Sunday, August 26, 2012

Design of Cylinder Cover in Screw Thread Notes

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Bolted Joint In Tension Notes





Friday, August 24, 2012

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1 ME



Subject: - Me-305 Automobile Engineering         Branch: - Mechanical Engineering
Semester/Year: - 5th / 3rd                                      


1.     Draw general layout and type of automotive vehicle. 
2.     Explain various positions of engine in a vehicle. 
3.     Explain vehicle performance curve. 
4.     Explain pollution due to emission. 
5.     Explain exhaust emission control systems.

        Submit on 03.09.2012 Monday

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Chapter 2 Selection of Materials [Automotive Design]

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

AUTOMOBILE ENGG. 3RD SEM SYLLABUS AUTOMOTIVE CHASIS & COMPONENTS


AE –203 AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS AND COMPONENTS

Internal Marks: 40                            L T P
External Marks: 60                           3 0 0
Total Marks: 100
Introduction
Types of chassis layout with reference to power plant locations and drive, Vehicle frames. Load acting on vehicle frame due to different systems.
Front Axle & Steering System
Types of front axles. Constructional details. Materials. Front wheel geometry viz. Castor, Camber, King pin inclination, Toe. Wheel Alignment. Cornering force and Side thrust. Steering geometry. Ackerman and Davis steering system. Different types of steering gear boxes. Steering linkages and their layouts. Power and power assisted steering. Steering of crawler tractors. Multi axle steering systems.
Driveline and Differential
Effects of driving thrust and torque reactions. Hotch kiss drive, torque tube drive and radius rods. Transverse rods. Propeller shaft. Universal joints. Constant velocity universal joints. Drive Shaft. Front wheel drive. Different types of final drives. Spiral bevel gear and hypoid gear final drives. Double reduction and twin speed final drives. Differential principles. Constructional details of a differential gear unit. Non-slip and Limited slip differential. Differential locks - Differential housings. Comparison of front wheel, rear wheel and all wheel drive arrangement.
Drive axles
Construction of rear axles. Types of loads acting on rear axles. Fully floating, three quarter floating, and semi floating rear axles. Rear axle housing. Construction of different types of axle housing, multi axled vehicles. Construction details of multi drive axle vehicles. Dead axles.
Suspension system
Need of suspension system, Types of suspension, Suspension springs, Constructional details and characteristics of leaf, coil and torsion bar springs, Independent suspension, Types: Mc Pherson strut, Double wishbone, Five link type, etc, Rubber suspension, Pneumatic suspension, Shock absorbers.
Wheels and Tyres
Types of wheels – wire spoke, disc – solid and split type, alloy type, offset, onset & zero set, denomination of rim. Tyres - construction, structure, denomination and function of tyres, types of tyres, comparison of radial and bias ply tyres. Tubes – construction and types, Tubeless tyres. Tyre inflation, effects of tyre pressure on tyre performance. Tyre wears patterns and their causes. Wheel Balancing – need, procedure.
Braking system
Weight transfer during braking and stopping distances. Classification of brakes - drum brakes and disc brakes. Constructional details. Theory of braking. Brake split and proportioning. Mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic brakes - Servo brake, power and power-assisted brakes - Different types of brake retarders like eddy current and hydraulic retarder. Skidding of wheels on braking and remedies - Anti lock braking systems.

Text Books:
1. Automobile Engineering Vol-1 by Kirpal Singh.

References:
1. Giles.J.G., “Steering, Suspension and tyres ", Iliffe Book Co., London.
2. Crouse W.H., “Automotive Chassis and Body ", McGraw Hill. Newyork
3. Heldt P.M., “Automotive chassis ", Chilton Co., New York                  


AE-211 AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS LAB

List of Experiments

1. Study of layout of a chassis and its different components, of a vehicle.
2. Trouble shooting in different types of steering systems - mechanical and power and various steering linkages.
3. Measurement of steering geometry angles – Wheel Alignment.
4. Study of impact of steering geometry angles on vehicle
5. Study of different types of wheels (rims) and tyres and their defects
6. Conducting Wheel balancing of a given wheel assy.
7. Trouble shooting in Propeller Shafts and Drive shafts including constant velocity joints.
8. Trouble shooting in different types of dead axles (front or rear)
9. Trouble shooting in different types of live axles and Differential systems.
10. Trouble shooting in suspensions of following types:
a. Leaf Spring
b. Double Wishbone with Torsion Bar or Coil Spring
c. McPherson Strut Type
d. Five Bar Link type
e. Air Suspension system
f. A shock absorber (damper)
Trouble shooting in braking system in master and wheel cylinder, drum and disc brakes, overhauling and adjusting of system and its testing on brake tester