Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Forces and torques in the tire contact area and their equations of motion
2	Longitudinal tire force and longitudinal slip
3	Driving resistances: rolling, gradient, drag, acceleration.
4	Alternative power units
5	Couplings: friction (clutches), fluid coupling, electromagnetic.
6	Torque converters: mechanical (gearboxes), hydrokinetic.
7	Driving performance curves, comparison of the power supplies
8	Speed performance, gradient performance
9	Acceleration performance
10	Gear ratio optimization
11	Constant efficiency fuel consumption
12	Variable efficiency fuel consumption
13	Friction limits
14	Multi-axle propulsion systems