Automotive Drive-Systems

Module description:

valid for matriculations after 2012

Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Weidner

Teaching language: English

Contact hours/credits: 4 hour per week, 5 credits (ECP)

Course objectives:

• On the completion of this course the students should be able to give a quantitative contribution to the environmental discussion on motor vehicles

• They will do calculations to the longitudinal dynamics and the demand for energy of cars

• They can evaluate conventional and alternative drive systems concerning the demand for energy

Course contents:

• Rolling- and Air Resistance

• Total Driving Resistance.Power and Energy for Given Driving Cycles

• Maps of Combustion Engines

• Transmission Layouts and Gear Ratios (Spreads)

• Calculation of Fuel Consumption. Efficiency Maps of DC- and AC-Motors

• Adaption of Electric Motors to Vehicles. Calculation of Driving Range of Electric Cars

• Layouts of Hybrid Drive Systems. Calculation of Consumption of Hybrid Drive Systems

• Fuelcells and their Parameters

Teaching method: Lecture

Grading: Written Test 120 min

Work load: Presence 60 h + self study 90 h = 150 hours = 5 Credit Points


Reading: Naunheimer, Bertsche, Lechner: Fahrzeuggetriebe, Springer Verlag