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AE 403 Vehicle Body Engineering and Safety 3 0 0 3
Prerequisite
Nil
Student outcomes Program Educational Objectives
1. Apply / improve 2. Enhance 3. Solve 4. Develop skills to work
their knowledge in professional industrial, in teams, think
basic sciences for practice to social, and intellectually and pursue
excelling in various meet the global environmental life‐long learning.
disciplines of standards with problems with
Mechanical ethical and modern
Engineering with social engineering
the emphasis on responsibility. tools.
Automotive Engg.,
Design, and their
application.
(a) an ability to apply X
knowledge of mathematics,
science, and engineering
1 Student outcome a b c d e f g h i j K
x x
2 Category GENERAL BASIC SCIENCES ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS
SCIENCES AND
(G) (B) TECHNICAL ART (E) (P)
X
(for professional x
courses only, i.e
‘under P’ category)
4 Course Coordinator Mr. S. Siluvaimuthu
AE0403 – VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING & SAFETY
PURPOSE
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
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
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
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
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.
TEXT 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
LESSON PLAN
14 R2
Objectives
15 R2
Vehicle drag
16 R2
Various types of forces and moments
17 R2
Effect of forces and moments
18 R2
Side wind effects
19 R2
Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag
20 R2
Wind tunnel testing : Flow visualization techniques
21 R2
Scale model testing
22 R2
Components balance to measure forces and moments
23 R2
Simple problems
BUS BODY
24 Types : Mini bus, single and double decker, two level, split R3
level & articulated bus
25 R2
Bus body layout
26 R1
Floor height
27 R3
Engine location
28 R3
Entrance and Exit location
29 R3
Seat dimensions
30 R1
Constructional Details : Frame Construction
31 R1
Constructional Details : Double skin Construction
32 R1
Types of material section used
33 R3
Regulations
34 R1
Conventional type construction
35 R1
Integral type construction
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
36 R3
Types : Flat platform, drop side
37 R3
Types : fixed side, tipper body, tanker body
38 R3
LCV body types : pickup, van
39 Dimensions of driver's seat in relation to controls and T
steering angle
40 T
Driver cab design
BODY MATERIALS, TRIM AND MECHANISMS
HOD/AUTO