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    This document outlines the course objectives and units of study for a Vehicle Body Engineering course. The objective is to familiarize students with vehicle aerodynamics, different automotive body types, and fluid flow concepts. The five units cover topics like vehicle aerodynamics and forces, details of car, bus, and commercial vehicle body types, structural loads on vehicle bodies, and ergonomics and safety design of vehicle bodies. Recommended textbooks are also listed to support student learning in areas like body construction, design analysis, aerodynamics, and vehicle structure.

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    III Year B.Tech. Automobile Engg.

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    AE302 VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING


    Objective of the Course :
    To familiarize students with the fluid flow concepts and different automotive bodies.
    UNIT I
    Vehicle Aerodynamics: Aerodynamic drag and its types and various forces and moments, its effects
    on performance, Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag, Problems on forces &
    moments, Wind tunnel testing, Scale model testing, Component balance to measure forces and
    moments.
    Car Body Details: Types- Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine, Estate Van, Racing and sport cars,
    Regulations, Drivers visibility, Tests for visibility, Methods of improving visibility, Space in cars,
    safety design, car body construction, front assembly, Roof Assembly, Under floor, bonnet etc.
    UNIT II
    Bus Body Details: Types - Mini Bus, Single dekker, double dekker, two levels, split level and
    articulated bus, Bus body layout floor height-engine locations Entrance cum exit location-seating
    dimensions, construction details, frame construction, double skin construction, types metal sections
    used regulations, conventional & integral type construction, Emergency door location, luggage
    space location, seating layouts, passenger comfort.
    UNIT III
    Commercial Vehicle Body Details: Types of bodies, flat platform, drop side, fixed side, tipper body
    tanker body, light construction vehicle body types, Dimensions of driver seat in relation to control,
    driver cabin design.
    UNIT IV
    Body Loads: Idealized structure, structural surfaces, shear panel method, symmetric & asymmetric
    Vertical loads in car longitudinal load, and load distribution on vehicle structure, stress analysis of bus
    body structure under bending and torsion-stress analysis in integral bus body, Design of Chassis
    Frame.
    UNIT V
    Ergonomics & Design Safety of Vehicle Body: Importance of ergonomics in automotive body
    design, Anthropometry, Drivers work station- Design of driver seat for comfort and safety, Types of
    seat used in automobiles, Types of safety belts, Air bags used in automobiles, Use of energy
    absorbing system in automobiles, Impact protection from steering controls Importance of Bumper in
    automobile, and its design of passenger seat for comfort and safety.
    TEXT BOOKS:
    1. Sydney F. Page, Body Engineering, 3rd ed. Chapman & Hill Ltd., London.
    2. J Fairbrother, Fundamentals of Vehicle Body work, Hutchinson, London.
    3. P.M. Heldt, Automotive Chassis, Chilton Co. NK
    REFERENCE BOOKS:
    1. John Fenton, Vehicle Body Layout & Analysis, Hutchinson, London.
    2. J Powloski, Vehicle Body Engineering, Business Books Ltd., London.
    3. J.G. Giles, Body Construction and Design, Vol. 6., llefe Books/Butterworth & Co. London
    4. Crouse W. H. & Anglin D. L., Automotive Chassis, McGraw-Hill Int. Book Co.
    5. P. L. Kohli, Automotive Chassis & Body, Papyrus Publishing House, New Delhi.
    6. Dr. V. Sumantran and Dr. Gino Sovram, Vehicle Aerodynamics Published SAE
    International, USA
    7. Wolf-Heinrich Hucho, Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles Published by SAE International,
    USA
    8. A. Robinson, W. A. Livesey, The Repair of Vehicle Bodies Published by ButterworthHeinemann LTD.
    9. John Fenton, Handbook of Automotive Body Construction and Design Analysis Professional
    Engineering Publishing.

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