Required for all Biosystems Engineering students.
Textbook: Goehring, Stone, Smith, Turnquist. Off-road Vehicle Engineering Principles, ASAE Publishing.
Course Objectives: Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of off-road machinery performance and function. Review the fundamentals of engine thermodynamics, ideal engine cycles, and factors that influence deviation from ideal performance. Use theoretical analysis and engine simulation to understand how selection of engine components changes performance characteristics, and how performance relates to overall success of a machine design. Present fundamentals of traction and machine stability. Review performance measurement techniques used in evaluating machines and engines.
Course contributes to the professional component by serving as one of the engineering science and engineering design courses.
Course contributes to the following program outcomes: a) knowledge of math, science, and engineering, c) design a system component or process, e) identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, h) gain a broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context, j) knowledge of contemporary issues, and k) use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
