SYLLABUS

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
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Total contact hours - 45
3
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3
AE1201
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
To impart knowledge to students in about an overall understanding of Automobile
Engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To understand,
1. Classification and layouts of different vehicles
2. Different types of Engines in use
3. Different types of clutch, gear box and transmission used
4.

Different types of brakes, drivelines and wheels and tyres

UNIT I - VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION AND LAYOUTS

(9 hours)
Study various vehicle layouts as front engine & front wheel drive, front engine &
rear wheel drive, rear engine & rear wheel drive. Classification based on controls
positioning. Types of Chassis frames & construction of Chassis frame and
vehicular Body
UNIT II - ENGINE TYPES (BASED ON FUEL USED)
Gasoline, Diesel, LPG, CNG, Bio-Diesel (Basic study)

(9 hours)

UNIT III - CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION AND BRAKES

(9 hours)
Functions and type of clutches, single plate, multiple plates, centrifugal. Vehicle
motion, resistances during motion, accelerated and constant velocity motions,
tractive force, gradeabilty, power required and engine characteristics, gear ratio
requirement. Manual Gear Boxes - Sliding mesh, constant mesh, synchromesh,
epicyclical gear boxes, gear ratios, Automatic transmission. Service Brakes Function, Internal expanding brakes, shoes and lining material, properties,
hydraulic braking system, brake oil, bleeding of brakes, pneumatic braking system
and vacuum brakes. Auxiliary Brakes - Exhaust brakes, parking brake.
UNIT IV - STEERING, FRONT AXLE AND SUSPENSION
(9 hours)
Steering requirements, steering gears box types, steering system and linkages,
steering geometry, wheel alignment, toe-in, toe-out, caster, camber, power
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steering. Purpose of front and rear suspension, types of suspension system, coil
spring, leaf spring, torsion bars, shock absorbers, air suspensions, independent
suspension and McPherson strut .
UNIT V - DRIVE LINE, REAR AXLES AND WHEELS AND TYRES
(9 hours)
Propellers shaft, final drive types, Bevel, hypoid, Drive axles & differential, fully or
semi-floating and three quarter floating, dead axle. Types of wheel, rims, tread
patterns of tyre, tubeless tyres, specifications of tyres.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Dr. Kirpal Singh, Automobile Engineering (Volume 1&2), 12th Edition,
Standard Publishers Distributors, 2011.
2. Rajput.R.K, A Text Book of Automobile Engineering, Laxmi Publications (P)
Ltd, 2007.
3. Kamaraju Ramakrishna, Automobile Engineering, Printice Hall of India,
2012
4. Donald L Anglin, William H Crouse, Automotive Mechanics 10 Edition,
TATA McGraw Hill Education, 2006

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Course Designed by
Department of Automobile Engineering
Student Outcome
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Mapping of instructional 1-4
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objectives with student
outcome
Category
General(G)
Basic
Engineering Sciences and Professional
Sciences(B)
Technical Art (E)
Subjects (P)
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Approval
23 meeting of Academic Council, May 2013

ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES

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Total contact hours - 45
3
0
0
3
AE1202
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
This course introduces the fundamental concepts, principles, analysis and design
of hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To understand working of different configurations of electric vehicles, and
its components, hybrid vehicle configuration and performance analysis.
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