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AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
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AE1201
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
To impart knowledge to students in about an overall understanding of Automobile
Engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To understand,
1. Classification and layouts of different vehicles
2. Different types of Engines in use
3. Different types of clutch, gear box and transmission used
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(9 hours)
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steering. Purpose of front and rear suspension, types of suspension system, coil
spring, leaf spring, torsion bars, shock absorbers, air suspensions, independent
suspension and McPherson strut .
UNIT V - DRIVE LINE, REAR AXLES AND WHEELS AND TYRES
(9 hours)
Propellers shaft, final drive types, Bevel, hypoid, Drive axles & differential, fully or
semi-floating and three quarter floating, dead axle. Types of wheel, rims, tread
patterns of tyre, tubeless tyres, specifications of tyres.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Dr. Kirpal Singh, Automobile Engineering (Volume 1&2), 12th Edition,
Standard Publishers Distributors, 2011.
2. Rajput.R.K, A Text Book of Automobile Engineering, Laxmi Publications (P)
Ltd, 2007.
3. Kamaraju Ramakrishna, Automobile Engineering, Printice Hall of India,
2012
4. Donald L Anglin, William H Crouse, Automotive Mechanics 10 Edition,
TATA McGraw Hill Education, 2006
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