Faculty of Engineering & Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur – 603203

School of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Automobile Engineering
Course plan
Date : 04 July 2012
Course code : AE 0403
Course title : Vehicle Body Engineering & Safety
Semester :7
Academic year / : 2012-’13 / Odd
semester (July – November 2012)
Section details:

Section Class Details of Faculty member

Room Name Room Interco e-mail id Student
no No. m No. contact
time
AUTO-A MB Siluvaimuthu S MEC 201 7865 siluvaimuthu.s@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in 12.30‐
27 1.30 pm 

Direct assessment details:

Name of Marks Topics Tentative date Duration

assessment

10 Details of car bodies and 27-07-2012 100 minutes

Cycle test - I vehicle aerodynamics
Car, bus and truck Fourth week of
30 – 45 min
Surprise test 05 bodies September

Details of bus bodies

Cycle test - II 10 18-09-2012 100 minutes
and commercial
vehicles
Model
20 Entire Syllabus 12-10-2012 3 hours
examination
End semester
examination
50 Entire Syllabus - 3 hours

Attendance 05 N/A

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
L T P C

AE 403 Vehicle Body Engineering and Safety 3 0 0 3

Prerequisite

Nil

Student outcomes Program Educational Objectives

1. Apply / improve  2.  Enhance  3.  Solve  4.  Develop  skills  to  work 
their knowledge in  professional  industrial,  in  teams,  think 
basic  sciences  for  practice  to  social,  and  intellectually  and  pursue 
excelling in various  meet the global  environmental  life‐long learning. 
disciplines  of  standards  with  problems  with 
Mechanical  ethical  and  modern 
Engineering  with  social  engineering 
the  emphasis  on  responsibility.  tools. 
Automotive  Engg., 
Design,  and  their 
application. 
(a)  an  ability  to  apply  X
knowledge  of  mathematics, 
science, and engineering 

(e)  an  ability  to  identify,  X X

formulate,  and  solve 
engineering problems 

Course designed by Department of  Automobile Engineering

1 Student outcome a b c d e f g h i j K

x x
2 Category GENERAL BASIC SCIENCES ENGINEERING  PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS
SCIENCES  AND 
(G)  (B) TECHNICAL ART (E) (P)
X

3 Broad area Manufacturing Design Thermal General

(for professional  x
courses only, i.e 
‘under P’ category)

4 Course Coordinator Mr. S. Siluvaimuthu

 
 

 
 AE0403 – VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING & SAFETY
PURPOSE
To provide knowledge about body building for automobiles.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, students will be able to know
1. Car body details
2. Vehicle aerodynamics
3. Bus body, Commercial Vehicle details
4. Body material and mechanisms

CAR BODY
Types: Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine, Estate Van, racing and sports car - Driver's seat, Body
Mechanisms - window winding, Door lock, seat adjustment. Driver's visibility and tests for visibility.
Minimum space requirements and methods of improving space in cars. Safety - safety design, safety
equipments. Car body construction.

VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS
Objectives -Vehicle drag and types - various types of forces and moments -Effects of forces and
moments – Side wind effects -Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag –Wind
tunnel testing: Flow visualization techniques, Scale model testing, Component balance to measure
forces and moments. Simple problems.

BUS BODY
Types: Mini bus, single and double decker, two level, split level and articulated bus. Bus body layout
– Floor height - Engine location - Entrance and exit location - Seating dimensions. Constructional
details: Frame construction, Double skin construction -Types of metal section used - Regulations -
Conventional and integral type construction.

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Types: Flat platform, drop side, fixed side, tipper body, tanker body. LCV body types: pickup, van.
Dimensions of driver's seat in relation to controls and steering angle -Driver cab design.

BODY MATERIALS, TRIM AND MECHANISMS

Aluminium alloy sheet, extrusion and casting, stainless steels, alloy steels, Metal Matrix Composites.
Structural timbers -properties. Designing in GRP and high strength composites, Thermo plastics,
Load bearing plastics, semi-rigid PUR foams and sandwich panel construction. Corrosion,
Anticorrosion methods. Selection of paint and painting process -Body trim items.

TEXT BOOK
1. Powloski. J., Vehicle Body Engineering, Business Boob Ltd., 1989

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Giles. J. C., Body construction and design, Iliffe Boob Butterworth & Co., 1971.
2. John Fenton., Vehicle Body layout and analysis, Mechanical Engg Publication Ltd., London, 1982.
3. Braithwaite. J. B., Vehicle Body building and drafting, Heinemann Educational Book-I Ltd.,
London, 1977.
4. Dieter Anselm, The Passenger Car Body, ISBN Number: 0-7680-0708-9, SAE International, 2000
 LESSON PLAN
 

References ( code of the

S.No Title / Details of the chapter
Text / Reference books)
CAR BODY

1 Types of car body : Saloon, Convertibles, Limousine T

2 Types of car body : Estate van, Racing and Sports car T
3 Driver's seat T
4 Body Mechanisms: Window winding R3
5 Body Mechanisms: Door lock R3
6 Body Mechanisms: Seat adjustment R3
7 Driver's visibility T
8 Test for visibility T
9 Minimum space requirement T
10 Methods of improving space in cars T
11 Safety : Safety Design T
12 Safety : Safety Equipments T
13 Car body construction R4
VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS

14 R2 
Objectives
15 R2 
Vehicle drag
16 R2 
Various types of forces and moments
17 R2 
Effect of forces and moments
18 R2 
Side wind effects
19 R2 
Various body optimization techniques for minimum drag
20 R2 
Wind tunnel testing : Flow visualization techniques
21 R2 
Scale model testing
22 R2 
Components balance to measure forces and moments
23 R2 
Simple problems
BUS BODY 
24 Types : Mini bus, single and double decker, two level, split R3 
level & articulated bus
25 R2 
Bus body layout
26 R1 
Floor height
27 R3 
Engine location
28 R3 
Entrance and Exit location
29 R3 
Seat dimensions
30 R1 
Constructional Details : Frame Construction
31 R1 
Constructional Details : Double skin Construction
32 R1 
Types of material section used
33 R3 
Regulations
34 R1 
Conventional type construction
35 R1 
Integral type construction
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE 

36 R3 
Types : Flat platform, drop side
37 R3 
Types : fixed side, tipper body, tanker body
38 R3 
LCV body types : pickup, van
39 Dimensions of driver's seat in relation to controls and T 
steering angle
40 T 
Driver cab design
BODY MATERIALS, TRIM AND MECHANISMS 

41 Properties - Aluminium alloy sheet, Extrusion, Casting, R3 

Stainless steels
42 Properties - Alloy steels, Metal matrix composites, Structural R1 & R3 
timbers
43 R1 
Designing in GRP
44 R1 
High strength composites
45 R3 
Thermo plastics
46 R3 
Load bearing plastics
47 R1 
Semi rigid PUR foams
48 R3 
Sandwich panel construction
49 R1 
Corrosion
50 R3 
Anticorrosion methods
51 R4 
Selection of paints
52 R4 
Painting process
53 R3 
Body trim items

Name & Signature Faculty:

Section Name Signature

AUTO-A Siluvaimuthu S
AUTO-B S. Sunil

HOD/AUTO