VIGNAN UNIVERSITY UNIT - III

VIGNAN UNIVERSITY

III Year B.Tech. Automobile Engg. II-Semester

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AE310 SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES

(DEPT. ELECTIVE - I) Objective of the Course: To familiarize students with the working of various off road vehicles including automotive systems. UNIT - I General Design of Tractors: Classification of tractors - Main components of tractor - Safety rules. Fundamentals of Engine Operation: Tractor controls and the starting of the tractor engines - Basic notions and definition - Engine cycles Operation of multicylinder engines - General engine design Basic engine performance characteristics. UNIT - II Engine Mechanism of Tractor: Cylinder and pistons - Connecting rods and crankshafts - Engine balancing Construction and operation of the valve mechanism - Valve mechanism components - Valve mechanism troubles. fluid dynamics Definition and overview of CFD, need, advantages, problem areas, Governing equations of fluid dynamics Continuity, Momentum and Energy equations Physical boundary conditions Time-averaged equations for Turbulent flow - Turbulence -Kinetic -Energy Equations mathematical behavior of PDEs in CFD: Elliptic, Parabolic and Hyperbolic equations. UNIT - II Discretization And Solution Methodologies : Methods of Deriving the Discretization Equations - Taylor Series formulation Finite difference method Control volume Formulation Detailed treatment of Finite Difference method, explicit and implicit methods, errors and stability analysis. Solution methodologies: The Lax-Wendroff Technique, MacCormacks Technique, Space marching, Direct and iterative methods, Thomas algorithm, Relaxation method, Alternating Direction Implicit method.

Cooling System, Lubrication System And Fuel System Of A Tractor: Cooling system - Classification - Liquid cooling system - Components, Lubricating system servicing and troubles - Air cleaner and turbo charger - Fuel tanks and filters Fuel pumps. UNIT - IV Farm Tractor Transmission System : Layout, Load distribution, Transmission & Drive line, Steering, Braking system, Wheels & Tyres, Hydraulic system, Auxiliary Systems, Draw bar, PTO Shaft. UNIT - V Farm Equipments: Working attachments of tractors - Farm equipment Classification Auxiliary equipment - Trailers and body tipping mechanism. TEXT BOOK : 1. E.L.Barger, J.B.Liljedahl,W.M.Carleton, E.G.Mckibben Tractors & their Power Units, 3rd ed., Chapman & Hall, 1989. REFERENCE BOOKS : 1. Rodichev and G.Rodicheva, Tractor and Automobiles, MIR Publishers, 1987. 2. Kolchin. A., and V. Demidov Design of Automotive engines for tractor, MIR Publishers, 1972.

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Automobile Engineering

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