaviour), railway vehicles (wheel-rail contact, basic models, longitudinal dynamics, driving resistance), watercrafts (stability, resistance, similarty of scaled models) and aircrafts (static and dynamics stability, simple models, seady-state motion)

Presentation of fundamentals and application based on examples.

Written exam.

Lecture notes for this course are available at the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics, Technical Dynamics and Vehicle System Dynamics, or during the lecture.

Basic classes of mathematics and mechanics