Syllabus

Automobile Engineering Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Open Elective-1)

Automobile Engineering detail syllabus for various departments, 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AU561), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other open elective-1 syllabus for vtu be 2017 scheme you can visit Open Elective-1 syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme Subjects. The detail syllabus for automobile engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, students will be able to

  • Explain construction and working of internal combustion engine
  • Explain different components of internal combustion engine
  • Explain working of different parts of fuel system
  • Describe construction of different automotive chassis components
  • Describe emissions of pollutants from internal combustion engines and methods of controlling

Module 1
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Module 2

Fuels, Fuel Supply Systems For SI and CI Engines: Conventional fuels, alternative fuels, cetane and octane numbers, Fuel mixture requirements for SI engines, types of carburetors, multi point and single point fuel injection systems, fuel transfer pumps, Fuel filters, fuel injection pumps and injectors.

Module 3

Ignition Systems:
Battery Ignition systems, Magneto Ignition system, Transistor assist contacts. Electronic Ignition, Automatic Ignition advance systems.
Power Trains:
General arrangement of clutch, Principle of friction clutches, Constructional details, Single plate and multi-plate. Gear box: Necessity for gear ratios in transmission, synchromesh gear boxes, planetary gears, over drives, principle of automatic transmission, calculation of gear ratios, Numerical calculations for torque transmission by clutches.

Module 4

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Module 5

Suspension, Springs and Brakes:
Requirements, leaf spring, coil spring, independent suspension for front wheel and rear wheel. Air suspension system. Types of brakes, mechanical and hydraulic braking systems, brake shoe arrangements, Disk brakes, drum brakes, Antilock -Braking systems, purpose and operation of antilock-braking system.
Automotive Emission Control Systems:
Sources of emission from engines, Automotive emission controls, Controlling crankcase emissions, Controlling evaporative emissions, Exhaust gas recirculation, Catalytic converter, Emission standards- Euro I, II, III and IV norms, Bharat Stage II, III norms

Course Outcomes:

After completion of above course, students will be able to

  • Describe construction and working of internal combustion engine
  • Explain different components of internal combustion engine
  • Explain working of different parts of fuel system
  • Describe construction of different automotive chassis components
  • Explain principle of emission of pollutants from internal combustion
  • engines and methods of controlling.

Text Books:

  1. Automotive mechanics, William H Crouse & Donald L Anglin,10th Edition Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 2007
  2. Automobile Engineering-R. B. Gupta, SatyaPrakashan, 4th edn.1984.

Reference Books:

  1. Automotive mechanics: Principles and Practices- Joseph Heitner, D Van Nostrand Company, Inc
  2. Fundamentals of Automobile Engineering- K. K. Ramalingam, Scitech Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  3. Automobile engineering-Kirpal Singh. Vol I and II 2002.
  4. Automotive Mechanics, S. Srinivasan, 2nd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill2003.

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