Syllabus - Vehicle Body Engineering (AU802 (C))

Car Body Details

Types: Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine, Estate Van, Racing & Sports Car Visibility, Regulation, driver’s visibility, test for visibility - method of improving visibility & space in cars -safety design equipments for car; car body construction.

Vehicle Aerodynamics

Objectives - Vehicles drag and types - various types of forces & moments - effect of force & moments - side wind effects on force & moments - various body optimization, technique for minimum drag- Wind tunnel testing: flow visualization techniques, Scale model testing, component balance to measure force & moments.

Bus Body Details

Types: Mini bus, Single Decker, Double Decker, Spirit Level & Articirculated bus- bus body Layout - floor height - Engine location - Entrance & Exit location - Sitting dimensions - Construction details: Frame construction, Double skin construction - Types metals sections used - Regulation - Conventional & integral type construction.

Commercial Vehicle Details

Types of body: Flat platform, Drop side, Fixed Side, Tipper body, tanker body - light commercial vehicle body types - dimension of driver seat in relation to control – Driver’s cab design.

Body Materials, Trim & Mechanism

Steel sheet, timber, plastic, GRP, Properties of materials - corrosion - anticorrosion methods - escalation of paint & painting process; Body trim items; body mechanisms. Body Loads: Idealized structure - Structural surface - shear panel method - Symmetric & asymmetrical vertical loads in a car - longitudinal loads - Different Loading situations.