Automotive Chassis & Body Engineering
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Automotive Chassis & Body Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Automotive Chassis & Body Engineering (subject code 3722104) as prescribed for M(&A · Semester 2 divides the course into 3 units, covering 29 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 (3722104)Unit 1 Unit-I Vehicle Aerodynamics; Objects- vehicle drag and types; various
- types of forces and moments
- effects of forces and moments
- various body optimization techniques for minimum drag
- principle of wind tunnel technology
- flow visualization techniques
- tests with scale models
Unit 2 Unit-II Car Body Details; Types of car bodies; visibility; regulation;,
- driver’s visibility
- methods of improving visibility
- safety design
- constructional details of roof
- under floor
- wings etc
- Classification of coach work
Unit 3 Unit-III Design of Vehicle Bodies; Vehicle body materials; Layout of
- the design
- preliminary design
- Idealized structure
- structural surface
- shear panel method
- symmetric and asymmetrical vertical loads in car
- longitudinal loads
- different loading situations
- load distribution on vehicle structure
- Calculation of loading cases
- stress analysis of bus body structure under bending and torsion
- stress analysis in integral bus body
- Design of chassis frame
- Rules and regulations for body
- Recent safety measures
- Testing of body
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