Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics (5cr)
Code: 5011118-3009
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2025 - 07.01.2026
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 07.01.2026 - 30.04.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Automotive and Transportation Engineering
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Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After completing the module, the student is able to:
- determine the road resistance as well as the traction force and power needed, of a vehicle at different driving speeds
- determine the limitations of vehicle performance (acceleration, top speed, braking, cornering)
- understand and interpret the cornering properties of a vehicle (understeer, oversteer, neutral steer)
- explain how the steering angles influence the vehicle behavior
Content
- the drags and forces affecting a vehicle
- axle loads in different driving situations
- acceleration limited by engine power or wheel traction
- braking, the effect of initial speed to braking distance
- stability in cornering, sliding and tipping of a vehicle
- Ackermann steering geometry, cornering properties of a vehicle
- wheel angles