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Syllabus for

 Academic year
TME201 - Vehicle and traffic safety
 
Syllabus adopted 2012-02-22 by Head of Programme (or corresponding)
Owner: MPAUT
7,5 Credits
Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Not passed
Education cycle: Second-cycle
Major subject: Automation and Mechatronics Engineering, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics
Department: 42 - APPLIED MECHANICS


Teaching language: English
Open for exchange students
Block schedule: A
Maximum participants: 80

Course module   Credit distribution   Examination dates
Sp1 Sp2 Sp3 Sp4 Summer course No Sp
0111 Laboratory, part A 1,5 c Grading: UG   1,5 c    
0211 Written and oral assignments, part B 1,5 c Grading: TH   1,5 c    
0311 Written and oral assignments, part C 1,5 c Grading: TH   1,5 c    
0411 Written and oral assignments, part D 1,5 c Grading: TH   1,5 c    
0511 Written and oral assignments, part E 1,5 c Grading: UG   1,5 c    

In programs

MPAUT AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (compulsory)
MPBME BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (elective)

Examiner:

Bitr professor  Karin Brolin
Docent  Marco Dozza


Replaces

TME200   Vehicle and traffic safety

Course evaluation:

http://document.chalmers.se/doc/1042f9b7-9c3e-41bf-8c1f-2d46293153e4


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Eligibility:

For single subject courses within Chalmers programmes the same eligibility requirements apply, as to the programme(s) that the course is part of.

Course specific prerequisites

Basic courses in mechanics

Aim

The objective of this course is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the role of passive and active safety in the context of traffic safety. After this course, the student in their profession as engineers should be able to understand the litterature in the field of active and passive safety, take part in tests of passive and active safety systems, and prove basic knowledge of the complexity of designing active and passive systems.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • Describe various means to reduce traffic related fatalities and injuries

  • Discuss the effect of different car structure design and crash configurations on in-crash load paths in the vehicle and in the occupants

  • Explain means to avoid incompatibility between different road vehicles and road furniture

  • Describe how car restraints and car structure can reduce injury risk

  • Design and perform a crash test, filter and analyse data, suggest applicable injury criteria and calculate injury criteria values

  • Portray the differencees between a crash test - dummy/loading device and the human body

  • Describe how different body regions respond to loads; biomechanical and physiological response

  • Understand the impact of Product Liability, Rating and Regulations on vehicle and restraint design

  • List the most important sensor principles under consideration for automotive safety applications and to explain their technological advantages and limitations

  • Motivate the scope of active safety in the context of traffic safety

  • Describe the general architecture of state-of-art active safety systems

  • Provide examples of active safety systems on the market and describe their operation and implementation

  • Explain what cooperative systems are and how they can be used to extend the functionalities of state-of-art active safety systems

  • Discuss the importance of human factors in the design of active safety systems

  • Illustrate the tools currently available for evaluating active safety system

    • Content

    The course consists of lectures and a laboratory exercise. The lectures will cover:


  • Accidentology and epidemiology

  • Crash worthiness

  • Compatibility

  • Future vehicle designs

  • Restraint designs

  • Testing

  • Crash test dummy design

  • Injury assessments

  • Infrastructure design

  • Systems for Active Safety

  • Sensors for Integrated Safety

  • Cooperative systems

  • Human factors

  • Active safety evaluation

    • Organisation

    - Lectures
    - Assignments
    - Laboratory assignment

    Literature

    Trauma Biomechanics - Accident Injury in Traffic and Sports; Kai-Uwe Scmitt et al. 2:nd edition or later, ISBN 978-3-540-73872-5 and handouts of lecture notes as provided by the course homepage.

    Examination

    - Laboratory assignment, A 1,5 p, pass/fail
    - Individual assignment B, 1,5 p, graded
    - Individual assignment C, 1,5 p, graded
    - Group assignment D, 1,5 p, graded
    - Attendance, 1,5 p, pass/fail

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