Faculty of Engineering & Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203 School of Mechanical Engineering Department of Automobile Engineering Course plan Course code : AE0403 Date : 01 July 2011 Course title : Vehicle Body Engineering and Safety Semester : 7 Academic year / semester : 2011-12 / Odd (July November 2011) Section details: Section Class Details of Faculty member Room no Name Room No. Inter com No. e-mail id Student contact time AUTO-A Mr.S.Siluvaimuthu MEC201 7865 siluvai@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in 12:45PM AUTO-B Mr.E.Jayabalaji MEC206 7865 jayabalaji@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in -1:30PM Direct assessment details: Name of Marks Topics Tentative date Duration assessment Cycle test - I 10 Details of car bodies and vehicle 03-08-2011 100 minutes aerodynamics Surprise test 05 Car, bus and truck bodies Fourth week of 30 45 min August Cycle test - II 10 Details of bus bodies and 14-09-2011 100 minutes commercial vehicles Model 20 Entire Syllabus 31-10-2011 3 hours examination End semester 50 Entire Syllabus 18-11-2011 3 hours examination Attendance 05 N/A
L T P C AE0403 VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING AND SAFETY 3 0 0 3 Prerequisite Nil Student outcomes Program Educational Objectives 1. Apply / 2. Enhance 3. Solve 4. Develop skills to improve their professional industrial, work in teams, think knowledge in practice to social, and intellectually and pursue basic sciences meet the global environment life-long learning. for excelling in standards with al problems various ethical and with modern disciplines of social engineering Mechanical responsibility. tools. Engineering with the emphasis on Design, Thermal and Manufacturing. (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
Course designed by Department of Automobile Engineering 1 Student outcome a b c d e f g h i j K 2 Category GENERA BASIC ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL L SCIENCES SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS TECHNICAL ART 3 Broad area (for professional courses only, i.e under P category) Manufacturi ng Design Thermal Genaral 4 Course Coordinator Mr.S.Siluvaimuthu
PURPOSE AE0403 VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING AND SAFETY To provide knowledge about body building for automobiles. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES At the end of the course, students will be able to know 1. Car body details 2. Vehicle aerodynamics 3. Bus body, Commercial Vehicle details 4. Body material and mechanisms CAR BODY 9 Types: Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine, Estate Van, racing and sports car - Driver's seat, Body Mechanisms - window winding, Door lock, seat adjustment. Driver's visibility and tests for visibility. Minimum space requirements and methods of improving space in cars. Safety - safety design, safety equipments. Car body construction. VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS 9 Objectives -Vehicle drag and types - various types of forces and moments -Effects of forces and moments - Side wind effects -Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag Wind tunnel testing: Flow visualization techniques, Scale model testing, Component balance to measure forces and moments. Simple problems. BUS BODY 9
Types: Mini bus, single and double decker, two level, split level and articulated bus. Bus body layout - Floor height - Engine location - Entrance and exit location - Seating dimensions. Constructional details: Frame construction, Double skin construction -Types of metal section used - Regulations -Conventional and integral type construction. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE 9 Types: Flat platform, drop side, fixed side, tipper body, tanker body. LCV body types: pickup, van. Dimensions of driver's seat in relation to controls and steering angle -Driver cab design. BODY MATERIALS, TRIM AND MECHANISMS 9 Aluminium alloy sheet, extrusion and casting, stainless steels, alloy steels, Metal Matrix Composites. Structural timbers -properties. Designing in GRP and high strength composites, Thermo plastics, Load bearing plastics, semi-rigid PUR foams and sandwich panel construction. Corrosion, Anticorrosion methods. Selection of paint and painting process -Body trim items. TET BOOK 1. Powloski. J., Vehicle Body Engineering, Business Boob Ltd., 1989 REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Giles. J. C., Body construction and design, Iliffe Boob Butterworth & Co., 1971. 2. John Fenton., Vehicle Body layout and analysis, Mechanical Engg Publication Ltd., London, 1982.
3. Braithwaite. J. B., Vehicle Body building and drafting, Heinemann Educational Book-I Ltd., London, 1977. 4. Dieter Anselm, The Passenger Car Body, ISBN Number: 0-7680-0708-9, SAE International, 2000. SESSION PLAN Session No. TITLE/DETAILS OF CHAPTER REFERENCES CAR BODY 1 Types of car body : Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 2 Types of car body : Estate van, Racing and Sports car T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 3 Driver's seat T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 4 Body Mechanisms: Window winding T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 5 Body Mechanisms: Door lock T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 6 Body Mechanisms: Seat adjustment T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 7 Driver's visibility T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 8 Test for visibility T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 9 Minimum space requirement T-1 & R-2 1,2,3,4 10 Methods of improving space in cars R-3 1,2,3 11 Safety : Safety Design R-3 1,2,3 12 Safety : Safety Equipments R-3 1,2,3 13 Car body construction R-3 1,2,3 VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS 14 Objectives T-1 2 15 Vehicle drag T-1 2 16 Various types of forces and moments T-1 2
17 Effect of forces and moments R-1 5,6 18 Side wind effects R-1 5,6 19 Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag R-1 5,6 20 Wind tunnel testing : Flow visualization techniques R-2 5,6 21 Scale model testing R-2 5,6 22 Components balance to measure forces and moments R-2 5,6 23 Simple problems R-3 5,6,7 BUS BODY 24 Types : Mini bus, single and double decker, two level, split level & articulated bus T-1 4,5 25 Bus body layout T-1 4,5 26 Floor height T-1 4,5 27 Engine location T-1 4,5 28 Entrance and Exit location R-1 7 29 Seat dimensions R-1 7 30 Constructional Details : Frame Construction R-2 7 31 Constructional Details : Double skin Construction R-2 7 32 Types of material section used R-2 7 33 Regulations R-2 7 34 Conventional type construction R-2 7 35 Integral type construction R-2 7 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE 36 Types : Flat platform, drop side T-1 8,9 37 Types : fixed side, tipper body, tanker body T-1 8,9 38 LCV body types : pickup, van R-1 9 39 Dimensions of driver's seat in relation to controls and steering angle R-2 10 40 Driver cab design R-2 10 BODY MATERIALS, TRIM AND MECHANISMS 41 Properties - Aluminium alloy sheet, Extrusion, Casting, Stainless steels T-1 10
42 Properties - Alloy steels, Metal matrix composites, Structural timbers T-1 10 43 Designing in GRP T-1 10 44 High strength composites R-6 9,10,11 45 Thermo plastics R-6 9,10,11 46 Load bearing plastics R-6 9,10,11 47 Semi rigid PUR foams R-6 9,10,11 48 Sandwich panel construction R-6 9,10,11 49 Corrosion R-6 9,10,11 50 Anticorrosion methods R-6 9,10,11 51 Selection of paints R-6 9,10,11 52 Painting process R-6 9,10,11 53 Body trim items R-6 9,10,11 TET BOOK 2. Powloski. J., Vehicle Body Engineering, Business Boob Ltd., 1989 REFERENCE BOOKS: 5. Giles. J. C., Body construction and design, Iliffe Boob Butterworth & Co., 1971. 6. John Fenton., Vehicle Body layout and analysis, Mechanical Engg Publication Ltd., London, 1982. 7. Braithwaite. J. B., Vehicle Body building and drafting, Heinemann Educational Book-I Ltd., London, 1977. 8. Dieter Anselm, The Passenger Car Body, ISBN Number: 0-7680-0708-9, SAE International, 2000. Name & Signature Faculty : Section Name Signature AUTO-A Mr.S.Siluvaimuthu AUTO-B Mr.E.Jayabalaji
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