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STUDY: Motor Vehicle Maintenance

Course: Motor Vehicles

Semester:

Lectures + Exercises:

Total:

ECTS Credits:

III

3

2

75

6

Course Objective: Gaining fundamentals of motor vehicle movement and structure. Familiarisation with vehicles and belonging devices from the position of maintaining their safe movement and control.

Course Contents: Classes of motor vehicles. Theory of vehicle movement. Drive resistance. Power needed to overcome drive resistance. Balance of pulling forces and drive resistance. Vehicle pulling and dynamic performances. Fundamental theories of braking. Determining the travel and period of braking. Vehicle longitudinal and transverse stability. Vehicle structure and major assemblies: couplings, gears, differentials (transmission), wheels and tyres, driving system, suspension system, braking system, braking forces regulation, anti-blocking and anti-sliding devices (ABS and ASR), other devices for upgrading safe movement of a vehicle.

General and Specific Competencies (Knowledge and Skills): Competence for the analysis of vehicle movement and assessment of vehicle construction, assemblies and devices, as well as for their maintenance.