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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Third Semester B.Tech Degree (S,FE) Examination December 2020 (2015 Scheme)

Course Code: AU205
Course Name: AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS

PARTA
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
What is automobile? How they are classified?
What is the role of automotive industry in the development of GDP of India?
What are the advantages of front engine rear wheel drive?
Draw the layout of a front engine front wheel drive and explain its working.
What are the different types of frames? Explain with suitable sketches.
What are the various types of bodies used for passenger cars? Explain with
suitable examples.
PART 13
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
What are the various loads acting on the live axle? Explain.
What are the functions of sliding joint and slip joint? What is the requirement of
constant velocity Universal Joint?
What is the need of a differential in a vehicle?
What is differential lock? Explain the construction and working of self locking
differential with neat sketch.
What are the objectives of good suspension system?
What is the need of torsion bar? How it works? Explain.
What is the function of a shock absorber?
How air suspension system works? Explain with the help of a suitable diagram.
PART ட
Answer any four full questions, each carries 10 marks.
What are the different types of stub axle arrangements?
Why davis steering is not practically used?

Explain the concept of Ackermann steering with a neat sketch.

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