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MEE2041 Vehicle Body Engineering

LT P JC
30003
Pre Requisite: MEE1036
L
Module Topics SLO
Hrs
Car Body:
Types Saloon, convertibles, Limousine, Estate Van, racing and sports
1 car – Visibility: regulations, driver’s visibility, tests for visibility – 6 1,2,5,6
Methods of improving visibility and space in cars –Car body
construction.
Bus Body:
Types: Mini bus, single decker, double decker, two level, split level and
2 articulated bus – Bus body lay out – Constructional details: Types of 7 1,2,5,6
metal sections used – Regulations – Conventional and integral type
construction.
Commercial Vehicle Body:
Different types of commercial vehicle bodies – Light commercial
3 vehicle body types – Construction details of flat platform body, Tipper 7 1,2,5,6
body & Tanker body – Dimensions of driver’s seat in relation to
controls – Drivers cab design.
Body Materials and Trims:
Steel sheet, timber, plastics, GRP, properties of materials – Corrosion
4 7 1,2,5,6
– Anticorrosion methods – Selection of paint – Modern painting
process in details – Body trim items – Body mechanisms.
Safety:
5 Safety: safety design, safety equipments for car, bus and commercial 7 1,2,5,6
vehicles.
Vehicle Aerodynamics:
External and Internal flow problems – Performance of cars and light
6 vans – Resistance to vehicle motion – Drag – Types of drag – Flow 7 1,2,5,6
field around car – Aerodynamic development of cars – Optimization
of car bodies for low drag.
Recent Trends
7 4 1,2,5,6
Car Body construction and Safety aspects
Total Lecture Hours
45
# Mode: Flipped Class Room, [Lecture to be videotaped], Use of physical cut
section models to lecture, Visit to Industry, Min of 2 lectures by industry experts
Text Books
1. Dieler Anselm, “The passenger car body”, SAE International, 2000.
Reference Books
1. John Fenton, “Handbook of Vehicle Design Analysis”, SAE International, 1996.
2. Geoffrey Davies,"Materials for Automobile Bodies", Elsevier, 2012
3. Powloski,J., “Vehicle Body Engineering”, Business Books Ltd., 1989.
4. John Fenton, “Vehicle Body layout and analysis”, Mechanical Engg. Publication Ltd.,
London, 1982.

Mode of Evaluation: Digital Assignments / Seminars / Surprise Test / CATs / FAT


Recommended by the Board of Studies on: 03.03.16
Compiled by: Prof. P. Baskar

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