Vehicle Technology

Tutorial 1
Peter Fussey
 Contents
• Reading Materials and Links to Useful Information
• Delivery and Assessment Plan

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 Reading Materials
• W. F. Milliken and D. L. Milliken, Race car vehicle dynamics. Warrendale, Pa: Society of Automotive
Engineers, 1995.
• R. Stone, Introduction to Internal Combustion Engines, London: Palgrave McMillan, 4th Edition,
2012;
• M. Abe, Vehicle Handling dynamics: theory and application - Online, Second edition. Amsterdam
[Netherlands]: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015 [Online]. Available:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780081003909
• M. Blundell and D. Harty, The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics, Second edition.
Oxford, England: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015 [Online]. Available:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080994253
• T. Denton, Automobile electrical and electronic systems, 3rd ed. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-
Heinemann, 2004.
• A. Khajepour, M.S. Fallah, A. Goodarzi, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Technologies, Modeling and
Control - A Mechatronic Approach, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2014;
• U. Kiencke, L. Nielson, Automotive Control Systems: For Engine, Driveline, and Vehicle, Berlin:
Springer Science & Business Media, 2nd Edition, 2005

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 Delivery Plan
Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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Session ID L1 T2 L2 T3 L3 T4 L4 T4 T5 L5 T6 L6 T7 L7 T8 L8 T9 L9 T10 L10 T11 L11

Delivered by PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF PMF

Intoduction to the
module and Autonomous
coursework; Vehicles; Towards
Fundamental Tutorial on Tutorial on Tutorial on Tutorial on more control
Longitudinal and Tutorial on Tutorial on Tutorial on Tutorial on Tutorial on
concepts and Tyres Principles I: MATLAB/SIMULINK MATLAB/SIMULINK MATLAB/SIMULINK MATLAB/SIMULINK features: Principles,
lateral motion of MATLAB/SIMULINK Adanced Vehicle MATLAB/SIMULINK MATLAB/SIMULINK MATLAB/SIMULINK MATLAB/SIMULINK
technologies of terminologies; and its Vehicle and its Vehicle Principles of Internal Electrification of the and its Vehicle Electrical Sub- and its Vehicle Control Systems II: Control Systems II: features, advantages
vehicles; Vehicel Tyre Principles II and and its Vehicle Dynamics: and its Vehicle and its Vehicle and its Vehicle and its Vehicle Revision and Exam
Topic Axis System and
modern vehicles. dynamics; Off-road Dynamics Toolbox;
Suspension Systems Dynamics Toolbox; Modelling and Dynamics Toolbox;
Dynamics Toolbox; Combusion Engines
Dynamics Toolbox;
Powertrains and Dynamics Toolbox; Systems of Modern
Dynamics Toolbox;
Suspension Systems Dynamics Toolbox; Control of Vehicle
Dynamics Toolbox;
Control of Power
prep
and challenges;
MATLAB/SIMULINK vehicles vs on-road Working on the Working on the (ICEs) Powertrain Design Working on the Vehicles Working on the Dynamics Trains Automated Cruise
Fundamentals of the Working on the Simulation Working on the Working on the Working on the Working on the
tutorial; SIMULINK ones coursework; Solving coursework; Solving coursework; Solving coursework; Solving Control (ACC),
Vehicle dynamics coursework coursework coursework coursework coursework
Vehicle Toolbox; classwork L2 classwork L4 classwork L6 classwork L8 Automated
Solving classwork L1 Emergency Brake
in MATLAB Grader as (AEB)
a tutorial of the tool;

VHD_Abe: Ch1,3; VHD_Abe: Ch2,3,5; VHD_Abe: Ch4; IICE_Stone: IICE_Stone:Ch4,7,10 DACI_Kichun;

Chapter from VHD_Abe: Ch2; IICE_Stone: Ch1-
RCVD_Milliken:Ch4, RCVD_Milliken:Ch2, RCVD_Milliken:Ch6, Ch5,7,11-12; AEES_Denton ACS_Nielson ACS_Nielson ,11; ACS_Nielson; DACII_Kichun;
Essential Books RCVD_Milliken:Ch2 3,11-12,6,7;
5 19 21,22 EHV_Khajepour EHV_Khajepour TVAD_Wei

Coursework-Report
AMD: Arash M. Dizqah Deadline
Legend

Reding Lists:
Abbreviation Full Title Main Author
VHD_Abe Vehicle Handling dynamics: theory and application Abe
IICE_Stone Introduction to internal combustion engines Stone
EHV_Khajepour Electric and hybrid vehicles: technologies, modeling, and control : a mechatronic Khajepour
RCVD_Milliken Race car vehicle dynamics Milliken
MSVD_Blundell The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics Blundell
AH_Bosch Automotive Handbook Bosch
ACS_Nielson Automotive control systems: for engine, driveline, and vehicle Nielson
AEES_Denton Automobile electrical and electronic systems Denton
DACI_Kichun Development of Autonomous Car—Part I Kichun
DACII_Kichun Development of Autonomous Car—Part II Kichun
TVAD_Wei Towards a viable autonomous driving research platform Wei
PA_LaValle Planning Algorithms LaValle
MPCMP_Howard Model-Predictive Motion Planning: Several Key Developments for Autonomous Mobile Robots
Howard

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 Delivery Structure
Reading
• The lectures will be structured as follows: Classwork Recap from
question last lecture
• You arrive on time
• Recap from last lecture 10 min
• Main lecture material 40-45 min
• Introducing the classwork question 5-10 min
Main lecture material
• The tutorials will be structured as follows:
• MATLAB/SIMULINK tutorial (particularly the
SIMULINK’s Vehicle toolbox) 20 min Homework
• Work on coursework 30 mins (classwork)
• Break 10 min MATLAB/SI
• Classwork question 20 min MULINK
tutorial
• Work on coursework 35 min Work on
coursework

Work on
coursework

Work on
classwork
question Brake
(Seminar) 5
 Assessments
• Coursework (40%)
• Complete at home and during class as groups of two.

• Unseen Exam (60%)

• Covering the topics addressed in this course