Vehicle Structures and Crashworthiness

Opublikowano: 05.05.2014 16:09

Subject name Vehicle Structures and Crashworthiness
Type of subject               Specialized
Summary ECTS 3
Form of course 30h lecture
Lecturer                           Jarosław Seńko, Ph.D.
A brief outline:
Lecture
  • Basic knowledge about the structures of vehicles.
  • Rules of calculations of the structure of vehicles - balance of car.
  • Estimating the exploatation loads , basic models of roads, the rate of dynamic.
  • Computational models structures of vehicles - basic level.
  • Design of thin-walled beams.
  • Elementary calculation of  stiffness , strength, modal analysis.
  • The structures of energy-intensive - the basics of mechanics crushing.
  • Forms of local loss of stability.
  • Progressive crushing of thin-walled columns.
  • Rules of design - intensive structures
  • Foam materials, frame type and thin-walled filled and honeycomb.
  • Elementary vehicles computational models - specialized programs and FEM.
  • Designing for torsional stiffness , flexural and crashworthiness.
  • Determination of natural frequencies and dynamic assessment of vehicles.
  • Advanced computational models and optimization.