Automotive Materials, Components, Design and Testing 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 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech Sandwich 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Sandwich Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of automotive materials, components, design and testing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF ENGINE COMPONENTS AND SUITABLE 6
MATERIALS
Functional requirements of engine components – Piston, piston pin, cylinder liner, connecting rod, crank shaft, valves, spring, engine block, cylinder head, and flywheel. Suitable materials for engine components.
Unit II
DESIGN OF CYLINDER AND PISTON COMPONENTS 6
Design of cylinder, cylinder head, piston, piston rings and piston pin – more details in necessary
Unit III
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Unit IV
DESIGN OF FLYWHEEL AND VALVE TRAIN 6
Design of valve – inlet valve – exhaust valve – Valve springs – tappet – rocker arm. Determination of mass of flywheel for a given coefficient of fluctuation of speed. Design of flywheel – rim – hub – arm.
Unit V
ENGINE TESTING 6
Engine test cycles – WLTC – WHSC – WHVC – NRTC – ISO 8178. Dynamometer – Chassis dynamometer -transient dynamometer. Emission measurement technologies and instruments – NOX – Smoke – Particulate matter – CO – CO2 – HC.-Particle counter
Experiments
- Design and animate Piston Cylinder assembly and motion study using CAD software.
- Design and simulate Connecting rod and crank shaft
- Design flywheel and valve
- Design and simulate Two Cylinder Engine assembly using CAD software.
- Conduct the engine performance test using analysis software
- Conduct the emission test using analysis software
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Khurmi. R.S. & Gupta. J.K., “A text book of Machine Design”, Eurasia Publishing House (Pvt) Ltd, 2001.
- The Automotive Chassis: Volume 1: Components Design (Mechanical Engineering Series) by Giancarlo Genta and Lorenzo Morello | 24 December 2019
Reference Books:
- Hiroshima Yamagata, “The science and technology of materials in automotive engines”, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, England
- Jain.R.K, “Machine Design”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2005.
- Manufacturing Automotive Components from Sustainable Natural Fiber Composites (SpringerBriefs in Materials) by Lobna A. Elseify, Mohamad Midani, et al. | 9 August 2021
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering of Modern Structure and Component Design (Advanced Structured Materials Book 70) by Andreas Ochsner and Holm Altenbach | 6 June 2015
- Advanced Technology for Design and Fabrication of Composite Materials and Structures: Applications to the Automotive, Marine, Aerospace and … Applications of Fracture Mechanics) by George C. Sih, Alberto Carpinteri, et al. | 15 December 2010
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 7th Sem, visit Mech Sandwich 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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