CTL720

CTL720
Vehicle System Dynamics and Control
Credits	3
Structure	3-0-0
Pre-requisites
Overlaps

CTL720 : Vehicle System Dynamics and Control

Introduction to the automobile, different subsystems and assemblies in an automobile, modeling of tires, chassis, suspension, steering, transmission and brakes. Understanding subsystems responsible for ensuring satisfactory longitudinal, lateral and vertical dynamics performance of vehicles. Suspension kinematics and compliance, brake design and force portioning; anti-lock braking; vehicle stability and tire friction ellipse; traction control; different types of vehicle transmission systems, steering and handling; ride quality and suspension control; introduction to hybrid and electric vehicles. Vehicle control: longitudinal acceleration control; yaw rate control; lateral positioning; path planning/tracking; adaptive cruise control; automatic vehicle following and convoys. Testing of vehicle performance and handling; lab based and field-testing approaches; Different sophistications of lab based vehicle testing: MIL, SIL and HIL. CTL725 Recycling, Reusability and Remanufacturing 3 Credits (3 0 0) Physical components of batteries; sources of the battery materials; Recycling methods, current status of recycling both national and abroad, worldwide directives/policies for spent batteries, importance of recycling and its environmental impacts, mechanical recycling processes, grinding, washing, separating, drying, re-granulating and compounding, NMP-dissolving, ultrasonic treatment, alkaline-leaching, Second-life batteries, life-cycle assessment of battery recycling, redesign, reuse, and recycling, partial disassembly of the battery, removal of substandard cells, replacement of these cells, and reassembly of the battery CTL727 Materials for Electric Vehicle Applications 3 Credits (3 0 0) Understanding the materials: Introduction, Classification of materials, Fundamentals of materials, Properties of Materials, Manufacturing methods for materials, Structure-property relationship, Materials of Steels and other metallic materials, Functionality of EV components: Working principles of Motor and mechanical stresses, Working principles of Battery and thermomechanical stresses, Fundamentals of friction and wear, Working principles of Bearing and Friction materials, Failure aspect and Issues associated with EV components (Friction and wear, Corrosion, EMI/EMC, etc.). Requirements on EV materials: Materials selection strategies for Structural application, Motor, Battery, Brake, Bearing. CTL729 Automotive Reliability and Life Testing 3 Credits (3 0 0) Fundamentals of Reliability, Availability and Maintainability, Failure distributions, Failure Analysis (FMEA, FTA etc.) Statistical analysis of failure data, parametric and Non parametric methods. System reliability assessment. Availability assessment. Maintainability and its assessment. Design for reliability and maintainability', Practical applications of RAM Engineering to Automotive. Reliability Testing, Accelerated Life Testing, Highly Accelerated Life Testing, Highly Accelerated Stress Screening, Recent Development in Life Testing. Importance of Life testing on Automobile components and sub components.