AT6503 VEHICLE DESIGN AND DATA CHARACTERISTICS

II INTERNAL EXAM QUESTION BANK

YEAR-III SEM -05

PART-A (2 MARKS)

1. What is meant by effective pressure? (N/D 2015)

2. State the condition for a square engine. (N/D 2015)
3. Define indicated thermal efficiency. (A/M 2019)
4. How does the change in cylinder bore influence the power output? (A/M 2019)
5. How will you estimate the mechanical efficiency? (N/D 2018)
6. Define bore and stroke length. (N/D 2018)
7. Draw the ideal and actual indicator diagram of a four stroke SI engine. (N/D 2017)
8. Write down the formula to calculate the friction mean effective pressure. (N/D 2016)
9. Mention the various factors that influence brake mean effective pressure of an engine.
10. Define specific fuel consumption.
11. What are the factors on which the mechanical efficiency depend?
12. How is engine rating defined?
13. Sketch a typical PV & TS diagram for a diesel engine.
14. List out the various factors which affect the rolling resistance.
15. Define tractive effort.
PART B (13 MARKS)

1. A motor vehicle weighs 7975.5 N and its engine develops 14.7 kW at 2500 rpm. At this
engine speed the road speed of the car on the top gear is 64.37 km/h. Bottom gear reduction
is 3.5 : 1 and the efficiency of transmission is 88% on top and 80% on bottom gear. The
diameter of the tyres is 0.762 m and the projected frontal area of the vehicle is 1.116 m 2. The
coefficient of air resistance is 0.0314 N-h 2/km2-m2. R = KAV2, where R is resistance in N, K
is coefficient of resistance. A is the front area in m 2. V is the speed in km/h. Road resistance
is 0.023 W, N. Calculate:
(a) Speed of car on bottom gear:
(b) Tractive effort available at the wheels on top and bottom gear;
(c) Gradient which car can climb on bottom gear:
(d) The tractive force at the wheels required to start up the car on the level and attain a speed
of 48.28 km/h in 10 s. (Average resistance may be taken as half the maximum and
accelerating force to vanish at 48.28 km/h speed). (M/J 2016)
2. Determine the gear ratios of a four speed gear box for a vehicle of weight 13341.6 N
powered by an engine giving 20.6 kW at 1800 rpm. The vehicle has a frontal area of 2.23 m 2
and has a wheel dia. 0.71 m. The maximum gradient that the car has to negotiate is 1 in 4.
The tractive resistance may be taken as 50 N per 2240 N of the car. The wind resistance is
given by 0.03679 AV2, where A is the frontal area in m 2 and V is the vehicle speed in km/h.
Assume that the transmission efficiency is 0.75 and that at top gear, the car is expected to go
 over a grade of 1 in 40. State any other assumptions you make.
(N/D 2018)

3. An eight cylinder automobile engine of 85.7 mm bore and 82.5 mm stroke with compression
ratio of 7 is tested at 4000 rpm on a dynamometer, which has a 0.5335 m arm. During a 10
minutes test at a dynamometer scale beam reading of 400 N, 4.55 kg of gasoline for which
the heating value is 46000 kJ/kg are burnt, and air at 294 K and 10×104 N/m2, is supplied to
the carburetor at the rate of 5.44 kg per min. Fine (a) the BP delivered, (b) the BMEP, (c)
the BSFC, (d) the specific air consumption, (e) the brake thermal efficiency, (f) the
volumetric efficiency, (g) the air-fuel ratio.

(N/D 2017)

4. The following were noted for a 4-cylinder, 4-stroke engine: Diameter = 101 mm, Stroke =
114 mm, Speed = 1600 rpm, Fuel consumption = 0.204 kg/min, Heating value of fuel =
41800 kJ/kg, Difference in tension on either side of brake pulley = 378 N, Brake
circumference = 3.35 m. Assume a mechanical efficiency = 83%. Calculate: (a) Brake
thermal efficiency, (b) Indicated thermal efficiency, (c) Mean effective pressure of cylinder,
(d) Petrol consumption per bkWh. (N/D 2018)
5. A four cylinder four-stroke diesel engine has a bore of 102 mm, a stroke of 127 mm and
develops 46 kW BP at 1800 rpm. During a test lasting 15 minutes at 1800 rpm 2.78 kg of
fuel of heating value 45600 kJ/kg were used. The air-fuel ratio for chemically correct
combustion is 14.8 and the volumetric efficiency referred to air conditions of specific volume
0.805 m3/kg is 80%. Determine the brake thermal efficiency and the percent of available air
used for combustion.
6. Assuming suitable vehicle data plot the characteristic curves of Vehicle speed vs
Acceleration.
7. Assuming suitable vehicle data plot the characteristic curves of Vehicle speed vs
Acceleration.
8. Assuming suitable vehicle data plot the characteristic curves of Vehicle speed(v) vs
Power(DHP, BHP, IHP)
9. Assuming suitable vehicle data plot the characteristic curves of Vehicle speed(v) vs Engine
speed(N)