COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MOTOR VEHICLES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4089 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET MURAT TOPAÇ

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim is to provide an introduction and information to studies to the application of automotive sector, based on production, industrial priority, design, certificate and R&D

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   It is expected that the learner will be able to classify propulsion systems and describe forces acting on the vehicles.
2   Students will be able to compare drive systems and explain them with examples.
3   Students will be able to show, calculate and sketch structural parameters of drive system components.
4   Students will be able to analyze and define optimum systems by type of vehicle used.
5   At the end of the module, the learner will be expected to determine and formula drive systems of a vehicle that designed.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about vehicle systems
2 Classify and explanation tires and wheels
3 Examining forces acting on the vechiles
4 Examining speed changers- clutch
5 Examining moment changers-gearbox
6 Practise problem-solving
7 1. Mid-term exam
8 Examining hydrodynamic moment changers
9 Examining automatic gearbox
10 Examining articulated shafts and joints
11 Examining differentials
12 Examining differentials
13 Practise problem-solving
14 2. Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kuralay, N .S. : Motor Vechiles Volume 1 TMMOB Mechanical Engineering Association Publication, Izmir 2008
Supplementary Book(s):
References: Prof.Dr. Nusret Sefa KURALAY

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation is made within course to increase recognize and define better. Besides in the lessons that one week before the exams is made practise problem-solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Needs and parameters of system design within the course is evaluated by two mid-term exams and a final exam with schematic and numerical questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Active participation to the lecture

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

90 (232) 388 31 38 - 215 sefa.kuralay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1545
LO.2544
LO.34554
LO.44543
LO.5454

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