TUM Classification System - Vehicle Engineering

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VER 000Belonging to the Subject; not further Classified

VER 001Vehicle Engineering in General

VER 010Land Vehicles (Except Rail Vehicles)

VER 020Automotive Engineering

VER 200Rail Vehicles

VER 300Ships; Ship-Building; Marine Technology

VER 500Aeronautics; Aviation

VER 600Aircraft Construction; Aviation and Aerospace Industry

VER 700Rocket Engineering and Astronautics

VER 800Astronautics

VER 000: Belonging to the Subject; not further Classified
VER 001: Vehicle Engineering in General

Transport Industry and Transportation in General see BAU 890

Model Making see FEI 250

Military Means of Transportation see WEH 700 ff
- VER 006: Vehicle Engineering in Relation to Other Topics
VER 010: Land Vehicles (Except Rail Vehicles)

Road Traffic (Economic Aspects) see BAU 892
- VER 015: Non-Motorized Vehicles (Bicycles, Sledges, Wheelchairs ...)
VER 020: Automotive Engineering
- VER 021: Automotive Industry
- VER 025: Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Dynamics
  - VER 026: Aerodynamics
  - VER 027: Driving Characteristics; Driving Dynamics
  - VER 028: Motor Vehicle Vibrations and Motor Vehicle Noise
  - VER 029: Other
- VER 030: Motor Vehicle Construction
  - VER 033: Motor Vehicle Frame
  - VER 036: Motor Vehicle Body; Superstructure; Interior Equipment
  - VER 040: Chassis
    - VER 041: Wheels; Tires; Wheel Balancing
    - VER 042: Wheel Suspension
    - VER 043: Wheel Axles
    - VER 044: Steering
    - VER 045: Brakes
  - VER 049: Other
- VER 050: Automotive Propulsion; Motor Vehicle Engines
  
  Specific Types of Engines see MAS 520 ff
  - VER 053: Components (Housing, Cylinders, Gaskets, …)
  - VER 056: Fuel Supply Systems (Carburetor, Fuel Injection, Turbo-Charger, …); Fuel Consumption
  - VER 059: Lubrication
  - VER 062: Cooling System
  - VER 065: Exhaust Pipe; Exhaust Gases; Emission; Catalytic Converter
  - VER 068: Auxiliary Engine Components (Filters, Pumps, ...)
  - VER 071: Clutches; Drive Shafts; Power Train
  - VER 074: Gears; Crank Shafts; Cam Shafts
  - VER 077: Other
- VER 080: Autonomous Motor Vehicles
- VER 085: Motor Vehicle Electrics and Electronics, On-Board Computers
  - VER 086: Ignition
  - VER 087: Batteries
  - VER 088: Lighting; Signal System
  - VER 089: Other
- VER 090: Measuring Instruments (Tachometer, Tachograph, ...)
- VER 093: Air-Conditioning System
- VER 096: Safety Devices
- VER 099: Other
- VER 100: Motor Vehicle Testing
  - VER 103: Motor Testing
  - VER 106: Test Drives ; Driving Simulation
  - VER 109: Crash Tests
  - VER 112: Tire Tests
  - VER 119: Other
- VER 120: Driving Technique (including Motor Vehicle Drivers, Driver’S Behavior, ...); Roadworthiness of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Accidents (Vehicle-Related Aspects)
  
  Traffic Safety and Accidents in General see BAU 823
  
  Driving Characteristics of Motor Vehicles. see VER 027
  
  Safety Devices of Motor Vehicles see VER 096
- VER 130: Vehicle Servicing
  - VER 133: Mechanical Workshops; Filling Station Servicing
  - VER 136: Maintenance; Repair; Diagnostics
  - VER 139: Technical Inspection (Motor Vehicles)
    
    TÜV (Technical Supervisory Association) in General see TEC 750
- VER 150: Motor Vehicles
  - VER 155: Motorcycles
    - VER 157: Motorbike; Motor Scooter
    - VER 159: Moped; Motorized Bicycle; Low-Powered Motorbike
  - VER 160: Motorcars
    - VER 163: Automobile; Sports Car / Roadster
  - VER 166: Bus
  - VER 169: Trucks; Commercial Vehicles; All-Terrain Vehicles
  - VER 172: Traction Vehicles (Semi-Trailer Trucks / Articulated Lorries, Agricultural Tractor, ...)
    
    Agricultural Machines see LAN 700
  - VER 175: Motor Homes; Caravans
  - VER 177: Other
  - VER 178: Electric Cars; Hybrid Cars
  - VER 181: Track Vehicles; Caterpillars
    
    (Army) Tanks see WEH 710
  - VER 184: Amphibious Vehicles
- VER 190: Other Motor Vehicles
- VER 195: Others on Automotive Engineering Topics
VER 200: Rail Vehicles

Railways in general (technical and economic aspects) see BAU 751

Railway Systems >>> Rail Traffic (Economic Aspects) see BAU 891
- VER 205: Driving Mechanics; Railway Vehicle / Driving Dynamics
  - VER 207: Wheel-Rail Systems / Wheel-Track Systems
- VER 210: Details of Construction
  - VER 213: Running Gear (Axles, Wheels, Bearings, ...)
  - VER 216: Couplings; Buffers
  - VER 219: Suspension
  - VER 222: Braking Systems; Safety Installations
  - VER 225: Vehicle Vibrations and Carriage Noise
  - VER 227: Train Illumination; Electric Equipment
  - VER 239: Other
- VER 240: Traction Units (Locomotives and Railcars)
  - VER 243: Steam Engines / Locomotives
  - VER 246: Electric Locomotives; Electric Railcars (including High-Speed Railway Systems Trains, Ice/Intercity-Express, ...)
  - VER 249: Combustion Engine Units
    - VER 251: Diesel Engines / Locomotives; Diesel-Driven Railcars
    - VER 253: Gas Turbine Locomotives
  - VER 255: Other
- VER 260: Railway Wagons; Railway Coach Construction
  - VER 263: Passenger Coaches
  - VER 266: Freight Cars
- VER 270: Vehicles for Special Types of Locomotion
  - VER 272: Monorail; Magnetic Levitation Trains (Maglev); Hovertrain; Hyperloop
  - VER 274: Rack Railway
  - VER 276: Cable Cars / Funicular Railway
  - VER 278: Other
- VER 280: Special Purpose Vehicles
  - VER 283: Short-Distance Trains
    - VER 285: Tramway
    - VER 287: Underground Trains; Suburban Trains
  - VER 289: Branch Lines (Plant Railways, Mining Railways, …)
- VER 290: Other Rail / Track Vehicles
- VER 295: Railway Station Operations (Shunting); Railway Workshops
VER 300: Ships; Ship-Building; Marine Technology
- VER 310: Marine Technology; Ocean Engineering
  - VER 315: Offshore Technology
- VER 320: Ship-Building
  - VER 325: Ship Theory; Seaworthiness
    - VER 327: Stability
    - VER 329: Rowing; Steering / Navigating
  - VER 330: Ship Stability; Shipbuilding Mechanics / Naval Engineering
  - VER 335: Ship Safety; Surface Protection of Ships
  - VER 340: Parts of the Hull
  - VER 345: Ship’S Operating Technology
  - VER 350: Ship Engineering; Ship Propulsion Systems
    - VER 353: Ship Steam Engines; Ship Steam Generators / Boilers
    - VER 356: Ship Steam Turbines
    - VER 359: Ship Gas Turbines
    - VER 362: Ship Engines; Ship Propellers
    - VER 365: Auxiliary Ship's Engines (Power Units, Thrusters ...)
    - VER 368: Other
  - VER 370: Ship Electrics and Electronics
  - VER 380: Ship Equipment; Ship's Air-Conditioning Technology
    
    Marine >>> Maritime Medicine see MED 661
- VER 400: Specific Types of Ships
- VER 405: Types of Ships According to Construction Materials (Wooden Ships, Concrete Ships, ...)
- VER 410: Types of Ships According to Methods of Propulsion
  
  Types of Propulsion / Drive see VER 350 ff
  - VER 413: Boats; Sailing Ships
  - VER 416: Steamboats; Steamships
  - VER 419: Motorships; Motorboats
  - VER 422: Ships with Nuclear Propulsion
  - VER 428: Other
- VER 430: Hydrofoils; Hydroplanes
  
  Hovercrafts see VER 568
- VER 435: Underwater Technology; Submarines; Diving Technology
- VER 440: Ships According to Type of Waterway
  - VER 443: Ships for Inland Waterways
  - VER 446: Ocean-Going Ships
- VER 450: Specialized Ships / Vessel Types
  - VER 453: Ferries; (Car) Ferries
  - VER 456: Container Ships / Vessels; Cargo Ships / Boats
  - VER 459: Tankers / Tankships
  - VER 462: Fishing Vessels
  - VER 465: Tug / Towboats; Ice-Breakers
  - VER 468: Other
- VER 470: Shipbuilding Enterprises; Shipyards
- VER 475: Ship Handling; Shipping Technology
  - VER 476: Ship Navigation
  - VER 477: Transmission of Messages / Signals
  - VER 478: Sea Rescue; Waterway Traffic Safety
- VER 480: Shipping (Technical Aspects)
  
  Shipping / Navigation in General (especially Economic Aspects) see BAU 893
  
  Navy see WEH 900 ff
  - VER 484: Inland Shipping
  - VER 488: Coastal Shipping; Deep-Sea Shipping
- VER 492: Harbour Operations (Technical Aspects)
  
  Port / Harbour Construction see BAU 570
- VER 495: Others on Ships; Ship-Building; Marine Technology
VER 500: Aeronautics; Aviation
- VER 505: Aeronautical Aerodynamics
  
  Aerodynamics, Compressible Flow see MTA 390 ff
  - VER 512: Subsonic Flight
  - VER 514: Transsonic Flight
  - VER 516: Supersonic Flight; Hypersonic Flight
  - VER 518: Other
  - VER 520: Airfoils, Wings, Fuselage and their Aerodynamics
    
    Flow around Profiles see MTA 420
  - VER 525: Aerodynamics of Air-Screws
  - VER 528: Inboard Aerodynamics
- VER 530: Flight Mechanics; Flight Dynamics
  - VER 533: Flight Path
  - VER 536: Flight Performance; Flight Attitudes; Flight Characteristics
  - VER 539: Stability and Steering; Control
- VER 540: Flight Simulation; Flight Testing; Airworthiness
- VER 550: Flying Vehicles
  
  (Hang-) Gliders see SPO 142
  
  Parachutes see SPO 143
  - VER 553: Balloons; Airships
  - VER 560: Aircraft
    - VER 562: Rotary-Wing Aircraft (Helicopters, Gyrocopters, ...)
    - VER 564: Fixed-Wing Aircraft
    - VER 565: Gliders; Motor Gliders
    - VER 566: Motorized Aircraft
      - VER 567: Waterplanes; Flying Boats; Floatplanes
      - VER 568: Hovercrafts
        
        Air Cushion Trains see VER 272
      - VER 570: Ground-Landing Planes
        
        VER 572: Propeller Aircraft
        
        VER 574: Jet Aircraft
      - VER 579: Other Motorized Aircraft
  - VER 580: Jet-Powered Aircraft
    - VER 582: Rocket Planes
  - VER 590: Vtol (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Aircraft, STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) Aircraft
  - VER 593: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Drones
  - VER 599: Other
VER 600: Aircraft Construction; Aviation and Aerospace Industry

Lightweight Construction ( Vehicle Construction) in General see MTA 170 ff
- VER 605: Airfoils
- VER 610: Empennage and Control Device
- VER 615: Fuselage
- VER 620: Undercarriage
- VER 625: Installations and Equipment; Avionics
- VER 630: Aircraft Engines
  
  Fuels see CIT 620 ff
  - VER 632: Piston Engines
  - VER 634: Compound Engines
  - VER 636: Turbine and Jet Engines; Air-Breathing Engines
  - VER 639: Other
- VER 650: Aircraft Piloting; Cockpit Technology
  - VER 653: Taking-Off and Landing
- VER 660: Aircraft Operation; Operational Safety
- VER 670: Flight Navigation
- VER 680: Air Traffic Control; Flight Safety (Night Flight, Instrument Landing, ...)
- VER 685: Aviation Meteorology
- VER 690: Air Traffic (Technical Aspects); Technical Airport Operations
  
  Airport Buildings see ARC 536
- VER 699: Others on Aviation and Aeronautics
VER 700: Rocket Engineering and Astronautics

Aerospace Industry see VER 600
- VER 720: Rockets According to Type of Propulsion; Rocket Engines
  
  Rocket Fuels. see CIT 640
  - VER 723: Jet Propulsion
    
    Jet Engines in General see MAS 590
    - VER 726: Chemical Propulsion Rockets; Chemical Propulsion Engines
    - VER 729: Nuclear Propulsion Rockets
    - VER 732: Electric Propulsion Rockets; Solar (Cell) Powered Propulsion; Plasma Propulsion
    - VER 735: Ion Propulsion; Photon Propulsion
    - VER 738: Other
  - VER 760: Aerodynamics of Rockets and Spacecraft
    - VER 765: Re-Entry; Heat Shield
  - VER 770: Flight Mechanics; Ballistics
  - VER 780: Steering; Navigation; Stabilization
  - VER 790: Instrumentation
  - VER 799: Other
VER 800: Astronautics
- VER 810: Basic Principles; Aerospace Physics
- VER 820: Aerospace Engineering in General; Spacecraft (Construction and Function)
  - VER 823: Energy Supply
  - VER 826: Electronics
  - VER 829: Propulsion Devices and their Control
  - VER 832: Spacecraft Protection (against Meteorites, Solar Radiation, ...)
  - VER 835: Other
- VER 840: Spacecraft Conducting; Spacecraft in Operation
  - VER 843: Stability and Steering; Satellite Dynamics; Navigation
  - VER 846: Space Rendezvous Technology
  - VER 849: Other
- VER 860: Human Space Flight (Space Station, Space Transporter, Space Shuttle, Space Laboratory, ...)
- VER 870: Space Flight According to Destinations
  - VER 873: Earth Satellites (including Unmanned Space Flight in General); Remote Sensing in General
    
    Remote Sensing in Photogrammetry see BAU 967
    
    Remote Sensing in Geology see GEO 302
  - VER 876: Flight to the Moon
  - VER 879: Flight to the Sun and to Solar Planets
- VER 890: Applications of Space Flight in General; Space Exploration (Microgravitation)
  
  Space Exploration / Microgravitation in Materials Science see WER 060
- VER 900: Ground Station and Mission Control of Rocket Technology and Space Flight
  - VER 905: Launching Sites
  - VER 915: Authorities and Institutions
  - VER 925: Other
- VER 950: Utopian and Extraterrestrial Spacecraft (UFO, Flying Saucers, ...)
- VER 990: Others on Astronautics