MECA0497-2 : Vehicle performance

Study Programmes 2016-2017

MECA0497-2

Vehicle performance

Duration :

25h Th, 15h Pr, 1d FW

Number of credits :

Master in electrical engineering (120 ECTS)		3
Master in electro-mechanical engineering (120 ECTS)		3
Master in mechanical engineering (120 ECTS)		3
Certificate in sustainable automotive engineering		3

Lecturer :

Mustapha Belhabib, Pierre Duysinx

Coordinator :

N...

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

Towards a sustainable automotive era
Longitudinal vehicle dynamics
Propulsion forces (ICE, electric motors)
Rolling resistance and aerodynamics drags
Steady state performance and acceleration performances
Fuel consumption and emissions
Real life fuel consomption and emissions
Green cars: active and passive strategies

Lab works on chassis dynamometer. Computer lab work: Normalized measurement of fuel consumption and emissions on NEDC and real driving cycles.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Knowledge of major performance critera of road vehicles
To be able to calculate the performance and the fuel consumption / emissions of vehicle on standard and real-life driving cycles
To be able to write a MATLAB code to evaluate the energy (fuel) consumption of a vehicle on a given driving cycle

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Basics in mechanics, in applied themodynamics, in internal combustion engines, and electric drives

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Lab works on chassis dynamometer. Computer lab work: Normalized measurement of fuel consumption and emissions on NEDC and real driving cycles.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Tuesday morning at ULg, Sart Tilman Campus, in September and October (first half of quarter 1)
Lab works in Applied Thermodynamic Lab (B49) in Sart Tilman Campus and in Campus Automobile in Spa-Francorchamps