Principles of Commercial Vehicle Technology
The lecture "Principles of Commercial Vehicle Technology" is offered in English and mainly addresses the students of Mechanical Engineering, specialization "Automotive Engineering", as well as the students of the international Master program "Commercial Vehicle Technology".
It imparts knowledge on and the general requirements as well as the state-of-the-art technology of modern commercial vehicles. The lecture enables the students to cope with the most established methods of vehicle evaluation according to power demand, load and payload distribution and steering characteristics. They get an overview on the general design philosophies of commercial vehicles with special focus on chassis and vehicle body.
Content
- Introduction, state of the art, classification of Commercial Vehicles
- Driving Resistance and Power Requirement
- Mechanics and Dynamics of Driving
- Concepts of Commercial Vehicles
- Running gears of Commercial Vehicles
- Structures and Car bodies
- Special Commercial Vehicles
Basic data
| regular cycle: | winter semester |
| duration: | 1 semester |
| CP: | 4 |
| language: | english |
| forms of teaching: | 2L, 2E |
| exam: | written |
Information
| Teaching fomat in WS24/25: | on-site lecture |
| Start of lecture: | 29.10.2024 |
| Lecture (KIS) | |
| Module Handbook (MODHB) | |
For further information see OLAT, KIS and MODHB. You will receive the access data for the OLAT course in the first lecture.
INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE: On 22 October 2024 an introductory lecture ONLY FOR CVT-MASTER-STUDENTS will take place. The regular lectures will start on October 29, 2024.
