AT8009 Automotive Safety Syllabus:

AT8009 Automotive Safety Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017

OBJECTIVE:

• At the end, the students will have good exposure to automotive safety aspects including the understanding of the various safety equipment’s.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Design of the body for safety, energy equation, engine location, deceleration of vehicle inside passenger compartment, deceleration on impact with stationary and movable obstacle, concept of crumble zone, safety sandwich construction.

UNIT II SAFETY CONCEPTS

Active safety: driving safety, conditional safety, perceptibility safety, operating safety, passive safety: exterior safety, interior safety, deformation behaviour of vehicle body, speed and acceleration characteristics of passenger compartment on impact.

UNIT III SAFETY EQUIPMENTS

Seat belt, regulations, automatic seat belt tightener system, collapsible steering column, tiltable steering wheel, air bags, electronic system for activating air bags, bumper design for safety.

UNIT IV COLLISION WARNING AND AVOIDANCE

Collision warning system, causes of rear end collision, frontal object detection, rear vehicle object detection system, object detection system with braking system interactions.

UNIT V COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE SYSTEM

Steering and mirror adjustment, central locking system , Garage door opening system, tyre pressure control system, rain sensor system, environment information system

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Bosch, “Automotive Handbook”, 8th Edition, SAE publication, 2011.
2. Powloski. J., “Vehicle Body Engineering”, Business books limited, London, 1969.

REFERENCES:

1. Ronald.K.Jurgen, “Automotive Electronics Handbook”, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc., 1999.