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| MECA0495-1 | Introduction to vehicle safety
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Duysinx, Ludovic Noels |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Course contents :
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| Introduction to safety systems in automobiles and road infrastructures:
- The societal challenge of safety
- Introduction to collision mechanics and crashworthiness
- Accident severity indices on human bodies
- Introduction to crash simulation
- Numerical methods: lectures on the problems/solutions related to the numerical simulations of automotive crashworthiness.
- Analytical methods: introduction to analytical models of impact problems.
- Road safety systems
- Front-end integration & low speed damageability
- Crash tests
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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- Knowledge of fundamentals of safety systems of vehicles and raod infracstructure
- The student will be able to understand deeply the results of a crashworthiness numerical simulation.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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- Fundamentals in mechanics
- Fundamentals in soldi mechanics
- Fundamentals in finite element method
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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- Computer modelling
- Preparation and attendance to a Frontal and lateral crash tests
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The lecture is given in English in one week from 13 to 17 December 2010 at the Campus Automobile in Spa-Francorchamps |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Copy of slides
References books:
- J. Happian-Smith (ed.) "An Introduction to Modern Vehicle Design". Butterworth Heinemann. 2002.
- H. Heisler. « Vehicle and Engine Technology ». 2nd edition. SAE, 1999.
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment of computer homwork and lab reports |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Part of the lectures are supplied by car manufactures and tier one suppliers |
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Contacts :
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| Pierre Duysinx
P.Duysinx@ulg.ac.be
Ludovic Noels
L.Noels@ulg.ac.be
(P.Duysinx@ulg.ac.be) |
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