Indicative contents

Power Plant
Engine types and operation; design and operating parameters; induction, in cylinder gas motion and exhaust; spark ignition and compression ignition engine characteristics; pollutant formation and control; engine heat transfer; factors affecting performance (eg valving, EGR, GDI, VVT and mainfold optimisation); hybrid power plants. Engine Performance and Testing.

Transmission
Transmission rationale; effect on fuel economy; clutch sizing and actuation; gearbox design, evolution and ratio selection; mechanical, automatic and semi-automatic gearboxes and control systems; CVT; find drives and traction control.

Cooling System
Component description and characteristics; fan, water pump, heat exchanger, grill, inlet plenum, under bonnet and air outlet;

Cooling system design; engine heat to water, cooling pack airflow distribution, coolant heat exchanger sizing, system evaluation under standard driving conditions.

Module Resources

• Essential reading

  Students must familiarize themselves with undergraduate level fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer.

• Recommended reading
  1. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, Heywood, John B., McGraw - Hill, New York,1988
  2. Internal Combustion Engine Applied Thermoscience, Ferguson, Colin R; Kirkpatrick, Allan T John Wiley, 2000
  3. Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine, Pulkrabek, Willard W Pearson, New Delhi, 2003
  4. Internal Combustion Engines, Ganesan, V., Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2000
  5. Design of Automotive Engines; Kolchin, A ; Demidov, V; Mir, Moscow, 1984
  6. Automotive Handbook; Bosch; SAE, USA; 2000
  7. Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach; Erjavec, Jack; Thomson; 2006
  8. Modern Automotive Technology; Duffy, James E; Goodheart Willcox; 2004
  9. Automotive Transmission, Fundamentals, Selection, Design and Application ;Gisbert Lechner, Springer, New York, 1999.
      
• Laboratory

1. Hardware: Automotive lab with various engine components and Engine Test Rig
2. Software: Demonstration of RICARDO WAVE and VECTIS software to demonstrate performance characteristics of IC Engines