Course detail

Automotive Technology

FSI-JDT-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

This course makes students familiar with the theory of automotive technology, internal combustion engines, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, combustion, heat transfer, stress analysis, materials science, electronics and computing.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Radim Dundálek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Matrix calculus, differential and integral calculus, differential equations. Technical mechanics, kinematics, dynamics, elasticity and strength. Technical thermodynamics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Requirements for Course-unit credit award: The orientation within problems discussed and the ability of solving them, examined by working-out assigned tasks without significant mistakes. Continuous study checking is carried out together with given tasks verification. Examination: The exam verifies and evaluates the knowledge of physical fundamentals of presented problems, theirs mathematical description on a presented level and application to solved tasks. The exam consists of a written part (test) and an oral part. Final evaluation consists of: 1. Evaluation of the work on seminars (elaborated tasks). 2. Result of the writing part of the exam (test). 3. Result of the oral part of the exam.
Attendance in seminars is obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way compensation missed lessons is solved individually with a course provider.

Aims

The aim of this course is to offer students the general knowledge necessary for successful theoretical and experimental also practical engineering practise in the area of automotive technology.
Student acquires the knowledge of design and operation of road vehicles and combustion engines.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Automotive mechatronics: automotive networking, driving stability systems, electronics. New York: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-3-658-03974-5. (EN)
BOSCH: Diesel-Engine Management. ISBN 1-86058-435-7 (EN)
BOSCH: Gasoline-Engine Management. ISBN 1-86058-434-9 (EN)
BOSCH:Automotive Electrics, Automotive Electronics. ISBN 1-86058-436-5 (EN)
Diesel engine management: systems and components. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. ISBN 978-3-658-03980-6. (EN)
Gasoline engine management: systems and components. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. ISBN 978-3-658-03963-9. (EN)
REIMPELL,J., STOLL,H., EDWARD,A. Engineering Principles: the Automotive Chassis. Arnold, London, 1996. ISBN 0-340-61443-9 (EN)
Stone, R.: Introduction to Internal Combustion Engines. ISBN 0-333-74013-0 (EN)

Recommended reading

BOSCH: Automotive Terminology. ISBN 0-7680-0338-5
Goodsell, D.: Dictionary of Automotive Engineering. SAE ISBN 1-56091-683-4
http://www.ite.fme.vutbr.cz/opory/autTech.php?jazyk=cz

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ADI-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Radim Dundálek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Influences in motor vehicles. Motor-vehicle dynamics.
2. Dynamics of lateral motion.
3. Internal combustion engines. Reciprocating piston engines with internal combustion.
4. Supercharging processes. Power transfer in reciprocating piston engines.
5. Main components of reciprocating-piston engines.
6. Engine cooling. Fuel filters. Air supply. Superchargers. Exhaust systems.
7. Engine management for spark-ignition engines. Mixture formation. Fuel injection.
8. Exhaust emissions from spark-ignition engines.
9. Diesel engine management. Fuel injection pumps. Common rail system.
10. Exhaust emissions from diesel engines. Mixture formation. Combustion. Starting systems.
11. Drivetrain.
12. Chassis systems.
13. Braking systems.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Radim Dundálek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Motor-vehicle dynamics, dynamics of lateral motion.
2. - 3. Internal combustion engines. Reciprocating piston engines with internal combustion.
4. - 5. Supercharging processes. Power transfer in reciprocating piston engines.
6. - 7. Main components of reciprocating-piston engines, engine cooling. Fuel filters. Air supply. Superchargers. Exhaust systems.
8. - 9. Engine management for spark-ignition engines, mixture formation, fuel injection, exhaust emissions from spark-ignition engines.
10. - 11. Diesel-engine management. Fuel injection pumps. Common rail system. Exhaust emissions from diesel engines. Mixture formation. Combustion.
12. - 13. Drivetrain, chassis systems, braking systems.