VEHICLES AND ENGINES

The graduates in the second degree study programme Vehicles and Engines are able to analyse, design, construct, operate and maintain large-scale technical systems of vehicles especially in the field of automotive vehicles and their power drive subsystems. They are able to use solutions with a high degree of creativity, complexity, autonomy and responsibility. They have a thorough knowledge of basic theoretical disciplines of mechanical engineering (engineering mathematics, mechanics of vehicles, elasticity and plasticity) as well as in the field of construction and design of vehicles and their subsystems. They have a general overview of mechanical engineering production and its management, expert knowledge of the theory of road and rail and combustion engines. They gain instruction in the field of public transport means, technical means of combined transport, maintenance technologies, and optionally, of the aircraft power plants, too.

Their deepened and expanded knowledge of theoretical and practical subjects enables the graduates of the master´s degree study programme Vehicles and Engines to find and present their solutions to problems of research, development, projection and construction of transport means, especially vehicles and their systems. The graduates can creatively apply their knowledge in practice, critically analyse and apply the full range of concepts, principles and practices of the field in the context of loosely defined problems, and demonstrate effective decision making regarding selection and use of methods, techniques and tools. They are able to implement complex technical solutions, to utilise modern methods and tools in order to solve problems. The graduates of the second degree study programme Vehicles and Engines are able to work effectively as individuals or as team members or team leaders, to cooperate with the superior units, to continually increase their qualifications, including the development of technical and managerial skills, to keep in touch with the latest developments in their discipline, to follow appropriate practices in accordance with the rules and professional, legal and ethical framework of their subject field.

The graduates are able to design and to provide modern construction solutions of vehicles and their subsystems using advanced computer-aided technologies. They are able to find work in operation of vehicles, especially rail vehicles, road vehicles, internal combustion engines, hydraulic and pneumatic machines and equipment for their diagnostics, maintenance and repairs. The graduates meet conditions for the further education in the third (doctoral) degree studies, especially in the study programme Rail Vehicles.

A graduate of the engineering study programme Vehicles and Engines (2nd degree - Ing.) can:

• Apply the theoretical from mechanics of coupled body systems to engineering problems of transportation and handling technology in terms of their dynamic properties and vibrations.
• Independently analyze a mechanical system in terms of its dynamic properties, formulate a specific problem, decide on an adequate physical model, develop a mathematical model, and perform an analysis (or synthesis) of the problem.
• Solve a mathematical model using the MATLAB programming language, as well as create a model in Simpack, analyze it and evaluate the results obtained.
• Work in a team.
• Apply the theory of specific facts characteristic of the field of vehicle design and their on-track and on-road driving to the problem to be solved.
• Analyse the characteristics of vehicles (road, rail), can develop design and computational projects and develop advanced approaches in the design of rail and road vehicles.
• Clarify the basic methods, principles and procedures of control and control systems theory.
• To acquire a greatly expanded knowledge in the field of rolling stock, particularly in the direction of modern conceptual designs of rolling stock and its subsystems.
• To analyse the possibilities of improving the design of rolling stock in order to design and present a rolling stock concept that meets the requirements of safety and comfort.
• Construct virtual models based on the application of theoretical knowledge acquired in theoretical and professional courses.
• Analyse the models by performing computer simulations and evaluate the calculations using Ansys, a specialised computing software.
• Recognise and explain effective methods of efficient operation and maintenance of on-road motor vehicles using appropriate diagnostic methods and equipment.
• Apply the theoretical underpinnings of vehicle maintenance and diagnostics.
• Explain the basic information about the technologies used in self-propelled work machines, equipment and special vehicles for carrying out track-specific work, their most important structural units, working organs about the measuring and control technology applied to track machines.
• Explain the basic principles and methods used in the design of internal combustion engines, their parts and functions of each subgroup of engines, explain the relationships between the individual engine parts by their properties and the resulting economic and environmental parameters of the engine.
• Assess the properties of selected groups of internal combustion engine accessories with their application in practical use in the laboratory.
• Apply the methods and procedures of special vehicle tests to a specific case, analyze and evaluate the data according to the rules for their approval and which are related to international standards and regulations.
• Apply theoretical knowledge and practical experience in technical measurement, in particular to those measurement techniques encountered in vehicle testing, evaluate the results obtained and draw appropriate conclusions from the measurements.
• Can define the basic concepts, development and distribution of public transport vehicles - trams, trolleybuses, metro, main parameters, modern vehicle concepts.
• Explain information about technologies and technical means of modern modes of transport, i.e. combined transport, is able to classify the design of technical means and equipment of multimodal transport systems, from freight units through vehicles to handling equipment of transshipment points and terminals.
• Justify the nature and necessity of testing internal combustion engines in development and research test facilities in the process of their manufacture and repair, and assess the data obtained from specific tests of internal combustion engines, taking into account new measurement and testing technologies and procedures.
• Explain and clarify the technology of manufacturing and assembly of road and rail vehicles and their main structural groups.

The graduate of the Engineering SP Vehicles and Engines will be applied in the operation of transport vehicles, especially rail vehicles, road vehicles, internal combustion engines, their diagnostics, maintenance and repair.

The graduate meets the conditions for further education in the next level of study - doctoral, especially in the study programme "Rolling stock vehicles".

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