Subject 'Testing of Cars and Road Tests'

Year:   2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    

Forces acting on vehicle. Acceleration and braking dynamic. Force and power balance calculation. Economic characteristics. Kinematics of car turn and manoeuvring. Stability of car. Off-road properties. Noise, vibration and harshness.
Car dynamic measurement systems. Straight line drive dynamic measurements. Curved line drive dynamic measurements. Circuit drive analysis. Experimental fuel consumption measurements.

Explanation of safe control methods of the cars with different haul rout pattens and practicing in extreme driving conditions. Perceiving the effect of safety equipment and determination of the limits of their impact.

Student knows:
Vehicle dynamics
Car stabilty and road safety conditions and affecting factors
Car handling reactions by driving aid equipment
Car construction influence to driving line
Car dynamic and utilization measurement techniques and data analysis

The aim of the course is to give a practical overview about safe control methods in extreme driving conditions with different haul rout pattens and in cars being equipped with additional safety devices.

Student can evaluate utilization options and calculate vehicle dynamic properties for various types of drive schemes.

Student after completing the course is able to determine extreme driving conditions and recognises the dangers while driving the cars with different haul rout pattens, and is able to prevent these dangers.

Lectures and practice at car testfield.

Road tests of cars take place during spring term on the ground with slippery surface and closed for the traffic (e.g. on a frozen water body covered with snow). The cars are front-, rear- and four-wheel drive.

Auto teknilinen taskukirja. Bosch 1984
Milliken, F. William, Milliken, L. Douglas. Race Car Vehicle Dynamics. SAE International 1995
Novel materials produced and chosen by lecturerer

J.Sein Kiiresti ja kindlalt TEA 1998

During lectures there are three works and it gives sixty percent of final grade:
Written task during lectures
Test report
Control work
The rest of fourty percent is based on portfolio and its defence with self evaluation.
All works has to be completed on time and minimum level is fifty one percent at each work.

2018: AT  

2017: AT  

2016: AT  

2015: AT