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Head of Program : Hasan Bedir

Professors : Sabri Altıntaş†, Günay Anlaş, Kunt Atalık, Hasan Bedir, Hakan Ertürk, Şebnem Özüpek, Fazıl Önder Sönmez, Çetin Yılmaz

Associate Professors : Cahit Can Aydıner, Ercan Balıkçı, Ali Ecder, Nuri Ersoy

Assistant Professors : Emre Aksan*, Halil İbrahim Baştürk, Jeremy Kyle Mason, Evren Samur

* Part Time

† Professor Emeritus


The program is conceived to offer a focused graduate study covering several aspects of automotive engineering. These aspects range from the inner workings of the automobile engine to external aspects such as vehicle aerodynamics, and from the properties of the materials used in automobiles to transportation analysis. The theoretical foundations of industrial practice and practical applications of the theory of mechanics, dynamics, combustion, aerodynamics, etc. will be presented in a well-balanced fashion. Representatives from the industry will be invited occasionally as guest speakers to give seminars on the current state of affairs and trends in the automotive sector.

The student body that the program aims at consists of engineering graduates who are currently employed in the automotive sector as well as those who have a personal interest in the field and wish to apply for professional positions in the sector. The graduates of the program will be endowed with a profound understanding of the automobile as an engineering system as a whole. These graduates, having gone through an additional and focused training, are likely to occupy key positions in the industry in the long term.

It is also anticipated that this program will strengthen the relations between the automotive industry, the academia at large and Bogazici University in particular.

For the completion of the program, the students will be required to take 30 credits of coursework consisting of 10 courses and a research project. The research project is be selected jointly by the student, a faculty member and a representative from an industrial partner. There are no required courses; all 10 courses will be chosen by the student subject to the approval of the advisor. Students can finish the program in 3 semesters or 4.

** This program is subject to additional tuition and fees.

M.S. PROGRAM IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

Total : 31 Credits.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

AUTO 500 Engineering Mechanics (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Mühendislik Mekaniği) 
Review of vectors, forces and moments. Equivalent force systems. Equations of equilibrium. Trusses and beams. Friction forces. Stress and strain. Kinematics and dynamics of a particle. Energy and momentum methods. Systems of particles. Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion. Energy and momentum methods for rigid bodies.

AUTO 501 Automotive Engineering (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Otomotiv Mühendisliği)
Components of the automobile. Types of drives, vehicle longitudinal motion and modeling of the vehicle. Maximum speed and acceleration calculations. Transmission characteristics. Wheels and tires, brake systems and braking performance, suspension systems and suspension geometry, steering systems and steering geometry. Aerodynamic drag and its effect on vehicle performance.

AUTO 502 Vehicle Dynamics (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Araç Dinamiği)
Tire forces and moments, tire models. Yaw and lateral motion. Two and four wheel bicycle models. Steady state handling characteristics. Sprung and unsprung mass. Yaw-Roll Model. Segel's equations. Roll center. Vehicle suspension system modeling.

AUTO 503 Noise and Vibrations (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Gürültü ve Titreşim)
Sound, hearing and physiological effects of noise. Instrumentation for sound and vibration measurement. Modal analysis and digital signal processing. Noise sources such as gears, bearings, rotating imbalance, gas flow, combustion, impact. Source identification; sound transmission, air-borne and structure-borne noise. Acoustic materials and structures. Noise and vibration control.

AUTO 504 Automotive Control Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Otomotiv Denetim Sistemleri)
Review of automatic control techniques. State-space control methods. Stability, stabilization and disturbance attenuation. Modelling of vehicle dynamics. Longitudinal, lateral and vertical motion. Active and semi-active suspension control. Cruise and adaptive cruise control, driveline and driveline speed control. Yaw control through active steering, yaw-roll coupling. ABS control. 

AUTO 510 Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Akışkanlar Mekaniği ve Isı Aktarımının Temelleri)
Basic equations. Continuity, streamlines and stream functions. Hydrostatics. Equations of motion for a viscous fluid. Bernoulli equation. Momentum theorems. Similitude. Steady and unsteady state. Conduction, convection and radiation.

AUTO 511 Vehicle Aerodynamics (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Araç Aerodinamiği)
Basic formulation of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics problems. Inviscid and viscous flow. Wind tunnels and their applications to external aerodynamics. Computational aerodynamics. Comparisons between experimental results and numerical results. Aerodynamic design for drag reduction. Aerodynamics of engine cooling. Aerodynamic noise.

AUTO 512 Lubrication (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Yağlama)
Industrial importance of lubrication. Journal and thrust bearings and seals. Derivation of the governing equations. Closed form and numerical solution of the Reynolds equation. Finite element and finite difference formulations. Boundary conditions and cavitation problem. Linear stability analysis of journal bearings. Film thickness and attitude angle computation of a rotor under external loading. Friction and temperature rise in bearings. Supply oil flowrate. Design of bearings.

AUTO 513 Fluid Power Systems and Control (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Akışkan Güç Sistemleri ve Denetimi) 
Introduction to fluid power systems. Features of pneumatic and hydraulic systems. Hydraulic pumps and motors. Hydrostatic transmission. Types of valves. Pneumatic circuit components. Hydraulic circuit design. Load sensing. Fluid power servo control. Applications to steering, braking and automatic transmission systems in automobiles. Hydraulic couplings. Torque converters.

AUTO 521 Internal Combustion Engines (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(İçten Yanmalı Motorlar)
Thermodynamic cycle analysis of the gas exchange, compression, expansion and combustion processes with dissociation. Mechanism of combustion. Fuel and additive characteristics. Real cycles. Performance characteristics. Brief analysis of the fuel metering and ignition systems. Exhaust emissions and control systems. Heat transfer, friction and lubrication systems.

AUTO 522 Combustion (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Yanma)
Review of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Governing equations of multi-component chemically reacting flows. Flame phenomena in premixed combustible gases. Detonation. Diffusion flames.

AUTO 523 Emission and Exhaust Control (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Salım ve Dışatım Denetimi)
Automobiles and air pollution. Exhaust systems. Effects of emission on air quality. Sources of auto emission. Evaporative emissions, refuelling losses, exhaust emissions. The combustion process. Perfect combustion, typical engine combustion. Exhaust pollutants. Hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide. Control of emissions. Catalytic converters.

AUTO 524 Engine Design (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Motor Tasarımı)
Combustion in CI and SI engines. Selection of combustion chamber type and shape, intake and exhaust systems. Differences between engine types. Cylinder number, configuration, size and material selection, selection of mixture preparation, firing order. Heat balance. Crank mechanisms. Crankshaft vibration. Electronic fuel management and control.

AUTO 525 Fuel Cells (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Yakıt Hücreleri)
Basic principles and fuel cell types. Efficiency and irreversibility considerations. Hydrogen, proton exchange membrane, alkaline electrolyte fuel cells. Medium- and high-temperature fuel cells. Fuelling and fuel storage. Advantages of the use of fuel cells and applications.

AUTO 526 Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Systems (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Isıtma, Havalandırma ve İklimlendirme Sistemleri)
Psychrometrics and elementary psychrometric processes. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer in external flows. Direct contact transfer devices. Heating and cooling coils, compact heat exchangers. Thermal comfort. Warm water heating systems. Cooling load calculations. Vapor compression refrigeration cycles.

AUTO 531 Microprocessor Applications in AE (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Otomotiv Mühendisliğinde Mikroişlemci Uygulamaları)
Basic elements of microcomputer systems; addressing and interfacing memory and input/output devices; introduction to assembly language and basic programming techniques; counters and time delays, stacks and subroutines; design of small microcomputers, microcontrollers.

AUTO 532 Mechatronics in AE (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Otomotiv Mühendisliğinde Mekatronik)
Introduction to mechatronics. Electric circuits and components. Semiconductor electronics, operational amplifiers, digital circuits. Microcontroller programming and interfacing. Data acquisition. AD/DA conversions, sensors and actuators. Discrete-time systems and the Z-Transform method, sampled-data systems.

AUTO 541 Materials and Manufacturing in AE (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Otomotiv Mühendisliğinde Malzeme ve Üretim)
The product design process. Technological innovation and the design process. Team behavior and problem solving tools. Gathering information. Creativity and inventive problem solving. Materials in the automotive industry. Selection of materials and shapes. Materials processing and design. Interaction of materials. Performance of materials in service. Examples of new materials. Case studies in AE.

AUTO 542 Finite Element Method (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Sonlu Elemanlar Yöntemi)
Basic structural theorems. Analysis of truss bars, beams and frames. 2D (plane stress and plane strain) and 3D solid finite elements. Free vibration. Heat transfer. Plate elements in bending. Contact problems.

AUTO 543 Fatigue and Fracture (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Yorulma ve Kırılma)
Fundamental notions of fracture and fatigue. Mechanisms and models in fatigue;life predictions (load-life, stress-life, strain-life, crack growth); multiaxial fatigue; Linear elastic and elastic plastic fracture mechanics. Fracture based design methodology. Fracture of brittle solids and composites.

AUTO 544 Solid Mechanics (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Katı Mekaniği)
Vectors and tensors. Stress and equilibrium equations. Deformation and strain. Compatibility equations. Material behavior and constitutive equations. Formulation of elasticity problems and governing equations. 2-D problems. Plane strain and plane stress. Airy stress function. Review of mechanics of materials. Failure theories. Topics from advanced mechanics of materials; bending of unsymmetrical beams, curved beams, thick walled cylinders, contact stresses, bending of thin plates, strain energy and energy methods.

AUTO 551 Highway Design (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Yol Tasarımı)
Highway characteristics and dynamics of motion. Design controls and criteria. Highway capacity and traffic volumes. Weaving areas and ramps. Longitudinal and cross-sectional elements of design. Functional design of typical sections. Safety design principles. Design of intersections. Roadside safety. Design of traffic barriers and other safety furniture of highways. Highway design softwares.

AUTO 580-589 Special Topics in Automotive Engineering (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Otomotiv Mühendisliğinde Özel Konular)
Special topics of current interest in automotive engineering selected to suit the individual interests of the students and faculty in the program. Creating opportunities to learn about the most recent advances in automotive engineering.

AUTO 590 Research Project (0+4+0) 0 ECTS 8
(Araştırma Projesi)
Research in the form of a project in the field of automotive engineering, under the joint guidance of a faculty member and a representative from the industry. Presentation of the study in the B.U. thesis and report format.

AUTO 591 Guided Research (1+0+0) 1 ECTS 4
(Danışmanlı Araştırmalar)
Research in the field of Automotive Engineering, supervised by faculty.

AUTO 599 Directed Studies (0+4+0) 0 Pass/Fail ECTS 4
(Yönlendirilmiş Çalışmalar)
Research in the field of Automotive Engineering, supervised by faculty.

AUTO 59A Directed Studies (0+4+0) 0 Pass/Fail ECTS 4
(Yönlendirilmiş Çalışmalar )
Continued research in the field of Automotive Engineering, supervised by faculty.

AUTO 59B Directed Studies (0+4+0) 0 Pass/Fail ECTS 4
(Yönlendirilmiş Çalışmalar ) 
Continued research in the field of Automotive Engineering, supervised by faculty.