Lectures

During lecture and exercise, the following aspects of motorcycle technology are dealt with:

• economical considerations
  transporting performance, accidents,noise, pollution
• longitudinal dynamics
  power train, driving performance, brakes
• vertical dynamics
  vibration control, comfort
• lateral dynamics
  physical basics of driving dynamics, design aspects of tyre, frame and wheel suspension, driving characteristics, computer simulation, driving tests
• ergonomics
  design of the drivers seat, traffic
• system motorbike
  the motorbike as an alternative city transportation concept
• safety aspects
  accident analysis, primary and secondary safety, driving characteristics

The lecture emphasises the topics safety and driving dynamics, also in comparison to other vehicles.