Vehicle Body Engineering detailed syllabus for Automobile Engineering (AUTO) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the AUTO students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Automobile Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AUTO 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of vehicle body engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CAR BODY DETAILS 9 Types of Car body – Saloon, convertibles, Limousine, Estate Van, Racing and Sports car -car body terminology – Visibility- regulations, drivers visibility, improvement in visibility and tests for visibility. Driver seat design -Car Body Construction -Various panels in car bodies. Safety: Safety design, safety equipment for cars.
Unit II
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Unit III
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DETAILS 8 Types of commercial vehicle bodies – Light commercial vehicle body. Construction details of Flat platform body, Tipper body and Tanker body – Dimensions of drivers seat in relation to controls – Drivers cab design.
Unit IV
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Unit V
BODY MATERIALS, TRIM, MECHANISMS AND BODY REPAIR 9 Types and properties of materials used in body construction and insulation -Such as steel sheet, timber, plastics and GRP, Insulation materials. Body trim items-body mechanisms. Hand tools-power tools for body repair. Vehicle corrosion-Anticorrosion methods-Modern painting process procedure.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Dieler Anselm., The passenger car body, SAE International, 2000
- James E Duffy, Body Repair Technology for 4-Wheelers, Cengage Learning, 2009.
- Powloski, J., Vehicle Body Engineering, Business Books Ltd., 1998.
Reference Books:
- Braithwaite, J.B., Vehicle Body building and drawing, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., London, 1997.
- Giles, G.J., Body construction and design, Illiffe Books Butterworth & Co., 1991.
- John Fenton, Vehicle Body layout and analysis, Mechanical Engg. Publication Ltd., London, 1992.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Automobile Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit AUTO 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Automobile Engineering results, visit Anna University AUTO all semester results direct link.