Automotive Drive-Systems
Module description:
valid for matriculations after 2012
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Weidner
Teaching language: English
Contact hours/credits: 4 hour per week, 5 credits (ECP)
Course objectives:
- On the completion of this course the students should be able to give a quantitative contribution to the environmental discussion on motor vehicles
- They will do calculations to the longitudinal dynamics and the demand for energy of cars
- They can evaluate conventional and alternative drive systems concerning the demand for energy
Course contents:
- Rolling- and Air Resistance
- Total Driving Resistance.Power and Energy for Given Driving Cycles
- Maps of Combustion Engines
- Transmission Layouts and Gear Ratios (Spreads)
- Calculation of Fuel Consumption. Efficiency Maps of DC- and AC-Motors
- Adaption of Electric Motors to Vehicles. Calculation of Driving Range of Electric Cars
- Layouts of Hybrid Drive Systems. Calculation of Consumption of Hybrid Drive Systems
- Fuelcells and their Parameters
Teaching method: Lecture
Grading: Written Test 120 min
Work load: Presence 60 h + self study 90 h = 150 hours = 5 Credit Points
Literature: Naunheimer, Bertsche, Lechner: Fahrzeuggetriebe, Springer Verlag
