Area of master degree training
190100.68 «Land Transportation Systems»
Master degree program
«Automobiles»
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT
Manufacture of automobiles and formation of automobile parks in Russia and in the world. Main trends of automobile design developing. Automobile design requirements. Analysis of layout diagrams of automobiles.
LOADING AND DESIGN CONDITIONS
Loading conditions of automobile mechanisms. Loading of automobile undercarriage caused by the influence of road inequalities. Loading conditions when calculating the transmission on static capacity.
CLUTCH
Clutch: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Operating procedure of friction clutch. Analysis and evaluation of frictional clutch designs. Clutch linkages: the analysis of elements and diagrams. Calculating basis of frictional clutches’ elements.
GEARBOXES
Gearbox: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Evaluation of gearbox designs. Step-by-step gearboxes: analysis and evaluation of designs. Operating procedure and calculating basis of the inertial synchronizer. Additional and transfer boxes: design requirements, classification, applicability. Stepless transmissions (frictional, hydrostatic, electromechanical): basic quantities and analysis of designs. Hydromechanical transmissions: basic quantities and analysis of designs. Loadings and calculating basis of gearboxes’ elements.
DRIVELINES
Drivelines: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Drivelines with joints of unequal angular velocities: drive and force connections. Drivelines with joints of equal angular velocities: drive connections, analysis and evaluation of designs. Loadings and calculation bases карданных hinges. Loadings and calculating basis of cardan shafts.
FINAL DRIVES
Final drives: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Analysis and evaluation of final drives’ designs. Noise level of final drives. Loadings and calculating basis of final drives’ elements.
DIFFERENTIALS
Differentials: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Drive and dynamic connections in differentials. Analysis and evaluation of differentials’ designs. Loadings and calculating basis of differential elements.
STEERING
Steering: requirements, classification, and applicability. Basic technical parametres of steering. Steering boxes: design requirements, classification, and parametres of evaluation. Steering boxes: analysis and evaluation of designs. Steering linkages: design requirements, parametres of evaluation, and analysis of elements. Steering boosters: design requirements, classification, and evaluation criteria. Loadings and calculating basis of steering elements.
BRAKE STEERING
Brake steering: requirements, classification, and applicability. Evaluation criteria and Operating procedure of disk brake mechanisms and block brake mechanisms. Comparative evaluation of block brake mechanisms of various construction diagrams. Brake gears: analysis of elements and diagrams. Brake force adjusters: functioning and construction principles. Antilocking systems: principles of functioning and steering diagrams. Loadings and calculating basis of brake systems’ elements.
SUSPENSIONS
Automobile suspensions: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Spring response of suspension and its influence on ride comfort and automobile loading. Automobile suspensions: analysis of diagrams. Suspension spring elements: analysis and evaluation of designs. Directional and damping elements of suspension: analysis and evaluation of designs. Loadings and bases of calculation of elastic elements of a suspender. Loadings and calculating basis of damping elements of suspension.
AXLES
Automobile axles: requirements, classification, and applicability. Automobile axles: analysis and evaluation of designs. Loadings and calculating basis of automobile axles. Loadings and calculating basis of steering knuckle and kingpin. Loadings and calculating basis of half-axles.
TIRES AND WHEELS
Tires: requirements, classification, and applicability. Wheels: design requirements, classification, and applicability. Wheel mounting, balancing and loading.
UNDERCARRIAGE
Automobile frames: analysis and evaluation of designs. Loading conditions of automobile frames. Automobile frames calculation on bending and torsion. Automobile body: analysis and evaluation of designs. Loading conditions of automobile body.
AUTOMOBILE TESTSING
Modes and conditions of testing. Measuring methods of loading parameters when testing the automobile units. Gage devices of loading parametres when testing the automobile units.