CHAPTER I

COURSE OVERVIEW

I. GENERAL INFORMATION
II. AUTOMOBILE HISTORY
III. VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION
IV. APPLIED KINETICS
V. APPLIED DYNAMICS
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Introduction

Objectives of the subject

- Dynamics analysis of vehicle’s subsystems, get full understanding of
those sub-systems’s specifications, improve their behaviors in the design
processes.
- Derive the dynamic equations of vehicle’s motion in the cases of
forward, lateral and vertical dynamics.
- Solve the derived dynamic equations, analyze the calculated results as
well as the vehicle dynamic behaviors in those cases of the above
motions.
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1.2 Outline of syllabus

- Overview (historical, vehicle classifications, kinematics, dynamics)

- Forward dynamics
- Road fundamentals and Tire dynamics
- Driveline dynamics
- Steering dynamics
- Vehicle planar dynamics
- Suspension dynamics & vehicle vibration.
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1.3 Method of teaching and learning

The subject handouts will be uploaded on the Internet every week. Students
download, print out and bring it to class. Total score of the course is
assessed throughout the course:
- Class Exercises: 15%
- Mid-term test: 20%
- Assignment/Essay: 15%
- Final examination: 50%
Conditions of entry:
- Join the classroom over 70% of the lesson.
- Sufficient assessment results.
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1.4 The self-study requirements

No. Credit 3 (2.2.5) Code

Hours Total: 60 Theory: 30 Practice: 15 Assay: 23

Assessment Assignment: 15% Experiment: Mid-term test: Assay: Final exam:

20% 15% 50%
Method of assessment - Mid-term test: multi-choice test, 45 min.
- Final exam: assay & multi-choices test 90 min.
Compulsory Subjects
Taken Subjects - Engineering Mechanics
- Principles of Machines
- Automotive Mechanics
Materials
Text books:
[1] Reza N. Jazar, Vehicle Dynamics, Theory and Applications, Springer, 2008.
[2] Nguyễn Hữu Cẩn, Lý thuyết ô tô và máy kéo, Nhà Xuất bản Khoa học và Kỹ thuật,
1998.
[3] Georg Rill, Road Vehicle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Modeling, CRC, 2012.
Preferences:
[4] Giancarlo Genta, Motor Vehicle Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation, World
Scientific, 1999.
[5] Thomas D. Gillespie, Fundamentals of vehicle dynamics, SAE, 1992.
[6] Phạm Xuân Mai, Nguyễn Hữu Hường, Ngô Xuân Ngát, Tính toán sức kéo ô tô và máy
kéo, NXB Đại học Quốc gia TP HCM – 2001.
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1.5 Students activities

Self - grouping
II. AUTOMOBILE HISTORY
2.1 Overview of the vehicle components and systems
II. AUTOMOBILE HISTORY
2.1 Overview of the vehicle components and systems

Components of a modern chassis system

II. AUTOMOBILE HISTORY
2.2 History

Horse-drawn buggy with wheel suspension, springs, brakes, and steering

Europe in 10th century.
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2.2 History

The first automobile (Karl Benz, 1886)

Early automobile (1910 Mercedes), no longer based on horse-drawn carriage design

II. AUTOMOBILE HISTORY
2.2 History

The first series-production Ford T Model “Tin Lizzy” with rear wheel drive
(standard layout) from 1908
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2.2 History

The increase in vehicle model variants over time

III. VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS
3.1 ISO and FHWA Classification
III. VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS
3.1 ISO and FHWA Classification
III. VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS
3.1 ISO and FHWA Classification
III. VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS
3.1 ISO and FHWA Classification
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3.2 Passenger Car Classifications

A passenger car or automobile is a motor vehicle designed for carrying ten

or fewer persons.
Automobiles may be classified based on their size and weight.
Size classification is based on wheelbase, the distance between front
and rear axles.
Weight classification is based on curb weight, the weight of an automobile
with standard equipment, and a full complement of fuel and other fluids, but
with no load, persons, or property.
Note: The wheelbase is rounded to the nearest inch and the curb weight to
the nearest 100 lb ≈50 kg before classification.

WHEELBASE: Small size: < 2.5m; Mid-size: <2.8m; Large size:>=2.8m.

CURB WEIGHT: Light: <1100kg; Mid-weight: <1550; Heavy weight: >=1600kg

IV. APPLIED KINEMATICS & DYNAMICS
4.1 Vector & Matrix calculations

a · b = |a| × |b| × cos(θ) a · b = ax × bx + ay × by

cx = aybz − azby
a × b = |a| |b| sin(θ) n cy = azbx − axbz
cz = axby − aybx
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4.2 Kinematics
4.2.1 Angular velocity
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4.2 Kinematics
4.2.2 Time derivative and coordinate frame
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4.2 Kinematics
4.2.2 Time derivative and coordinate frame
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4.2 Kinematics
4.2.3 Rigid body velocity
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4.2 Kinematics
4.2.4 Angular acceleration

is the angular acceleration vector of the

A rotating rigid body
body with respect to the G frame
B(Oxyz) with a fixed
point O in a reference
the position, velocity, and acceleration frame G(OXYZ)
vectors of a body point are

The angular acceleration expressed in

the body frame is the body derivative of
the angular velocity vector
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4.2 Kinematics
4.2.5 Acceleration

A rigid body with coordinate frame

B(oxyz) moving freely in a fixed
global coordinate frame G(OXYZ)

centripetal acceleration

tangential acceleration
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4.3 Dynamics
4.3.1 Force and Moment

The force system of a vehicle is the

applied forces and moments at
the tireprints

Position of center of mass

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4.3 Dynamics
4.3.2 Rigid body Translational Dynamics
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4.3 Dynamics
4.3.3 Rigid body Rotational Dynamics