VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING AND SAFETY (10AU72)

PART - A
UNIT - 1 INTRODUCTION: Classification of coachwork type: styling forms, coach and bus
body style, layout of cars, buses and coach with different seating and loading capacity,
commercial vehicle types, Vans and Pickups. Terms used in body building construction, Angle of
approach, Angle of departure, round clearance, Cross bearers, !loor longitudes, posts, seat rail,
waist rail, cant rail, "oof stick, "oof longitude, "ub rail, skirt rail, truss panel, wheel arch
structure, wheel arch, post diagonals, gussets 8 Hou!
UNIT - 2 VEHICLE BODY "ATERIALS: Aluminium alloys, #teel, alloy steels, plastics,
$etal matri% composites, structural timbers & properties, glass reinforced plastics and high
strength composites, thermoplastics, A'# and styrenes, load bearing plastics, semi rigid P("
foams and sandwich panel construction. Paints adhesives and their properties, corrosion and their
prevention. # Hou!
UNIT - $ AERODYNA"ICS: 'asics, Vehicle drag and types, Various types of forces and
moments, effects of forces and moments, various body optimi)ation techni*ues for minimum
drag, Principle of wind tunnel technology, flow visuali)ation techni*ues, tests with scale models,
aerodynamic study for heavy vehicles 7 Hou!
UNIT - % LOAD DISTRIBUTION: Type of body structures, Vehicle body stress analysis,
vehicle weight distribution, Calculation of loading for static loading, symmetrical, longitudinal
loads, side loads, stress analysis of bus body structure under bending and torsion. # Hou!
PART - B
UNIT - & INTERIOR ERGONO"ICS: +ntroduction, #eating dimensions, +nterior ergonomics,
ergonomics system design, seat comfort, suspension seats, split frame seating, back passion
reducers, dash board instruments, electronic displays, commercial vehicle cabin ergonomics,
mechanical package layout, goods vehicle layout. Visibility, regulations, drivers visibility,
methods of improving visibility, ,indow winding and seat ad-ustment mechanisms. # Hou!
UNIT - # VEHICLE STABILITY: +ntroduction, .ongitudinal, lateral stability, vehicle on a
curvilinear path, critical speed for toppling and skidding. /ffect of operating factors on lateral
stability, steering geometry and stabili)ation of steerable wheels, mass distribution and engine
location on stability. 7 Hou!
UNIT - 7 NOISE AND VIBRATION: 0oise characteristics, #ources of noise, noise level
measurement techni*ues, 'ody structural vibrations, chassis bearing vibration, designing against
fatigue, methods of noise suppression. # Hou!
UNIT - 8 SAFETY: +mpact protection basics, Physics of impact between deformable bodies,
1esign for crash worthiness, occupant and cargo restraint, passive restraint systems, side impact
analysis, bumper system, energy absorbent foams, laws of mechanisms applied to safety. #
Hou!
TE'T BOO(S:
2. #ydney ! page, 3'ody /ngineering45 Chapman 6 7all .td, .ondon, 289:
;. 3iles < Pawlowski4, Vehicle body engineering 'usiness books limited 28=8
>. <ohn !enton, 3Vehicle body layout and analysis4, $echanical /ngg. Publication ltd, .ondon)
REFERENCE BOO(S:
2. 7and book on vehicle body design ? #A/ publication
;. Automotive chassis by P.$. 7eldt, Chilton 6 Co, 28@A
>. Vehicle #afety ;AA;, Cornwell press, Townbridge, (B, +#'0 2>9: &2CC=.
C. "edesign of bus bodies ? part + 6 part ++ ? C+"T pune D"eportE, 28=>
9. /d ,.7. 7ucho, Aerodynamics of "oad Vehicles, Cth /dition, 'utter worth5s 28=@
:. #cibor&"ylski A.<, "oad Vehicle Aerodynamics, Pentech press, .ondon ;nd /dition 28=C
@. "ae ,.7 6 Pope A, .ow #peed ,ind Tunnel Testing ,iley 6 #ons, (#A 28=C out of print
=. 0oel ,. $urray, 3when it comes to the Crunch: The $echanics of the Car Collisions4 D'ody
work maintenance and repairE by Paul and 'rowne
AUTO"OTIVE AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL (10AU7%)
PART-A
UNIT-1 L*+! *,- ./u0*12o,!:
7istorical background, regulatory test procedure D/uropean cyclesE, /%haust gas pollutants
D/uropean rail road limitsE, particulate pollutants, /uropean statutory values, inspection of
vehicle in circulation Dinfluence of actual traffic conditions and influence of vehicle
maintenanceE % 3!
UNIT-2 ".43*,2!5 o6 7o00u1*,1 6o5*12o, 2, E,/2,.!
+0T"F1(CT+F0: 0+T"F/0 FG+1/#, formation of nitrogen o%ides, kinetics of 0F
formation, formation of 0F;, and 0F formation in spark ignition engines, 0F% formation, in
compression ignition engines
CF"'F0$F0FG+1/
UNBURNED HYDROCARBON E"ISSIONS
'ack ground, flame *uenching and o%idation fundamentals, 7C emissions from spark ignition
engines, 7C emission mechanisms in diesel engines
PARTICULATE E"ISSIONS
#park ignition engine particulates, characteristics of diesel particulates, soot formation
fundamentals, soot o%idation. Crankcase emissions, piston ring blow by, evaporative emissions
2A hrs
UNIT-$ Po00u12o, 4o,1o0 1.43,28u.!:
Pollution control measures inside #+ /ngines 6 lean burn strategies, measures in engines to
control 1iesel /missions
Pollution control in #+ 6 C+ /ngines, 1esign changes, optimi)ation of operating factors and
/%haust gas recirculation, fuel additives to reduce smoke 6 particulates "oad draught crankcase
ventilation system, positive crankcase ventilation system, fuel evaporation control 8 3!
UNIT-% I,60u.,4. o6 Fu.0 Po7.12.!
/ffect of petrol, 1iesel !uel, Alternative !uels and lubricants on emissions & 3!
PART -B
UNIT-& Po!1 4o59u!12o, T.*15.,1!
Available options, physical conditions 6 e%haust gas compositions before treatment, Catalytic
mechanism, Thermal "eactions, +nstallation of catalyst in e%haust lines, catalyst poisoning,
catalyst light&off, 0F% treatment in 1iesel /ngines, particulate traps, 1iesel Trap o%idi)er. 8 3!
UNIT-# E66.41 o6 *2 7o00u12o,
/ffect of air pollution on 7uman 7ealth, /ffect of air pollution on animals, /ffect of air pollution
on plants % 3!
UNIT-7 S*5702,/ 7o4.-u.!
Co59u!12o, /*! !*5702,/: 4o,12,uou! 4o59u!12o,: 4o59u!12o, 2, * 4;02,-.
P*124u0*1. !*5702,/: #oot particles in Cylinder, #oot particles in Cylinder Tube, #ampling
$ethods &sedimentations, and filtration, and impinge methods& electrostatic precipitation thermal
precipitation, centrifugal methods, Determination of mass concentration, analytical methods&
volumetric&gravimetric&calorimetric methods etc.
UNIT-8 I,!1u5.,1*12o, 6o 7o00u12o, 5.*!u.5.,1!
01+" analy)ers, as chromatograph, Thermal conductivity and flame ioni)ation detectors,
Analy)ers for 0F%, Frsat apparatus, #moke measurement, comparison method, obscuration
method, ringelmann chart, Continuous filter type smoke meter, 'osch smoke meter, 7art ridge
smoke meter < 3!
TE'T BOO(S:
2. Automobiles and pollution & Paul degobert D#A/E
;. +nternal combustion engine fundamentals ? -ohn '. 7eywood
"/!/"A0C/ 'FFB#H
2. Air pollution ? $.0. "ao, and 7. V. "ao
;. +nternal combustion engines: V. anesan
>. Crouse ,illiam, Automotive /mission Control, regg 1ivision I$craw&7ill. 28=A
C. /rnest, #., #tarkman, Combustion enerated Air Pollutions, Plenum Press, 28=A.
9. eorge, #pringer and 1onald <.Patterson, /ngine emissions, Pollutant !ormation and
$easurement, Plenum press, 28@;.
:. Fbert, /.!., +nternal Combustion /ngines and Air Pollution, +nte%t /ducational Publishers,
28=A.