Duration
25h Th, 15h Pr, 1d FW
Number of credits
| Certificate in sustainable automotive engineering | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
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 (January)
- 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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
The course has been given at Q1 and doesn't need any adaptation
Assessment subjects
Same chapters as in January
Assessment methods
Session June
The first session of exams has taken place in January
Session September
If sanitary conditions allow it, the second session will be classically based on the evaluation of the homework and lab reports and an oral exam according to the pedagogical contract. The oral exam includes one question about the theory and one exercise to be solved during the half day session.
Contacts
Pierre Duysinx email: p.duysinx@uliege.be Mobile phone: +32 475 98 22 87 Acronyme SKYPE: pierreduysinx Link LIFESIZE: https://call.lifesizecloud.com/1230571
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
- Evaluation of homework and laboratory reports
- Oral examination covers questions of theory and a discussion of projects.
The theory subject covers all the subject matter seen during the classroom lessons seen in Q1.
Assessment methods
Oral exam using LIFESIZE visio conference platform
Contacts
Pierre Duysinx email: p.duysinx@uliege.be Mobile phone: +32 475 98 22 87 Acronyme SKYPE: pierreduysinx Link LIFESIZE: https://call.lifesizecloud.com/1230571