Introduction to Automobile Engineering, classification & Layouts.

Automobile Engineering

          Automobile engineering is the one of the stream of mechanical engineering. It deals with the various types of automobiles, their mechanism of transmission systems and its applications. Automobiles are the different types of vehicles used for transportation of passengers, goods, etc.

Basically all the types of vehicles works on the principle of internal combustion processes or some times the engines are called as internal combustion engines. Different types of fuels are burnt inside the cylinder at higher temperature to get the transmission motion in the vehicles. Therefore, every mechanical and automobile engineer should have the knowledge of automobile engineering its mechanism and its various applications.

Defination:    Automobile engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with everything about automobiles and practices to propel them. Automobile is a vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine and it is used for transportation of passengers and goods on the ground. Automobile can also be defined as a vehicle which can move by itself. Examples : Car, jeep, bus, truck, scooter, etc.

Classification of Automobile/vehicles

A) According to the load carrying capacity 

1. Heavy transport vehicle (HTV) or heavy motor vehicle (HMV),                                                                    e.g. trucks, buses, etc.
2. Light transport vehicle (LTV)                                                                                                                           e.g. pickup, station wagon, etc.
3. Light motor vehicle (LMV),                                                                                                                             e.g. cars, jeeps, etc.

B) According to Purpose of use

1. Passenger Cars
2. Goods Carriage
3. Special Purpose
4. Earth Moving
5. Motor Cycle (Bikes)
6. Moped

C) According to Fuel used

1.  Petrol Vehicles
2.  Fuel Cell
3. Solar Cars
4. Hybrid Cars
5. Electric Cars
6. LPG/CNG Vehicles
7. Diesel Vehicles

D) According to Engine Location and Mounting

1. Front Engine Front Wheel Drive
2. Rear Engine Rear Wheel Drive
3. Front Engine Rear Wheel Drive
4. Bus Chassis
5. Full Forward Chassis
6. Semi Forward Chassis

E) According to Transmission used

1. Conventional vehicles with manual transmission, e.g. car with 5 gears.
2. Semi-automatic
3.  Automatic : In automatic transmission, gears are not required to be changed manually. It is automatically changes as per speed of the automobile.

Layouts of Vehicles

• Front engine rear wheel drive vehicle layout

Front engine rear wheel drive vehicle layout

• Front Engine Front Wheel Drive Vehicle

Front Engine Front Wheel Drive Vehicle

• Rear wheel drive vehicle with engine at Rear

Rear wheel drive vehicle with engine at Rear

• All (Four) Wheel Drive Layout 

All (Four) Wheel Drive Layout 

Learn More:

• Major Components of Automobile.

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