AE 351
DESIGN OF AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
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Instruction Duration of University Examination University Examination Sessional |
4 Periods per week 3 Hours 75 Marks 25 Marks |
UNIT –I
Types of cylinder, piston and valves. Design of cylinder, piston, valves, tappets, valve train.
UNIT–II
Materials for connecting rod, crank shaft and flywheel. Design of connecting rod, whipping stress in connecting rod, design of crank shaft, design of flywheel.
UNIT – III
Springs: Introduction, different types of springs, materials used for springs, Helical springs, Whal’s factor, calculation of stress, deflection and energy stored in springs, design for static and fluctuating loads. Elliptical and semi elliptical springs: stress and deflection, Nipping of leaf springs.
UNIT – IV
Gears: Introduction to gear drives, different types of gears, materials used for gears. Spur gear design: beam strength of gear tooth, Lewis equation, wear strength of gear tooth, dynamic loads on gear tooth- Buckingham equation. Basic design of Helical, Bevel and worm gears.
UNIT – V
Bearings: Introduction, materials used for bearings, Classification of bearings, Viscosity of lubricants, theory of hydrostatic and hydrodynamic lubrication. Design of sliding contact bearings, Design of aerostatic bearings and applications.
Rolling contact bearings: Types of rolling element bearings and their constructional details, static load carrying capacity, dynamic load carrying capacity. Load life relationship, selection of bearing life. Design of cyclic loads and speeds.
Suggested Reading
- 1.V.Bhandari, “Machine Design”, Tata McGraw Hill publication,
- 2.R.K. Jain, “Machine Design”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1997.
- 3.P.C.Sharma and D.K.Aggarwal, “Machine Design”, S.K.Kataria & sons, 2003
- 4.A.Kolchin and V.Demidov, “Design of Automotive Engines”, MIR Publishers, Moscow, 1984.
- 5.J.E.Shigley , C.R.Mischke, “Mechanical Engineering Design” Tata Mc Graw hill publications.