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- Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yamakita Masaki Hanamura Katsunori Okuma Masaaki
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
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- Course number
- MEC.U432
- Credits
- 3
- Academic year
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2020/6/7
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course will provide knowledge on automotive engineering and rail engineering relating to electronic control of engines and stability of cars, aerodynamics around body, air conditioning, vibration for safety steering and noise, including control theory, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical dynamics.
Student learning outcomes
By completing this course, students will be able to understand the principles and significant issues of electronic control of engine for reduction of fuel consumption, electronic stability control, aerodynamics for drag force reduction, vibration reduction for safety steering and thermal management for reduction of fuel consumption through fundamentals of control theory, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical dynamics.
Keywords
Electronic control, Time domain analysis, Frequency domain analysis, Numerical modeling, Drag force reduction, Thermal management, Vibration analysis
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
This course consists of lectures and exercises for homework. This course will be transferred from Thailand through Polycom system.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to car mechanics in modern hybrid vehicles | Car mechanics in modern hybrid vehicles are studied and motivation to learn car mechanics is given. |
| Class 2 | Modeling method of systems | Class of models and how to obtain models are studied. |
| Class 3 | Numerical simulation msing models | How to use models for numerical simulations is studied using Matlab. |
| Class 4 | Frequency domain analysis of models | How to analyse frequency domain properties of systems is studied. |
| Class 5 | Time domain analysis of models | How to analyse time domain properties of systems is studied. |
| Class 6 | Aerodynamics in automobiles and rail cars | Understand aerodynamic characteristics by flow around automobiles and rail cars |
| Class 7 | Basic equations for analysis of aerodynamics in automobiles and rail cars | Understand derivation of basic equations for analysis of aerodynamics |
| Class 8 | Numerical simulation of drag force and lift force in automobiles and rail cars | Learn the analytical and numerical methods to obtain drag force and lift force in automobiles and rail cars |
| Class 9 | Air conditioning and thermal management in automobiles and rail cars | Learn the air conditioning and thermal management in automobiles and rail cars |
| Class 10 | Overview of mechanical vibration and acoustics technique in Automotive Engineering and Railway Engineering, and fundamental study of mechanical vibration and noise | Learn the state of the art and history of this technical field. Review fundamental analysis of single degree of freedom vibratory systems. |
| Class 11 | Simplified modelling technique to analyze fundamental vibration of vehicles for comfortability | Learn how to build up simplified models for the analysis of actual vehicles. |
| Class 12 | Numerical simulation technique of vibration analysis for comfortablility | Learn how to execute numerical simulation of various types of vibration. |
| Class 13 | Analysis of vibration for maneuverability and safety | Learn vibration problem is not only for comfortability but also for manueuverability and safety. |
| Class 14 | Fundamental vibration of engines, and finally achievement test. | Learn fundamental vibrations of drive-trains. |
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Documents for this course will be provided from lecturers.
Assessment criteria and methods
Homework report and examinations held in the 5th, 10th, 15th class.
Related courses
- EEE.C361 ： Linear Control Theorem
- MEC.E201 ： Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineeirng)
- MEC.E311 ： Heat Transfer
- MEC.D201 ： Mechanical Vibrations
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
