Land Transport Vehicle Eng - MECH9142

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course outlines the context of the task for land transport vehicles, develops its technical mechanical engineering aspects and enables students to explore in depth an area of their choice (decided in consultation with the lecturer in charge). Topics covered include: The land transport task; local/global. Modes of land transportation; guided/non-guided, passenger/freight, private/public, practical/fun. Analysis of land transport systems covering; infrastructure, types of vehicles, power systems, structure, vehicle dynamics, manufacture, reliability, economics, safety, sustainability. Recreational land vehicles.