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    This document provides information about the Vehicle Body Engineering course offered in semester 7. The course aims to provide knowledge about automotive body construction techniques and types under aerodynamic principles. It is a 3 credit course with 39 total contact hours over 13 weeks. The course outcomes are that students will be exposed to automotive body construction fundamentals and how to integrate aerodynamics into body design. The course covers topics like different car body types and construction, vehicle aerodynamics testing and analysis, bus body layouts and types, commercial vehicle body construction, and materials used.

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    Me 458 Vehicle Body Engineering

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    This document provides information about the Vehicle Body Engineering course offered in semester 7. The course aims to provide knowledge about automotive body construction techniques and types under aerodynamic principles. It is a 3 credit course with 39 total contact hours over 13 weeks. The course outcomes are that students will be exposed to automotive body construction fundamentals and how to integrate aerodynamics into body design. The course covers topics like different car body types and construction, vehicle aerodynamics testing and analysis, bus body layouts and types, commercial vehicle body construction, and materials used.

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    This document provides information about the Vehicle Body Engineering course offered in semester 7. The course aims to provide knowledge about automotive body construction techniques and types under aerodynamic principles. It is a 3 credit course with 39 total contact hours over 13 weeks. The course outcomes are that students will be exposed to automotive body construction fundamentals and how to integrate aerodynamics into body design. The course covers topics like different car body types and construction, vehicle aerodynamics testing and analysis, bus body layouts and types, commercial vehicle body construction, and materials used.

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    This document provides information about the Vehicle Body Engineering course offered in semester 7. The course aims to provide knowledge about automotive body construction techniques and types under aerodynamic principles. It is a 3 credit course with 39 total contact hours over 13 weeks. The course outcomes are that students will be exposed to automotive body construction fundamentals and how to integrate aerodynamics into body design. The course covers topics like different car body types and construction, vehicle aerodynamics testing and analysis, bus body layouts and types, commercial vehicle body construction, and materials used.

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    VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING

    SEMESTER – VII
    Subject Code ME458
    Marks 100
    Number of Lecture Hours / Week 3
    Total Number of Contact Hours / Semester 3x13=39
    CREDITS 3 (3-0-0)
    COURSE OBJECTIVES:
    To provide the basic knowledge about construction techniques & various types of automotive bodies under the
    light of aerodynamics.

    COURSE OUTCOMES:
    After completing this course, the students can:

    CO1: Be exposed the fundamentals in various automotive body construction techniques


    CO2: Integrate the concepts of aerodynamics in body engineering for better style and low drag.
    CO3: familiarizes the various types of bus body construction, seating layout, regulations and comfort.
    CO4: Understands the various heavy vehicle bodies, driver’s visibility and cabin design.

    Particulars Hours
    Unit 1:
    Car Body Details:
    Types: Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine, Estate van, racing and sports car.
    Visibility: Regulations, driver’s visibility, test for visibility, Methods of improving visibility and space 4
    in cars. Safety: Safety design, safety equipments for car. Car body construction.
    Unit 2:
    Vehicle Aerodynamics: Objectives, Vehicle drag and types, various types of forces and moments, 10
    Effects of forces and moments, side wind effects on forces and moments, various body optimization
    techniques for minimum drag.
    Wind tunnel testing: Flow visualization techniques, scale model testing. Component balance
    to measure force sand moments.
    Unit 3:
    Bus Body Details: Types, minibus, single decker, double decker, two level, split level and articulated 8
    bus. Bus Body Lay Out: Floor height, engine location, entrance and exit location, seating dimensions

    Unit-4:
    Constructional details: Frame construction, Double skin construction-Types of metal section used-
    4
    Regulations-Conventional and Integral type construction.
    Unit-5:
    Commercial Vehicle Details: Types of body, Flat platform, drop side, fixed side, tipper body, tanker
    body. Light commercial vehicle body types, Dimensions of driver’s seating relation to controls,
    driver’s cabin design. Body Materials, Trim and Mechanisms: Steel sheet, timber, plastics, GRP, 8
    properties of materials-Corrosion anti-corrosion methods, scalation of paint and painting process, body
    trim items. Body mechanisms.
    TEXT BOOKS
    1. Powloski. J. Vehicle Body Engineering, Business Books Ltd.,1989.
    2. Giles. J. C. Body construction and design, IIIiffe Books Butterworth& Co.,1971
    3. John Fenton, Vehicle Body layout and analysis, Mechanical Engg. Publication Ltd., London,1982
    4. Braithwaite. J. B, Vehicle Body building and drawing, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.,London,1977
    1.Handbook of Automotive Body Construction and Design AnalysisJohn Fenton .ISBN: 9788126548163 464 pages Exclusively
    distributed by Mehul Book Sales

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