Course name: Computer-Aided Design
Course code: KKS/CAE
Number of contact hours/week: 1 (lecture) + 2 (seminar)
4 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Martin Hynek, Ph.D.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
Final assessment: combined examination (written and oral)
Only those who have successfully met the continuous assessment requirements will be permitted to take the examination.
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Introduction to 3D CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM system
2. Part modelling
3. Assembly modelling
4. Principles of top-down design
5. Mechanisms and photorenders, design animation
6. Fundamentals of drawing
7. Fundamentals of sheet metal design
8. Designing with surfaces
9. Design and management of large assemblies
10. Mechanism design
11. Cable harness design
12. Fundamentals of milling
13. Intranet
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
1. Part modelling - fundamental skills; introducing the interface, quick tips for using CAD, creating parts, viewing parts, selecting entities, obtaining geometric information about a part, managing parts in model files
2. Using libraries with full CAD data management, sketching and constraining, dimensioning, building sections, using sketch planes and understanding sketch pads
3. Extruding and revolving features, adding features with associativity, using reference geometry
4. Modifying features, using history access to modify features
5. Adding fillet, shell, and draft features, creating patterns, using catalogues and parametrized parts
6. Modeller troubleshooting
7. Design: assemblies - fundamental skills; creating assemblies, using assembly configurations, animating assemblies
8. Fundamentals of drawing
9. Creating views, assembly drawings, dimensions and notes, linear and geometric tolerances
10. Drawing standards and drawing templates, tables
11. Drafting tools, symbols
12. Drawing formats, bills of material
13. Presentation of students‘ assignments
List of literature:
[1] Dean L. Taylor, Computer-Aided Design, Addison-Wesley, 1992.
[2] I-DEAS Student Guide, Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, 1991.
[3] Pro/ENGINEER Tutorial, Roger Toogood, SDC Publications
Course name: Machine Components and Mechanisms 2
Course code: KKS/CMS2
Number of contact hours/week: 2 (lecture) + 2 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Jaroslav Krátký, Ph.D.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
fulfilment of test requirements
Final assessment: combined examination (oral and written)
Only those who have successfully met the continuous assessment requirements will be permitted to take the examination.
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Mechanisms – basic principles; mechanical drives – basic principles; mechanical drives with direct links (three-element) using shape components; gearing law
2. Spur gears, geometry of external gearing without corrections; minimum corrections,
tooth pointedness
3. Gearing corrections and their distribution between gears; dimensions of corrected gears, relative sliding, meshing line segment, mesh duration
4. Spur gearing geometry, internal gearing; helical gearing geometry; mesh duration
of helical gears
5. Constructional structure; gearing accuracy; gearing properties
6. Gearing design and analysis; gear materials; forces in gearing;
dimensioning and strength analysis of spur gears
7. Bevel gearing – geometry, main dimensions; meshing, corrections; forces
in gearing; dimensioning and strength analysis of bevel gears
8. Cylindric spiral gears – basic theory, geometry; meshing, efficiency
9. Worm gears – geometry, main dimensions of spiral and normal worms;
efficiency; forces in gearing; dimensioning and strength analysis of worm gears
10. Motion screws and nuts
11. Friction drives; mechanical drives with indirect links (four-element) using shape
components
12. Mechanical drives with indirect links (four-element) using friction
13. Gearboxes – basic principles; gearboxes with constant or step variable speed ratio;
gearboxes with stepless variable speed ratio
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
1. Seminar programme, assignment requirements; rotary transmission components –
strength, stiffness; fatigue strength analysis; dynamic characteristics
2. Rolling contact bearings; load spectrum, equivalent load, durability
3. Shaft couplings; clutches (fixed, flexible); safety clutches
4. Mechanisms, speed ratio; gearing law; involute gearing geometry; spur gears;
corrected and uncorrected spur gear dimensions; ultimate number of teeth, active tooth profile, mesh duration
5. Helical gears; corrected and uncorrected helical gear dimensions; ultimate number
of teeth, mesh duration; assignment of 1st sketching exercise
6. Spur gear with internal gearing; gear accuracy; dimension analysis
7. 1st test – computing analysis of spur gears
8. Forces in spur gears; design and strength analysis
9. Bevel gears; geometry, forces, design and strength analysis; assignment
of 2nd sketching exercise
10. Worm gears; geometry, forces, design and strength analysis
11. Assignment of 3nd sketching exercise
12. Motion screw - strength and functional computation; durability; friction, belt and
chain drives
13. Discussion and evaluation of assignments
List of literature:
[1] Shigley, J. E.; Mischke, C. R.: Mechanical Engineering Design. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1989, ISBN 0-07-100607-9
[2] Shigley, J. E.: Mechanical Engineering Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986,
ISBN 0-07-056898-7
[3] Shigley, J. E.; Mitchell, L. D.: Mechanical Engineering Design. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1983, ISBN 0-07-056888-X
[4] Juvinall, R. C., Kurt, M. M.: Fundamentals of Machine Component Design.
John Willey & Sons, 3 rd edition, 2000
Course name: Machine Components and Mechanisms B
Course code: KKS/CSMEB
Number of contact hours/week: 3 (lecture) + 3 (seminar)
0 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Jaroslav Krátký, Ph.D.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
fulfilment of test requirements
Final assessment: combined examination (oral and written)
Only those who have successfully met the continuous assessment requirements will be permitted to take the examination.
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Machine components and mechanisms – engineering design discipline; static load
and stress of machine components
2. Dynamic load and fatigue stress; joints using simple components for load transmission – tongues, pins and grooves
3. Joints using friction for load transmission (I) – press fit connections
4. Joints using friction for load transmission (II) – bracing rings and clamp connections
5. Joints using some material as a connection medium – welded, brazed, soldered and glued joints
6. Joints with pre-loaded components - bolts, shrink rings and links and screws
7. Rotary transmission components – pins, axles and shafts
8. Bearings (I) - rolling contact bearings, their lubrication and sealing
9. Bearings (II) – sliding contact bearings, their lubrication and sealing
10. Shaft joining – shaft couplings
11. Accumulators of mechanical energy – e. g. coiled, leaf Belleville springs
12. Components of piping systems – pipes, fittings, tanks, pressure vessels
13. Conclusion
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
1. Organization of seminars, continuous assessment requirements; revision of relevant basic facts from supporting disciplines
2. Theory of technical systems and the engineering design process; machine components under static and dynamic loads; assignment of 1st sketching exercise
3. Joints using tongues, pins and grooves
4. Press-fit connections; assignment of 1st design exercise (press-fit connections)
5. Joints with bracing rings and clamp connections; assignment of 2nd sketching exercise
6. Welded joints; assignment of 2nd design exercise (weldment)
7. Screw and bolt joints (I); submission of design assignment 1
8. Screw and bolt joints (II); submission of sketch assignment 1
9. Shafts: torsion oscillations (experimental laboratory); submission of design
assignment 2
10. Rolling contact; assignment of 3rd design exercise (shaft assembly)
11. Shaft couplings: dynamic balancing (experimental laboratory); submission of sketch
assignment 2
12. Springs; submission of design assignment 3
13. Discussion and evaluation of assignments
List of literature:
[1] Shigley, J. E.; Mischke, C. R.: Mechanical Engineering Design. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1989, ISBN 0-07-100607-9
[2] Shigley, J. E.: Mechanical Engineering Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986,
ISBN 0-07-056898-7
[3] Shigley, J. E.; Mitchell, L. D.: Mechanical Engineering Design. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1983, ISBN 0-07-056888-X
[4] Juvinall, R. C., Kurt, M. M.: Fundamentals of Machine Component Design.
John Willey & Sons, 3 rd edition, 2000
Course name: Man and Technology
Course code: KKS/CT
Number of contact hours/week: 2 (lecture) + 0 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Václav Vaněk, Ph.D.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
fulfilment of test requirements
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Relationship between man and technical systems (TS); influence of TS on human evolution; basic TS and their technical development in the course of time
2. Development of humankind; development of the trade and traditional crafts; exploitation and processing of raw materials; utilization of metals
3. War – stimulus to technical inventions; road construction; boom of natural sciences
4. Road and bridge construction; boom of mechanics
5. Exploitation of water and wind energy; Slavonic construction techniques
6. Relationship between art and technology and science; technical literature; invention of firearms
7. From the versatile man to the specialist; technical measurements and calculations; machine production in factories
8. History of industrial mass production; interlinking of technology with research
9. Noteworthy historic technical equipment and facilities in transportation, power engineering, mining, metallurgy, ceramic production, tanning and leather manufacturing
10. Noteworthy historic technical equipment and facilities in minting, food industry, glass industry, foundry industry, mechanical engineering
11. Noteworthy historic technical equipment and facilities in the Czech Republic
12. Final test
13. Test evaluation
List of literature:
[1] Mumford, L.: Technics & Civilization. New York: Harvest Books, 1990, USA
Course name: Vehicle Electronics
Course code: KKS/ELV
Number of contact hours/week: 2 (lecture) + 2 (laboratory work)
1 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Doc. Ing. Václav Pfeifer, CSc.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
(reports on the latest trends in car industry; sources: journals, Internet, etc.)
Final assessment: combined examination (oral and written)
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Introduction, general characteristics of electric and electronic systems in vehicles
2. Basics of vehicle design
3. Basic characteristics of electric and electronic systems in vehicles
4. Voltage systems, drive types and actuators
5. Lighting systems, charging and control systems
6. Computer control and diagnostic systems
7. Electronic engine control, electronic spark advance, electronic Diesel control
8. Electronic driving slip and damper control
9. Adaptive damping system, autonomous intelligent cruise control
10. Electronic brake systems
11. Other vehicle electronic systems
12. Vehicle testing and diagnostics
13. Hybrid vehicles
Topics of laboratory work according to weeks:
1. Introduction: safety regulations in laboratories
2. Basic characteristics of vehicles
3. Basic characteristics of electric and electronic systems in vehicles
4. Voltage systems, drive types and actuators
5. Lighting systems, charging and control systems
6. Computer control systems
7. Computer diagnostic systems
8. EEC (electronic engine control)
9. ETC (electronic transmission control)
10. EDC (electronic damper control), electronic traction control
11. Electronic brake-power regulation, ABS (antiblock system)
12. Alarm systems, electronic air-conditioning, on-board navigation system (GPS)
13. Electric systems in hybrid vehicles; test
List of literature:
[1] Hillier V. A. W.: Fundamentals of motor vehicle technology. Cheltenham : Nelson
Thornes, 2001, ISBN 0-7487-0531-7
[2] Heisler Heinz: Advanced vehicle technology, 2nd ed., Oxford, Butterworth Heinemann, 2002, ISBN 0-7506-5131-8
Course name: Numerical Calculations in CAD
Course code: KKS/IC
Number of contact hours/week: 3 (lecture) + 2 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Václava Lašová, Ph.D.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
Final assessment: written examination
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Introduction, history of development of numerical calculations
2. Introduction to CAD systems, revision of basic concepts of elasticity and strength analysis
3. Introduction to FEM, basic terms
4. Introduction to FEM, basic terms
5. Physical model of FEM, idealization of the computational model
6. Physical model of FEM, steps necessary for the design of the computational model
7. FE mesh, element types
8. FE mesh, element types
9. Boundary conditions, examples of application
10. Boundary conditions, examples of application
11. Evaluation of results obtained, postprocessing
12. Evaluation of results obtained, postprocessing
13. Modelling of body contacts
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
1.- 13. Application of knowledge gained in the lectures to tasks in which students use a CAD system
List of literature:
[1] IDEAS Course Guide. Manual
[2] Introduction to Ansys. Manual
Course name: Railway Vehicle Design 1
Course code: KKS/KKV1
Number of contact hours/week: 3 (lecture) + 2 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Milan Hudeček
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
Final assessment: combined examination (written and oral)
Only those who have successfully met the continuous assessment requirements will be permitted to take the examination.
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Railway vehicles - basic concepts and parameters
2. Contact between wheel and rail, guiding the vehicle on a straight railway and in a bend
3. Driving vehicles, categorization, concept, bogie arrangement, driving mechanism and body; labelling of driving vehicles
4. Adhesion properties of vehicles, construction and operating influences
5. Railway vehicle bogies, demands on bogie design, mounted axle control, spring components
6. Kinds of wheel set drive
7. Kinds of wheel set drive
8. Other assemblies of bogies, wheel sets, demands on wheel sets, axle and axle bearings, wheels
9. Bogie frames
10. Force transmission from bogie to vehicle body
11. Spring systems, spring components, damping and dampers, demands on vehicle springing and damping
12. Brakes
13. Legislation in railway vehicle design
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
In the seminars students have an opportunity to apply the knowledge gained in the lectures to the solution of practical problems. The topics are arranged in the same chronological order as those of the lectures.
List of literature:
[1] Bonnett C.,F.: Practical Railway Engineering
World Scientific Pub Co, December 1996, ISBN 1860940129
[2] Hay W.,W.: Railroad Engineering. Wiley-Interscience, 2nd edition, 1982,
ISBN 0471364002
[3] Popp K., Shiehlen W., O., Zagst R.,D.: System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and Subgrade (Lecture Notes in Applied Mechanics, V. 6)
Springer Verlag; 2003, ISBN 3540438920
Course name: Railway Vehicle Design 2
Course code: KKS/KKV2