MEC8024 : Vehicle Dynamics
- Offered for Year: 2023/24
- Module Leader(s): Dr Francis Franklin
- Lecturer: Dr Barry Gallacher
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
European Credit Transfer System |
Aims
To develop in the students an ability to apply mechanical principles to a range of drive systems, assemblies and components with particular reference to transport applications.
Outline Of Syllabus
Dynamics, control and modelling of vehicle and drive systems:
1. Free and forced vibration of 2DoF systems applied to car suspension and/or engine mounts: matrix methods;
modal coupling; introduction to the Newton-Euler method.
2. Simulation via MATLAB
3. Overview of railways and an introduction to traction, curving and steering of railway vehicles.
Assignment on some element of vehicle dynamics.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 10:00 | 10:00 | Formative (pass/fail) online computer assessment. |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 40 | 1:00 | 40:00 | Plan A: Delivery as PiP lectures |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | Target non-timetable hours to complete coursework assignment submission |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Recommended revision for exams, assuming prior regular independent study throughout teaching |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | End of Semester Examination. |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 4 | 2:00 | 8:00 | Plan A: Computer cluster PiP sessions |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 70:00 | 70:00 | Recommended regular personal study throughout teaching period to follow up taught classes |
Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures convey the underlying engineering science and the approaches required to apply this to the discipline-specific problems identified. Tutorials provide additional support to the students and further consolidate taught knowledge. Private study supports the students’ self-study in reading around the lecture material and learning to solve the practical engineering problems posed by the tutorial questions.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Written Examination | 120 | 2 | A | 60 | N/A |
Other Assessment
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Report | 2 | M | 40 | Assignment - Maximum 20 hours. |
Zero Weighted Pass/Fail Assessments
Description | When Set | Comment |
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Digital Examination | M | Online computer assessment with Feedback - Semester 2 |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The examination tests the understanding of material presented in lectures and further reading under time constraint as required in industry.
The assignment tests the ability to apply the principles of engineering science and technological data to an open ended engineering problem.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- MEC8024's Timetable