JNTUK B.Tech Automotive Safety gives you detail information of Automotive Safety R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Course objective: To impart the knowledge of the safety concepts, comfort and convenience system, driver assistance system and other requirements of automotive safety.
UNIT-I : INTRODUCTION: Design of the body for safety, energy equation, engine location, deceleration of vehicle inside passenger compartment, deceleration on impact with stationary and movable obstacle, concept of crumble zone, safety sandwich construction.
UNIT-II : SAFETY AND FATIGUE ASPECTS : Design of body, forces in roll over, head on impact, plastics collapse and analysis, fatigue and vibration, test on box sections, structural vibration.
UNIT-III : SAFETY CONCEPT : Active safety: driving safety, conditional safety, perceptibility safety, operating safety- crash safety passive safety: exterior safety, interior, safety, deformation behaviour of vehicle body, speed and acceleration characteristics of passenger compartment on impact. Safety equipment: Seat belt, regulations, automatic seat belt tightener system, collapsible steering column, tiltable steering wheel, air bags, electronic system for activating air bags, bumpers design for safety.
UNIT-IV : COLLISION WARNING AND AVOIDANCE : Collision warning system, causes of rear end collision, frontal object detection, rear vehicle object detection system object detection system with braking system interactions.
UNIT-V : COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE SYSTEM : Steering and mirror adjustment, central locking system, garage door opening system, tyre pressure control system, rain sensor system, environment information system.
UNIT-VI: DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS: Introduction, driver support systems- driver information, vehicle support system, – vehicle status monitoring. TELEMATICS: Global positioning systems, geographical information systems, navigation systems, automotive vision system, road recognition, driver assistance system.
Course Outcome: After completing the course the student will be in a position to understand the various safety measures to be taken while designing an automobile.
TEXT BOOKS
- Bosch – “Automotive Handbook” – 5th edition – SAE publication – 2000.
- Junsz Pawlowski, “Vehicle Body Engineering”, Business book limited, 1989.
- Ronald K Jurgen, “Navigation and Intelligent Transportation Systems – Progress in Technology”, Automotive Electronics Series, SAE. USA,1998.
REFERENCES
- Rudolf Limpert, “Brake Design and Safety”, SAE International, Second Edition, 1999.
- Ronald.K.Jurgen – “Automotive Electronics Handbook” – Second edition – Mc Graw – Hill Inc.
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