AU3027 Construction Vehicles Syllabus:
AU3027 Construction Vehicles Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this course is to provide the students with knowledge on the various features of the constructional vehicles and their systems.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND EQUIPMENT COST
Selection of equipment for earth work – earth moving operations – types of earthwork equipmenttractors, motor graders, scrapers, front end waders, earth movers
UNIT II DOZERS AND SCRAPERS
Dozers types- crawler bulldozer, wheel bulldozer, mini bulldozer, straight blades (sblade),universal blade (u-blade), s-u (semi-u) blade, angle blade.scrapers types- single-engine wheeled, dual-engine wheeled, elevating, and pull-type scrapers.
UNIT III EARTH MOVING CONSTRUCTIONAL MACHINES-TRUCKS AND HAULING EQUIPMENT
Dumpers – safety features, safe warning system for dumper , design aspects on dumper body,articulated dumpers, loaders – single bucket, multi bucket and rotary types – bulldozers,kinematics for loader and bulldozers with operational linkages, excavators, backhoe loaders,scrappers, motor graders, power shawl, bush cutters, bush cutters, stumpers, rippers– transporters
UNIT IV VEHICLE SYSTEMS & ADVANCE FEATURES
Brake system and actuation – disc caliper brakes. Body hoist and bucket operational hydraulics.hydro-pneumatic suspension cylinders. power steering system. articulated steering assembly -power and capacity of earth moving machines.
UNIT V OFF-THE-ROAD TIRES AND TRACKS
Types of off-the-road tires, transport for earthmoving machines, work for slow moving earthmoving machines, and load and carry for transporting- digging. off-highway tires have sixcategories of service compactor, earthmover, grader, loader, log-skidder and mining and logging.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. List the various earth moving operations
2. Identify the types of dozers
3. Understand the construction, working and applications of various earth moving operations
4. Analyze the types and use of off road tires
5. Appreciate the concept of hydraulics and pnematics
TEXT BOOKS
1. Construction Planning, Equipment and methods, by Peurifoy, R and Schexnayder, C., 2002.
2. Abrosimov.K. Bran berg.A and Katayer.K.,"Road making machinery", MIR Publishers, Moscow, 1971.
3. Nakra C.P., “Farm machines and equipments” Dhanparai Publishing company Pvt. Ltd.
4. Robert L Peurifoy, “Construction, planning, equipment and methods” Tata McGraw Hill Publishing company Ltd.
5. SAE Handbook Vol. III., Society of Automotive Engineers, 1997
6. Wong.J.T., "Theory of Ground Vehicles”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1987.
REFERENCES:
1. Bart H Vanderveen,;Tanks and Transport Vehicles Frederic Warne and Co Ltd.London..
2. S. Ageikin, “Off the Road Wheeled and Combined Traction Devices: Theory andCalculation”, Ashgate Publishing Co. Ltd. 1988.
3. Schulz Erich.J,;Diesel equipment I, McGraw Hill company, London, 1982.
4. Satyanarayana. B.,Construction planning and equipment standard publishers and distributors,New Delhi, 1985.