2021 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Comfort Mechanics Engineering A
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Masaki Yamakita / Katsunori Hanamura / Masaaki Okuma
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - To be announced
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.U432
- Number of credits
- 300
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course will provide knowledge on automotive engineering and rail engineering relating to electronic control of engines and stability of cars, aerodynamics around body, air conditioning, vibration for safety steering and noise, including control theory, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical dynamics.
Course description and aims
By completing this course, students will be able to understand the principles and significant issues of electronic control of engine for reduction of fuel consumption, electronic stability control, aerodynamics for drag force reduction, vibration reduction for safety steering and thermal management for reduction of fuel consumption through fundamentals of control theory, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical dynamics.
Keywords
Electronic control, Time domain analysis, Frequency domain analysis, Numerical modeling, Drag force reduction, Thermal management, Vibration analysis
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course consists of lectures and exercises for homework. This course will be transferred from Thailand through Polycom system.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to car mechanics in modern hybrid vehicles | Car mechanics in modern hybrid vehicles are studied and motivation to learn car mechanics is given. |
| Class 2 | Modeling method of systems | Class of models and how to obtain models are studied. |
| Class 3 | Numerical simulation msing models | How to use models for numerical simulations is studied using Matlab. |
| Class 4 | Frequency domain analysis of models | How to analyse frequency domain properties of systems is studied. |
| Class 5 | Time domain analysis of models | How to analyse time domain properties of systems is studied. |
| Class 6 | Aerodynamics in automobiles and rail cars | Understand aerodynamic characteristics by flow around automobiles and rail cars |
| Class 7 | Basic equations for analysis of aerodynamics in automobiles and rail cars | Understand derivation of basic equations for analysis of aerodynamics |
| Class 8 | Numerical simulation of drag force and lift force in automobiles and rail cars | Learn the analytical and numerical methods to obtain drag force and lift force in automobiles and rail cars |
| Class 9 | Air conditioning and thermal management in automobiles and rail cars | Learn the air conditioning and thermal management in automobiles and rail cars |
| Class 10 | Overview of mechanical vibration and acoustics technique in Automotive Engineering and Railway Engineering, and fundamental study of mechanical vibration and noise | Learn the state of the art and history of this technical field. Review fundamental analysis of single degree of freedom vibratory systems. |
| Class 11 | Simplified modelling technique to analyze fundamental vibration of vehicles for comfortability | Learn how to build up simplified models for the analysis of actual vehicles. |
| Class 12 | Numerical simulation technique of vibration analysis for comfortablility | Learn how to execute numerical simulation of various types of vibration. |
| Class 13 | Analysis of vibration for maneuverability and safety | Learn vibration problem is not only for comfortability but also for manueuverability and safety. |
| Class 14 | Fundamental vibration of engines, and finally achievement test. | Learn fundamental vibrations of drive-trains. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Documents for this course will be provided from lecturers.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Homework report and examinations held in the 5th, 10th, 15th class.
Related courses
- EEE.C361 ： Linear Control Theorem
- MEC.E201 ： Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineeirng)
- MEC.E311 ： Heat Transfer
- MEC.D201 ： Mechanical Vibrations
Prerequisites
None