Duration
25h Th, 15h Pr, 1d FW
Number of credits
| Master in electro-mechanical engineering (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
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
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 computer code (for instance MATLAB) 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
- Exercices
- 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
Recommended or required readings
- Copy of slides (see Web site of the course)
- Lecture notes (in French)
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment:
- Oral examen (June)
- Exercices (homework durant le semester)
- Computer work about the estimation of fuel / energy consumption of a vehicle against a given driving cycle (defense joint to oral exam)
- Lab reports
- Oral exam
- Written exam of exercices
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Part of the lectures are given by Dr Mustapha BELHABIB (FORD)
Contacts
Pierre Duysinx, LTAS - Automotive Engineering Institute of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Bât B52 Allée de la Découverte 13A, 4000 Liège Phone : +32 4 366 9194, Fax : +32 4 366 9159, Email: P.Duysinx@ulg.ac.be