Course teached as: B010624 - COSTRUZIONE DI VEICOLI STRADALI Second Cycle Degree in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Curriculum VEICOLI TERRESTRI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
1. Review of vehicle mechanics
2. The wheel
a. the tire
b. the characteristic angles
3. The transmission of the motion to the wheels
a. the motor
b. the friction clutch
c. the gear
d. the drive
e. the differential
4. The brake system
5. The chassis and the body
D.Vignocchi, Elementi di progettazione del motore, Athena Editrice, 2002
V.Basshuysen & F. Schäfer, Internal Combustion Engine Handbook,, SAE Int., 2004
V.Cossalter, “Cinematica e dinamica della motocicletta”, Ed. Progetto, 1999
G.Cocco, "Dinamica e tecnica della motocicletta", Giorgio Nada ed., 2001
F.Fazi, " La progettazione della motocicletta", Giorgio Nada ed., 2013
Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is providing students with the essential elements of the construction of a road vehicle (auto and moto) through the functional and performance description of the main organs that constitute them.
Prerequisites
The notions regarding the mechanics of the vehicle are considered as preparatory.
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Further information
The course is considered to be integrated with the course “Complements of Construction of Road Vehicles Design” that completes the functional and performance description of the organs of road vehicles.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
The wheel
The tire and the rim
The Steering angles
The transmission of the motion to the wheels
The transmission schemes in the vehicles 2 and 4 wheels
The engine: the structural aspects
The friction clutch,
The gear,
The drive
The differential.
The brake system
Disc brakes and drum. Functional diagrams and thermal effects.
The chassis and the body
Type of frames and bodies. The motorcycle frames