Vehicle Aerodynamics detailed syllabus scheme for Automobile Engineering (AE), 2019-20 onwards has been taken from the DBATU official website and presented for the Bachelor of Technology students. For Subject Code, Course Title, Lecutres, Tutorials, Practice, Credits, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For 8th Sem Scheme of Automobile Engineering (AE), 2019-20 Onwards, do visit AE 8th Sem Scheme, 2019-20 Onwards. For the Elective-VIII scheme of 8th Sem 2019-20 onwards, refer to AE 8th Sem Elective-VIII Scheme 2019-20 Onwards. The detail syllabus for vehicle aerodynamics is as follows.
Vehicle Aerodynamics Syllabus for Automobile Engineering (AE) 4th Year 8th Sem 2019-20 DBATU
Pre-requisite:
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Course outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
- Apply basic principles of aerodynamics for the design of vehicle body.
- Calculate lift and drag of automotive models
- Describe the physics of fluid flow over vehicle body and its optimization techniques.
- Use wind tunnels for testing the vehicles.
- Suggest noise measurement and control techniques of a vehicle.
Unit 1
Introduction
Scope, historical developments, fundamental of fluid mechanics, flow phenomenon related to vehicles, external and internal flow problem, resistance to vehicle motion, performance, fuel consumption and performance potential of vehicle aerodynamics.
Unit II
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Unit III
Shape Optimization of Cars
Front end modification, front and rear wind shield angle, boat tailing, hatch back, fast back and square back, dust flow patterns at the rear, effects of gap configuration, effect of fasteners. Case studies on modern vehicles.
Unit IV
Vehicle Handling
The origin of forces and moments on a vehicle, lateral stability problems, methods to calculate forces and moments – vehicle dynamics under side winds, the effects of forces and moments, characteristics of forces and moments, dirt accumulation on the vehicle, wind noise, drag reduction in commercial vehicles and racing cars.
Unit V
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Unit VI
Wind
Wind noise, measurement techniques, Control techniques. Road testing methods, numerical methods.
Text Books:
- Hucho W.H., Aerodynamic of Road Vehicles, Butterworths Co., Ltd.,
Reference Books:
- A. Pope, Wind Tunnel Testing, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons New York, 1974.
- Automotive Aerodynamic, Update SP-706, Society of Automotive Engineers Inc,
- Vehicle Aerodynamics, SP-1145, Society of Automotive Engineers Inc, Virtual Reality
For detail syllabus of all subjects of Automobile Engineering (AE) 8th Sem 2019-20 onwards, visit AE 8th Sem Subjects of 2019-20 Onwards.