Content:

• Mobility as a basic human need
• Changes in mobility and their characteristics under temporal, spatial and capacity aspects;History and future of vehicles
• Classification of vehicles;Energy conversion, energy sources, basic requirements for vehicle drives
• Driving resistance, design fundamentals, power performance requirements
• Driving dynamics and vehicle dynamics
• Components of energy conversion, propulsion, engine characteristics, torque conversion, power transmission components
• Motorized vehicle systems: passenger cars, commercial vehicles, rail vehicles, trams, magnetic levitation trains, forestry and agricultural machines as well as construction machines
• Sustainability aspects for mobility systems

Learning objectives

Students develop an awareness of people's global mobility needs and how these are being met by technical systems over time. They become familiar with power-driven vehicles used in ground-based transport (cars, lorries, buses, rail vehicles, trams, underground trains, agricultural and forestry vehicles, construction machinery and municipal vehicles) and their respective areas of application in individual and mass mobility as well as in work use. You will acquire in-depth knowledge of their driving mechanics, drive concepts, identification conversion and core components. Upon successful completion, graduates will be able to derive vehicle requirements for specific mobility systems, evaluate concepts and design core components and composite systems.