Faculty of Engineering & Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur – 603203

School of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Automobile Engineering
Course plan
Course code : AE0002 Date : 05 July 2011
Course title : Vehicle Dynamics
Semester :V
Academic year / : 2011-’12 / Odd
semester (July – November 2011)
Section details:
Section Class Details of Faculty member
Room Name Room No. Inter e-mail id Student
no com contact
No. time
AUTO A Mr. S.Thiyagarajan 7865 thiyagarajans@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in 12:45PM
&B -1:30PM

Direct assessment details:

Name of Marks Topics Tentative date Duration
assessment
Cycle test - I 10 Introduction & Multi degree of 03-08-2011 100 minutes
freedom systems
Surprise test 05 Modal analysis Fourth week of 30 – 45 min
August
Cycle test - II 10 Multi degree of freedom systems & 14-09-2011 100 minutes
Suspension and tyres
Model 20 Entire Syllabus 31-10-2011 3 hours
examination
End semester 50 Entire Syllabus 18-11-2011 3 hours
examination
Attendance 05 N/A

L T P C

AE0002 Vehicle Dynamics 3 0 0 3

Prerequisite

Nil

Student outcomes Program Educational Objectives

1. Apply / 2. Enhance 3. Solve 4. Develop skills to

improve their professional industrial, work in teams, think
knowledge in practice to social, and intellectually and pursue
basic sciences meet the global environment life-long learning.
for excelling in standards with al problems
various ethical and with modern
disciplines of social engineering
Mechanical responsibility. tools.
Engineering
with the
emphasis on
Design, Thermal
and
Manufacturing.

(a) an ability to apply X

knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering

(e) an ability to X X
identify, formulate, and
solve engineering
problems
Course designed by Department of Mechanical Engineering

1 Student outcome a b c d e f g h i j K

× ×

2 Category GENERA BASIC ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL

L SCIENCES SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS
TECHNICAL ART X
(G) (B) (P)
(E)
3 Broad area Manufacturi
Design Thermal Genaral
ng
(for professional
courses only, i.e X

‘under P’
category)

4 Course Mr.S.Thiyagarajan
Coordinator
 AE0002 – Vehicle Dynamics

PURPOSE
To familiarize the students in Vehicle Dynamics

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
1. Know the concepts of Mechanical vibrating systems
2. Know about suspension and tyre related vibrations
3. Know about the Stability of Vehicles

INTRODUCTION

Fundamental of vibration, Mechanical vibrating systems. Modelling and Simulation - Model of

an automobile -
Single, two,s multi degrees of freedom systems – Free, forced and damped vibrations.
Magnification factor -
Transmissibility - Vibration absorber.

MULTI DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS

Closed coupled system - Eigen valve problems - Far coupled Systems - Orthogonality of mode
shapes – Modal
analysis - Forced vibration by matrix inversion. Approximate methods for fundamental
frequency - Dunkerley's
lower bound - Rayleigh's upper bound - Hozler method for close coupled and branched systems.

SUSPENSION AND TYRES

Requirements. Sprung mass frequency. Wheel hop, wheel wobble, wheel shimmy. Choice of
suspension spring
rate. Calculation of effective spring rate. Vehicle suspension in fore and apt directions. Ride
characteristics of
tyre - Effect of driving and braking torque - Gough's tyre characteristics.

VEHICLE HANDLING

Over steer, under steer, steady state cornering. Effect of braking, driving torques on steering.
Effect of camber, transient effects in cornering. Directional stability of vehicles.

STABILITY OF VEHICLES
Load distribution. Calculation of Tractive effort and reactions for different drives - Stability of a
vehicle on a
slope, on a curve and a banked road.

TEXT BOOK

1.Gillespie.T.D., Fundamental of Vehicle Dynamics, Society of Automotive Engineers, USA,

1992.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Heldt.P.M. Automotive Chassis, Chilton Co., New York, 1992.

2. Ellis.J.R., Vehicle Dynamics, Business Books Ltd., London, 1991.
3. Giles.J.G. Steering, Suspension and Tyres, llliffe Books Ltd, London, 1998.
4. Giri.N.K., Automobile Mechanics, Khanna Publishers. New Delhi, 1986.
5. Rao.J.S. & Gupta.K., Theory and Practice of Mechanical Vibrations, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New
Delhi,
 LESSON PLAN

Sl.N Hours Title / Details of the chapter References (Code of the text /
o reference books)

UNIT -1 INTRODUCTION

1 1 Fundamental of Vibration R-5

2 1 Mechanical vibrating systems R-5

Modelling and simulation – Model of

3 1 R-5
Automobile

Single , Two and Multi degree of freedom

4 1 R-5
System

5 1 Free Forced and Damped Vibrations R-5

Magnification Factor , transmissibility

6 1 R-5
,Vibration absorber

UNIT – 2 MULTI DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS

Closed coupled systems , Eigen value

8 1 R-5
problem

Far coupled systems , orthogonality of

9 1 R-5
mode shapes

Modal analysis , forced vibration by matrix

10 1 R-5
inversion
 Dunkerley’s lower bound, Rayleigh’s
11 2 R-5
upper bound

Hozler method for close coupled and

12 2 R-5
branched system

UNIT – 3 SUSPENSION AND TYRES

15 1 Requirements , sprung mass frequency T-1 , R-3

16 1 Wheel hob, wheel wobble , wheel shimmy T-1 , R-3

Choice of suspension spring rate ,

17 1 T-1 , R-3
calculation of effective spring rate

Vehicle suspension in fore and apt

18 1 T-1 , R-3
direction

19 2 Ride characteristics of tyre T-1 , R-3

Effect of driving g and braking torque ,

20 2 T-1 , R-3
gough’s tyre characteristics

21 1 Simple problems T-1 , R-3

UNIT – 4 VEHICLE HANDLING

Over steer , Under steer , steady state

23 1 T-1 , R-2
cornering

Effect of braking , driving torques on

24 1 T-1 , R-2
steering

25 1 Effect of camber T-1 , R-2

Transient effects in cornering , directional

26 1 T-1 , R-2
stability of vehicles
27 2 Simple problems T-1 , R-2

28 1 Simple problems T-1 , R-2

UNIT – 5 STABILITY OF VEHICLES

31 1 Load distribution T-1 , R-2

Calculation of tractive effort and reactions

32 1 T-1 , R-2
for different drives

Stability of vehicle on slope , on a curve

33 1 T-1 , R-2
and banked road

37 1 Simple problems T-1 , R-2

TEXT BOOK

1. Gillespie.T.D., Fundamental of Vehicle Dynamics, Society of Automotive Engineers,

USA, 1992.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Heldt.P.M. Automotive Chassis, Chilton Co., New York, 1992.

2. Ellis.J.R., Vehicle Dynamics, Business Books Ltd., London, 1991.

 3. Giles.J.G. Steering, Suspension and Tyres, llliffe Books Ltd, London, 1998.

4. Giri.N.K., Automobile Mechanics, Khanna Publishers. New Delhi, 1986.

5. Rao.J.S. & Gupta.K., Theory and Practice of Mechanical Vibrations, Wiley Eastern Ltd.,
New Delhi,1999

Mr. S.Thiyagarajan
HOD / Auto

Signature of the staff