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Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Systems

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Systems
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Automotive Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2011
Module code: FT08
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P242-0056, P242-0057
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
3V+1U (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 2
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam 100 min.

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

FT08 (P242-0056, P242-0057) Automotive Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2011 , semester 2, mandatory course
FT08 (P242-0056, P242-0057) Automotive Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2015 , semester 2, mandatory course
FT08 (P242-0056, P242-0057) Automotive Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.04.2016 , semester 2, mandatory course
FT08 (P242-0056, P242-0057) Automotive Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 2, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
FT20 Electric Vehicle Drive Systems
FT24
FT25
FT27 Vehicle Testing
FT54 Basics of Brake Technology


[updated 14.02.2025]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Groh
Lecturer:
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Kretschmar


[updated 16.12.2013]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- work confidently with the basic electrotechnical variables and describe resistors, capacitors, coils, diodes, transistors as well as their function and exemplary application.
- apply different model descriptions of electrical components and networks in a problem-adapted way and thus, be able to perform simple calculations by themselves.
- analyze and calculate simple problems in electromagnetic fields and applications of the law of induction.
- name, correctly apply and interpret basic electrical and electronic equations.
- recognize and explain the interaction between electrical and magnetic circuits.
- name an application of the theory in a vehicle and explain it.


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Module content:
Basics
Physical quantity and measurement systems, SI units
 
Direct current:
Electrical charge, current, source, voltage, electrical circuit; ohmic resistance: Temperature behavior, designs, standard series, interconnections, Kirchhoff´s mesh and point rule, current and voltage divider
 
Electric field:
Variables: Field strength, displacement density, fundamental laws; field calculation: Point, line, surface charge, superposition; potential, voltage, boundary layer behavior; capacitors; dielectric layers
 
Magnetic field:
Variables, fundamental laws, boundary-layer behavior; field calculation; Faraday´s law of induction, applications; self inductance, energy, moving charges; transformer, RL circuit, switching operations
 
Alternating/three-phase current theory:
Periodic function, characteristics of the sinusoidal alternating quantity, mathematical; operations, basic bipoles R, L, C, power, pointer calculation, complex calculation, circuit calculation with image function: complex resistance, network calculation, symmetrical 3-phase system, low and high pass
 
Exercises:
Sample calculations on the above topics

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Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture and tutorials

[updated 30.09.2020]
Recommended or required reading:
- Gerd Hagmann: Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, 16., durchges. u. korr. Aufl., AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89104-779-8
- Gerd Hagmann: Aufgabensammlung zu Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, 16., durchges. u. korr. Aufl., AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, 2013, 978-3-89104-771-2
- Georg Bosse: Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, Band I _ IV, VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1996, ISBN 3-18-401573-4, ISBN 3-18-401547-5, 3-18-401574-2, 3-18-401575-0


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