Courses

Motion Transmission Systems

General

Course Contents

Introduction
Vehicle approvals
Composition of the automotive drive system
Principles of clutches
Torque converter
Driving resistance forces
Manual transmissions
Planetary gearboxes
Automatic transmissions
Continuously variable transmissions
Drive shafts and articulated joints
Differential systems

Educational Goals

• Understanding the operation, design and construction of the drive systems of automotive vehicles and its individual components.
• Acquisition of the ability of elaborating design studies and modification of car transmission systems and replacement of its individual components.

General Skills

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
•Decision making
•Autonomous work
•Exercise criticism and self-criticism
•Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Teaching Methods

Face to face and/or distance lectures
Learning process support through the online learning platform of the course, which includes:
a) slides of the lectures,
b) recitations and detailed solutions of the main exercises for each sub-unit,
c) teaching notes adapted to the physiognomy of the offered study program,
d) communication with students via e-mail.

Students Evaluation

Students will be assessed with a written final exam that will include problem solving with a combination of knowledge of theory, calculations and critical evaluation (100%)

Recommended Bibliography

Bohner Max, Gscheidle Rolf, Wolfgang Keil, Expertise in Automotive Engineering, 2007, ION Publishing Group, 2007 (in Greek)
Th. Zachmanoglou, G. Kapetanakis, P. Karampilas and G. Patsiavos, Automotive Technology beyond 2000, 2000, IDEEA Institute (in Greek)3. G. Lechner,
H. Naunheimer, Automotive Transmissions, 1999, Springer
H. B. Pacejka, Tyre and Vehicle Dynamics, 2nd Εdition, 2006, Butterworth – Heinemann