Mechanical Engineering

Historical background, the automobile and its powertrain Propulsion Schemes, Vehicles with ICE, Hybrids, Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles Generalities on ICE Classification of ICE, mechanical configurations, definitions, modes of operation, 4S, 2S, SI, CI, supercharged engines, applications Thermodynamic processes, ideal, limit and actual location ICE performance, power, engine torque, characteristic parameters, regulation, specific consumption The introduction of air in ICE, breathing, distribution, scavenging in 2S ICE, turbocharging The introduction of fuel, the carburetor, electronic injection, indirect and direct injection, the ignition of MACs Combustion in SI engine, combustion chambers, metering, abnormal phenomena, fuels Combustion in CI engine, combustion chambers, injection metering, fuels Hybrid propulsion systems for vehicles: series hybrid, parallel hybrid, power split Electric propulsion systems The main components: vehicle storage systems, electric drives, transmissions, etc.

Fluid Machines, Electrical Engineering, Analysis I, Physics I and II, Chemistry, Geometry, Technical Physics, Applied Mechanics

C. Caputo: “Le macchine volumetriche”, Volume III, Tomo I e II, Ed. Masson, Milano, 1999 G. Ferrari: “Motori a combustione interna”, Società Editrice Esculapio; 2° edizione, 2016. J. B. Heywood: “International combustion engine fundamentals”, McGraw-Hill, 2018. D. Giacosa: “Motori endotermici”, Ed. Hoepli, Milano, 2004 M. Quarto, N. Goodnight: «Light Duty Hybrid and Electric Vehicles», Editore Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022 T. Denton, «Electric and Hybrid Vehicles», Editore Routledge; 2° edizione, 2020

Voluntary participation

Written or oral test with one theory question and one calculation exercise.

Course conducted in the classroom based on the schedule defined by the Area Council