Assignment No.

Automobile Engineering (LA7220)

Steering system, Transmission system, Suspension system, Chassis and frame

Electrical system and Braking system
1. State the functions and requirements of steering system.

2. Define and explain the followings:

a) Camber angle
b) Castor angle
c) Scrub radius
d) Steering axis inclination (King pin inclination)
e) Turning radius and turning circle.
f) Perfect steering
g) Toe- in and toe- out

3. Describe the steering system of an automobile with help of a neat diagram?

4. What do you understand by directional stability of an automobile? Describe the factors

on which it depends.

5. Explain how the slip angle affects understeer and oversteer?

6. Explain the principal of Ackermann steering gear. The steering wheel diameter of a car
using rack and pinion type of steering gear is 200 mm. Calculate the pitch circle diameter
of the pinion to overcome a resistance of 0.5 KN at the rack, with an effort of 25 N
applied at steering wheel.

7. With the help of a suitable sketch describe the working of any one type of steering system
used in a modern passenger car.

8. Discuss the working of Power steering with neat sketch.

9. Out of camber and castor, which angle is measured first, which is adjusted first and why?
Name the various gauges used for checking wheel alignment.

10. If the kingpin axis and the wheel center lines meet below the ground, what the wheels
will try to do; toe in or toe out?

11. What is wander and skinny in the steering? How are they caused?
12. Explain how the slip angle affects understeering and oversteering? What is self-righting
torque? Explain cornering force and how the factors like slip angle, tyre load and
inflation pressure affects cornering force? What is self-righting torque?

13. Explain transfer of weight during application of brakes and discuss how it affects wheel
skidding.

14. Describe construction and working of disc brakes. Compare them with conventional
drum brakes.

15. Show the layout of a hydraulically operated four wheel brake system and explain it's
working in details.

16. Draw a neat sketch showing the linkage to operate brake master cylinder and describe the
same.

17. What are primary and secondary brakes? What is the basis of defining brake efficiency?

18. What are the different methods of brake actuation? What is the difference between
'Power assisted' and 'Power operated' brakes?

19. What is brake compensation? Name the simplest type of brake compensator.

20. Explain the function of a brake shoe adjuster. Describe the construction and working of

a. Wheel cylinder ratchet type.

b. Double toothed cam type shoe adjuster.

21. State the main requirements of brake fluid. What are the main constituents of brake fluid?
Why water can't be used as brake fluid?

22. What is a tandem master cylinder? What are it's advantages over an ordinary master
cylinder?

23. Classify different types of brakes used in Automobiles, also state the different methods
used for their actuation.

24. Explain the working and construction of a sliding Caliper type disc brake. State some of
its constructional features regarding disc material used, friction pads, piston.

25. What do you understand by bleeding of hydraulic brake, explain?

26. What is the function of a metering value and a combination value?

27. What are the advantages of the hydraulic brakes over mechanical brakes?
28. Explain the working and construction of the expander unit and adjuster unit of grilling
mechanical brake.

29. Explain the followings manual transmission system.

a. Sliding mesh

b. Constant mesh

c. Synchronous mesh

30. What do you mean by 'gear ratio'? What is the significance of low and high gear ratios?

31. Why is compound gear train preferred over the simple gear train for use in manual
gearbox?

32. Describe the working of an automatic transmission system (Wilson's gearbox)?

33. Sketch and explain the construction and working of a torque converter?

34. Enlist the purpose of using an overdrive in a vehicle and explain the working of
freewheel unit.

35. What is a transfer box? Where is it used? Describe clearly the construction and working
of a transfer box?

36. Why are synchromesh device usually not employed for the reverse gear?

37. Write notes on following: i) Leaf Springs and their types ii) Torsion Bar iii) Shock
absorber Iv) Rubber springs

38. Differentiate clearly between the functions of a spring and a shock absorber?

39. Explain the construction and working of a telescopic type shock absorber with the help of
a neat diagram?

40. Explain the wishbone type independent suspension system. Draw a labelled diagram of a
Mc Pherson strut suspension?

41. How does the side thrust countered in a vehicle?

42. What do you understand by pitching and rolling of a vehicle?

43. Name all the different types of suspension springs?

44. In an automobile the body and frame should jointly meet some important requirements
for static and dynamic condition, enumerate all of them?
45. Draw well labelled diagram showing all components of a ladder type and x member type
automobile frames.

46. Discuss the requirements of automotive headlights and explain how they have been met
with in modern design of headlights.

47. Draw a simplified wiring circuit for the lightning system of a car and discuss the same?