Vehicle Dynamics
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Vehicle Dynamics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Vehicle Dynamics (subject code 2170203) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 44 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2170203)Unit 1 Performance Characteristics of Vehicle
- SAE Vehicle axis system
- Forces & moments affecting vehicle
- Earth Fixed coordinate system
- Dynamic axle loads
- Equations of motion
- transmission characteristics
- vehicle performance
- power limited and traction limited acceleration
- braking performance
- Brake proportioning
- braking efficiency
Unit 2 Aerodynamics
- Mechanics of Air Flow Around a Vehicle
- Pressure Distribution on a Vehicle
- Aerodynamic Forces
- Drag Components
- Aerodynamics Aids
Unit 3 Tire Mechanics
- Tire Construction
- Size and Load Rating
- Terminology and Axis System
- Tractive Properties
- Cornering Properties
- Camber Thrust
- Aligning Moment
- Combined Braking and Cornering
- Conicity and Ply Steer
- Rolling Resistance
- Elastic Band Model for longitudinal slip
- Simple model for lateral slip
- Combined longitudinal/lateral slip (friction ellipse)
- Taut string model for lateral slip
- Magic Tire Formula
Unit 4 Suspensions
- Suspension Kinematics
- Suspension types
- Solid Axles
- Independent Suspensions
- Anti-Squat and Anti-Pitch Suspension Geometry
- Anti-Dive Suspension Geometry
- Roll Center Analysis
- Suspension Dynamics
- Multi-body vibration
- Body and Wheel hop modes
- Invariant points
- Controllable Suspension Elements: Active
- Choice of
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