Short course/CPD
Introduction to Vehicle Dynamics
Course date: 28 May 2012 - 29 May 2012
Course overview
Additional Course Dates: 18 – 19 Jun 2012
To provide managers and technologists with a fundamental understanding of Vehicle Dynamics technology in particular, vehicle ride and handling behaviour.
Location
Cranfield University is located at the very heart of the UK – within the innovation triangle between London and the cities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Our central location provides easy access from the M1, excellent main line rail service as well as proximity to key international airports. Set in rolling countryside, Cranfield offers a rich, rural landscape complemented by thriving towns and picturesque villages.
- Road: We are just 10 minutes from Junctions 13 & 14 of the M1 motorway. There is free parking on campus.
- Rail: Milton Keynes or Bedford
- Air: London Luton (22 miles), Heathrow (50 miles) or Birmingham (70 miles).
Course fee:
£650
Accommodation fee:
£178
Accommodation is on a full-board basis from the evening before the course commences until the afternoon of the last day. The course fee may include a course dinner for all participants. Refreshments and lunch during the day are included. Full details will be circulated with the joining instructions. The accommodation fee includes all other meals. Details of arrangements will be in the delegate information pack.
Speakers
Course Director:
Professor F Assadian
T: +44 (0) 1234 754657
E: f.assadian@cranfield.ac.uk
Course Lecturers:
How to register
Further information
For more information on this course or booking details please contact:
Academic Operations Unit
T: + 44 (0) 1234 754192
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
Course description
A 2 day short course at the Cranfield University’s main site for managers and engineers who wish to understand the fundamental behaviour of vehicle dynamics and the practical implications for chassis and suspension design. The course will consist of a mix of lectures from both academic and industrial specialists in Vehicle Dynamics technology including discussions of practical case studies.
Delegates on the course will receive:
- An overview of the fundamentals of vehicle dynamics and control
- Vehicle ride a review of the total vehicle vibration, human response, suspension design and practical issues
- Vehicle handling – a review of understeer and oversteer behaviour and how handling balance can be influenced through suspension design
- Tyres – an overview of their force and moment behaviour
- The potential of simulation in the assessment of vehicle performance
- Discussion of case studies of vehicle ride and handling examples.
Subjects covered
Fundamentals of vehicle dynamics and control
- Ride and handling compromise, suspension design
- Chassis control developments
- Importance in vehicle design, commercial significance
Vehicle ride
- Vehicle / driver motions
- Ride vibration fundamentals, frequency, damping
- Suspension behaviour, springs, tyres, dampers
- Road surface inputs
- Human response, ridemeter, measurements
- Non linear effects
- Damper properties
Vehicle handling
- Driver properties
- Vehicle requirements
- Tyre properties
- Idea of 2 dof model
- Understeer / oversteer
- Steady state cornering, stability, frequency responseTransient, limiting manoeuvres
Tyres
- Mechanism of force generation
- Overview of force / moment data
Course partners
IPG Automotive GmbH, Millbrook Proving Ground
