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Course Name Automotive Safety Systems
Course Code 24AT752
Program M. Tech. in Automotive Engineering
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore , Chennai , Bengaluru , Amritapuri , Kochi

Syllabus

Elective Streams General Electives

Unit 1

Statistics of accidents: Accident investigation and analysis. Active and passive safety. Characteristics of vehicle structures, Optimization of vehicle structures for crashworthiness. Design of safety and crash structures. Types of crash / roll over, Regulatory requirements for crash testing– Instrumentation requirements for crash testing.

Unit 2

Pedestrian Safety and Ergonomics: Importance of Ergonomics in Automotive safety – Anthropometry – Locations of controls .Human impact tolerance- Determination of Injury thresholds, Severity Index. Vehicle Safety systems – Survival space requirements, Restraint systems used in automobiles -safety belts-Types of safety belts and its comparison, Head restraints, Air bags – Use of energy absorbing systems – Impact protection from steering controls.

Unit 3

Seats and Automotive Lightings: Design of seats – Damageability criteria in bumper designs – safety glass and their requirements, rearward field of vision in automobiles – Warning devices- under run protection devices. Collision warning and avoidance systems. Comfort and convenient systems. Automotive Lighting and Light Signaling Devices – Automotive lamps, design, construction, material, and performance – Light signaling devices

.Emerging technologies: Gas Discharge lamp, LED, Adoptive Front Lighting System (AFLS), Daylight Running Lamps (DRL). Safety standards ISO 26262.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives

  1. To introduce vehicle passive and active safety systems
  2. To familiarize the various safety equipment and systems in automotive safety
  3. To introduce on the energy based approach employed in automotive crash modelling and analysis
  4. To teach the bio-mechanics modelling and simulation tests for automotive collision

Course Outcomes

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CO1

Analyse the vehicle structures for crashworthiness to meet vehicle crash test requirements..

CO2

Examine pedestrian safety requirements and apply ergonomic concepts to vehicle interior design

CO3

Identify injury severity index and requirements of crash dummies.

CO4

Recommend the requirements for automotive lighting, warning devices, bumper and vehicle seats.

CO-PO Mapping

PO1

PO2

PO3

PO4

PO5

CO1

2

1

1

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2

CO2

2

2

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0

2

CO3

2

1

1

2

2

CO4

2

1

1

0

2

Skills acquired

Apply ergonomic concepts to vehicle interior design, Lighting and testing methods for safety.

Text Books / References

Text Books / References

  1. Johnson W and Mamalis G., “Crashworthiness of Vehicles”, Mechanical Engineering Publications, 2012.
  2. Matthew Huang, “Vehicle Crash Mechanics”, CRC Press,2022
  3. Olson P., “Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response”, Lawyers and Judges, 5th edition 2019.
  4. Daniel J Helt, “Recent Development in Automotive Safety Technology”, SAE International Publication,
  5. Robert Bosch, “Safety Comfort and Convenience Systems”, Wiley,

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