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Urban Mobility Vehicles Laboratory (G214)

Laboratory for urban mobility vehicles (G214)

The laboratory for vehicles of urban mobility takes the university's orientation in the field of mobility into account proportionately. Students of different courses of study have the opportunity here to analyse single and multi-track small vehicles, which are ideally suited for use in urban areas, and to pursue scientific questions experimentally and to deepen their knowledge of the subject matter in a practical way.

Goals and idea

The desire for individual mobility reaches its limits, especially when conventional vehicles are used in conurbations, with regard to the necessary traffic space and the emission values to be observed. For these reasons, it is necessary to develop sustainable city vehicles.
In the laboratory for urban mobility vehicles, a roller test bench in the low power range is available for this purpose, on which very small vehicles with different drive systems (combustion engine, electric motor, hybrid drive) can be examined metrologically. The measurement results can be further processed on the existing PC workstations and vehicle and engine simulations can also be performed.
In the further expansion of the laboratory, it is necessary to procure measuring technology that will enable even more precise statements to be made about emissions and drive efficiency.

  1. Thermal test bench

  2. Laboratory G214

  3. Mobile roller test bench

Laboratory equipment and activities

Equipment and function

  • Single-axle chassis dynamometer for single and multi-track vehicles in the power range up to 5 kW
  • Blow test bench for determining flow coefficients, especially for inlet and outlet ducts of internal-combustion engines
  • Pressure measurement technology for thermodynamic analysis of heat engines
  • Gas analysis to determine the oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) concentrations in exhaust gases
  • Thermal test stand for investigations on combustion chambers of small gas turbines
  • Test bench control with LABVIEW software, charge exchange calculation using GT-Power

Courses

  • Study projects
  • Theses
  • Practical courses

Laboratory management and team

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