Goal:Studying the construction and mechatronics of modern automatic transmissions with special emphasis on promising technical solutions that result in an increase in the effectiveness of the system.
Outcome:Students are trained to diagnose fails and maintain all kinds of automatic transmissions by acquiring basic knowledge in the field of research, design and development of mechatronics systems.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
Basic concepts of automatic transmissions
Ideal traction hyperbola
The role and job of transmission in motor vehicles
Planetary gearboxes
Friction transmissions
Hydrostatic transmissions
Hydrodynamic power transmissions
Hydrodynamic mechanical transmissions
Electro-hydraulic control systems
Characteristic solutions of automatic gearboxes
Application of automatic transmissions on hybrid vehicles
Automation of synchronized gear transmissions
Development of control algorithms – primitive artificial intelligence
Controlling automatic transmissions using fuzzy logic
The future of automatic gearboxes within the development and implementation of information and expert systems