Vehicle Dynamics
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The official GTU curriculum for Vehicle Dynamics (subject code 3721110) as prescribed for M(&A · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 56 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 (3721110)Unit 1 Unit-I Introduction
- Introduction to Vehicle Dynamics
- Lumped mass
- Vehicle fixed coordinates system
- Earth fixed coordinates system
- Dynamic Axle loads
- Static loads
- low speed acceleration
- Grade Loads
Unit 2 Unit-II Vehicle Performance
- Acceleration Performance: Power limited acceleration
- Traction limited acceleration
- Braking Performance: Basic braking equations
- Braking forces
- Tire-Road Friction
- Brake Proportioning
- Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)
- Cruise Control and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
Unit 3 Unit-III Road Loads
- Aerodynamic Performance: Mechanics of air flow around a vehicle
- pressure distribution on a vehicle
- Aerodynamics forces
- Drag force
- Lift force
- Side force
- Pitching Moment
- Yawing Moment
- Rolling Moment
- Crosswind Sensitivity
- Aerodynamic aids to vehicle: Bumper Spoiler
- Air Dams
- Deck Lid Spoilers
- Window and Pillar Treatments Rolling Resistance: Factors affecting Rolling Resistance
- Tire Temperature
- Tire inflation pressure/loads
- Tire material and design
- Effects of Total road loads on fuel economy
Unit 4 Unit-IVRide Characteristics
- Excitation Sources: Road Roughness
- Tire/Wheel Assembly
- Driveline excitation
- Engine transmission
- Vehicle Subject Code: 3721110 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 Response properties: Suspension Isolation
- Suspension Stiffness
- Suspension damping
- Wheel hop resonance
- Suspension nonlinearity
- Rigid body bounce
- Perception of Ride: Tolerance to Seat Vibrations
- Other Vibration forms
Unit 5 Unit-VCornering
- low speed turning
- high speed turning
- Suspension effects on cornering
- Methods for measurement of understeer gradients Constant radius method
- Constant Speed Methods
Unit 6 Unit-VI Stability of Vehicles
- Load distribution
- calculation of tractive effort and Reactions for different drives
- stability of a vehicle on a slope
- on a curve and on banked road
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