URL study guide
https://tue.osiris-student.nl/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?cursuscode=4AT000&collegejaar=2025&taal=enOmschrijving
This course discusses the longitudinal, lateral and vertical dynamics of road vehicles, covering passenger cars, articulated commercial vehicles and motorcycles. Ride comfort, braking/driving, handling dynamics and stability will be discussed. Special attention will be given to tire behavior, a crucial element to understand the vehicle behavior. The emphasis is on developing (simulation) models that can be used to describe, explain and predict vehicle behavior for various driving conditions and maneuvers. This includes the application of multi-body dynamics.Vertical dynamics
Lecture 1: Introduction, tools to analyze dynamic systems
Lecture 2: Quarter car/vertical dynamics
Lecture 3: Half car: vertical dynamics/tire enveloping
Tire behavior
Lecture 4: Tire force and moment characteristics/Magic Formula tire model
Lecture 5: Brush tire model & tire physics (guest lecture)
Lecture 6: Tire dynamics and applications
Vehicle and suspension modelling
Lecture 7: Vehicle suspension & steering system characteristics
Lecture 8: Two track vehicle modelling
Lecture 9: Vehicle testing and model validation
Lecture 10: Introduction to multi-body vehicle modelling
Commercial vehicles and special topics
Lecture 11: Dynamics of articulated commercial vehicles
Lecture 12: Multi-body modelling of commercial vehicles (guest lecture)
Lecture 13: Motorcycle dynamics
Lecture 14: Current vehicle dynamics research, capita selecta
Doelstellingen
Students need to be able to:- describe the commonly accepted models used in vehicle dynamics. Examples are: quarter car, brush tire model, single and two track vehicle models.
- derive the equations of motion of these models. Identify the modelling assumptions, validity and limitations of the models.
- develop a basic multi-body model of a vehicle, including suspension and steering system.
- analyze the vehicle response for various driving conditions and changes of suspension and/or tire characteristics.
- describe standardized tests on a vehicle and component level, the results typically obtained from these tests and the expected level of correlation with simulation models.
- describe recent developments in the field.
- effectively use MATLAB to execute a numerical analysis on learning objectives 1 to 5.