Objectives of the course
After completing this module, the students will be capable:
- Of discussing fundamental questions of light commercial vehicles (lcv) regarding their superstructure- supporting framework (self-supporting/ not self-supporting Structure/body) and body shape (platform-, box-, combi-body) in delimitation to cars and heavy commercial vehicles
- Of understanding the challenges in cross-vehicle and cross-market design process in interaction with social and technology trends
- Of understanding how lcvs typical body framing diversity (derivatives and variants) and the consequence for development and manufacturing come about
- Of deploying sales strategy and determining customer specific requirements towards lcvs
- Of understanding the procedure in the development of new lcvs-vehicle concepts and working out independently conceptual solutions for interior and exterior applications from the point of view of the ergonomics and customer requirements
- Of deriving vehicle-specific solutions for small and large series- derivative/variants taking under consideration the trends and strategies in the course of electrification and digitalization
- Of grasping the use and necessity of modern development tools ( i.a. VR, AR) depending on the development and research goals
The seminar-like exercises and excursions give the students competent insights into the practical implementation of the above-mentioned questions by experts in development and production.
Content
- Requirements and delimitation of the vehicle class lcvs to vehicles and heavy commercial vehicles
- Concept development, Systematic of construction concepts
- Design process
- Body-work structure, exterior, lightweight construction, modularization
- Interior (driver’s cockpit, loading space), ergonomics
- Construction of electric/electronics
- Mega trend: electrification and digitalization
- Special vehicle
- Variant-handling in the factory
Virtual tools in development and production
