Dynamics of Ground Vehicles detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich 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 Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech Sandwich 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VIII scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Sandwich Professional Elective-VIII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of dynamics of ground vehicles is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CONCEPT OF VIBRATION 9
Definitions, Modeling and Simulation, Global and Vehicle Coordinate System, Free, Forced, Undamped and Damped Vibration, Response Analysis of Single DOF, Two DOF, Multi DOF, Magnification factor, Transmissibility ratio, Base excitation. Vibration absorber, Vibration measuring instruments, Torsional vibration, Critical speed
Unit II
TYRES 9
Tyre axis system, tyre forces and moments, tyre marking, tyre structure, hydroplaning, wheel and rim. Rolling resistance, factors affecting rolling resistance, Longitudinal and Lateral force at various slip angles, Tractive and cornering property of tire. Performance of tire on wet surface. Ride property of tyres. Various test carried on a tyre.
Unit III
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Unit IV
LONGITUDINAL DYNAMICS AND CONTROL 9
Aerodynamic forces and moments. Equation of motion. Load distribution for three-wheeler and four-wheeler. Calculation of maximum acceleration, tractive effort and reaction forces for different drive vehicles. Power limited acceleration and traction limited acceleration. Estimation of CG location. Stability of vehicles resting on slope. Driveline dynamics. Braking and Driving torque. Prediction of Vehicle performance. ABS, stability control, Traction control.
Unit V
LATERAL DYNAMICS 9
Steady state handling characteristics. Steady state response to steering input – Yaw velocity gain, Lateral acceleration gain, curvature response gain. Testing of handling characteristics. Transient response characteristics. Steering dynamics. Direction control of vehicles. Roll center, Roll axis. Stability of vehicle on banked road, during turn. Effect of suspension on cornering. Minuro Plot for Lateral Transient Response.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students can able to
- Develop physical and mathematical models to predict the dynamic response of vehicles
- Apply vehicle design performance criteria and how to use the criteria to evaluate vehicle dynamic response
- Use dynamic analyses in the design of vehicles.
- Understand the principle behind the lateral dynamics.
- Evaluate the longitudinal dynamics and control in an automobile
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Dean Karnopp, “Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and Control”, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2013
- Hans B Pacejka, “Tyre and Vehicle Dynamics,” Second edition, SAE International, 2005
- John C. Dixon, “Tyres, Suspension, and Handling, ” Second Edition, Society of Automotive Engineers Inc, 1996
- Michael Blundell & Damian Harty, “The Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics”,Elsevier Limited, 2004
- R. Nakhaie Jazar, “Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application”, Second edition, Springer, 2013
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