This module describes the skills, knowledge and attitude required to apply vehicle dynamics. This module is intended to students pursuing diploma in automotive technology. At the end of this module, the students will be able to identify kinetic motion, perform balancing of rotating and reciprocating parts, perform tire mechanics and describe suspension and steering systems.

Purpose statement  

This module describes the knowledge, skills and attitude required to perform protection and painting of vehicle panel. It is very core to every automobile technologist to identify, protect and paint vehicle panel.

Whether your vehicle is front-wheel drive (FWD), rear-wheel drive (RWD), four-wheel drive (4WD), or all wheel drive (AWD), power must be delivered to at least one pair of left and right wheels so the vehicle can move. This is made possible by the differential. The differential is the component that distributes power from the vehicle’s transmission, while allowing the wheels to be powered and to rotate at different speeds. A differential is so named because two wheels on a drive axle need to be able to both receive power, and also turn at different rates of speed. The differential basically allows each wheel to spin freely of the other, while still providing power to both. If one wheel is spinning slower when turning, the differential mechanism will keep driving the other wheel without any jerking, binding, or skidding. If a vehicle did not have a differential, the driving wheels would be locked together and forced to spin at the same speed, making turning difficult, and increasing the chance of losing control of the vehicle. The absence of a differential would also be hard on the vehicle drivetrain because one tire would have to grab and slip on the road surface to maintain the same speed as the other. This force would transmit through the axle from one wheel to the other and place a huge strain on the axle components as well as the tires.

General introduction

This module is designed for students pursuing in Advanced Diploma in mechanical engineering because it describes the essential knowledge and skills needed by every mechanical technician and engineers to identify 

describe 

service vehicle driveline system components.

The Module aims at providing the student with knowledge and understanding of the construction and operating principles of Wheel alignment, Wheel balancing, Steering, Suspension, and Braking systems. It also aims at imparting practical skills to enable student to carryout Wheel alignment diagnosis and performing adjustment, Steering system diagnosis and repair, Suspension System diagnosis and repair and Brake System diagnosis and repair.

MODULE DESCRIPTION

The Module aims at providing the student with knowledge and understanding of the construction and operating principles of chassis and their systems.

Inteego rusange z’isomo:

Nyuma y’iri somo, umunyeshuri warikurikiye neza azaba abasha:

1. Gusobanura neza ingeri y’ubuvanganzo bwo muri rubanda, kuyitandukanya n’izindi ngeri z’ubwisizi nyarwanda mu miterere no mu njyabihe.

2. Gusobanuza ingero udushami tugize iyi ngeri no kwerekana ikeshamvugo rigaragaramo.

3. Kugira icyo ahimba agendeye ku mugendo n’injyana bigaragara muri iyi ngeri.

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• To provide students to understand generalities of research methodology;
•  To provide an overview of research procedures, forms of evaluation and various types of techniques used for research data collection.
• To equip the student with the basic knowledge on data collection and analysis
• To provide to the student the basic knowledge on dissertation writing
• To provide to the student the basic knowledge on presentation of scientific work