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LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5506ICBTAE-APR-PAR
5506ICBTAE-JAN-PAR
5506ICBTAE-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
This unit will provide learners with the value management of automotive design and development process, economics of manufacture, virtual methods of testing and manufacture and economies of scale leading towards make or buy designs of components. In addition, the units also emphasize the running costs of automobiles including the fuel and maintenance which leads towards the concept of optimization. Finally the unit addresses the disposal costs and a total analysis of life cycle costing.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify different costs associated with design, development, manufacture, use, maintenance and disposal of vehicles.
2.
Discuss historical milestones and innovations in the automotive industry in terms of reduction on cost of manufacture and economics of usage and explain the importance of cost optimisation in automobiles in manufacture.
3.
Explain the value chain of automobiles and carry out the life cycle cost analysis.
4.
Illustrate the different approaches in vehicle maintenance and the effect of maintenance on economics of vehicles and carry out a basic survey on vehicle economics and cost studies.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Economics of design and development of vehicles
Feasibility of design manufacture, design for manufacture, design and manufacture of parts, assembly techniques and costs associated with manufacture and assembly, economies of scale, cost of dies, breakeven, make or buy decision of parts, reciprocal arrangements in automobile manufacture
History of economics of manufacture or cars, evolution of technology and cost of technology
Materials selection for automotive manufacture, use of cost effective and durable materials, economics of materials processing technologies
Virtual manufacture, introduction to FEA and other computational applications to reduce cost of manufacture and testing
Energy cost, enhancing fuel economy, cost of maintenance, and drawbacks of breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, planned or scheduled maintenance, condition based monitoring, overall economics of usage and optimisation of cost effectiveness.
Life cycle analysis of automobiles, disposal costs, costs on environment in usage and disposals of automobiles