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SEC 458 | Motor Vehicle Technique | 3+0+0 | ECTS:3 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Zehra ŞAHİN | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. Zehra ŞAHİN, | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | Gaining basics concepts about motor vehicles, vehicle dynamics, and vehicle performance. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | introduce to motor vehicles and their general design.
| 1,3 | 1,3 | LO - 2 : | determine forces acting on motor vehicle, and to obtain and solve vehicle motion differential equation.
| 1,3 | 1,3 | LO - 3 : | introduce to transmission systems in vehicles, determine gear ratios.
| 1,3 | 1,3 | LO - 4 : | solve analytically and theoretically engine motion differential equation.
| 1,3 | 1,3 | LO - 5 : | determine theoretically and experimentally fuel consumption of motor vehicles.
| 1,3 | 1,3 | LO - 6 : | gain detailed knowledge about economical end effective driving of motor vehicles.
| 1,3 | 1,3 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
General design of motor vehicles. Forces acting on a motor vehicle (resistance forces and traction force) . Traction characteristics of a motor vehicle. Engine characteristics and gear ratios. Equation of motion of a motor vehicle and its graphical, analytical, and numerical solution methods. Fuel consumption of a motor vehicle. Effects of design and operating factors on fuel economy of a motor vehicle
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | General design of motor vehicles.
| | Week 2 | Powering of vehicles by engines.
| | Week 3 | Forces acting on motor a vehicle.
| | Week 4 | Resistence forces.
| | Week 5 | Traction force.
| | Week 6 | Traction characteristics of a motor vehicle.
| | Week 7 | Engine carcateristics and gear ratios.
| | Week 8 | Equation of motion of a motor vehicle.
| | Week 9 | Mid-term exam
| | Week 10 | Graphical, analytical, and numerical solution methods of equation of motion.
| | Week 11 | Various vehicle motion problems.
| | Week 12 | Numerical applications.
| | Week 13 | Capacities of a motor vehicle.
| | Week 14 | Fuel consumption of a motor vehicle.
| | Week 15 | Determination of vehicle fuel consumption.
| | Week 16 | End-of-term exam
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1 | Durgun, O. Motorlu taşıtlar ders notları, yayınlanmamış | | |
1 | Erzi, I. 1975; Motorlu Taşıtlar, İTÜ Makina Fakültesi. | | 2 | İpek, Ş. 1969; Taşıt Mekaniği, ODTÜ Mühendislik Fak. | | 3 | Bosch, 2007; Otomotive Handbook, Robert Bosch GmbH | | 4 | Gillespie, TD. 1992; Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics, SAE. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/04/2018 | 2 | 25 | Project | 12 | 17/05/2019 | | 25 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 27/05/2019 | 2 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 13 | 26 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 1 | 1 | Uygulama | 1 | 2 | 2 | Proje | 3 | 5 | 15 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 2 | 2 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 90 |
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