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ME-4534: Land Vehicle Dynamics

Description: Analytical methods for land vehicle dynamics. Mechanics of pneumatic tires on pavement and steel wheels on rails. Vehicle stability, handling, response to random guideway and roadway irregularities, ride quality computation methods and standards, suspension design.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ME-3524

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.38 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 40.32%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.61%

Mehdi Ahmadian202452.3%35.5%9.1%1.3%0.1%1.6%3.386

Grade Distribution Over Time

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