ME32019: Vehicle dynamics
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EXOB 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Vehicle dynamics exam (EXOB 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, you will be able to:
1. Describe the components that make up a vehicle suspension system.
2. Analyse the interaction between the components in a vehicle suspension using mathematical methods.
3. Predict the ride comfort of a vehicle in a range of operating conditions.
4. Analyse the steady state handling behaviour of a vehicle.
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| Synopsis: | Learn about the components that make up a vehicle suspension system and how they interact to provide acceptable ride comfort and safe vehicle handling. You'll apply this knowledge to ill-defined systems to predict their performance and the effect of design changes.
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| Content: | Suspension springs and dampers
Road disturbance and human sensitivity
Noise, Vibration and Harshness
Tyre characteristics
Quarter car mathematical models, pitch and roll
Suspension linkages, roll centres and weight transfer
Steady state handling
Anti-pitch and anti-squat suspension geometry
Electronically controlled suspension systems
Motorcycle dynamics
Race car design
Topics for self-study that could be assessed
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| Course availability: |
ME32019 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFB24 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 3)
- UEXX-AKB02 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEEE-AFB25 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 3)
- UEEE-AFM24 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 3)
- UEXX-AKM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEEE-AFM25 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 3)
- UEEE-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEEE-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEME-AFB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKB47 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEME-AFM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEME-AFM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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