Exam. 2-A

Automotive Engineering II

1st semester 1428-1429

Student Name:

Student No. 101-      -

 1) A- Define the following:

a- Weight transferred for a vehicle on a curved path:

 

 

 

b-TCS:
 

 

B- Complete the following table:

 

Draw the angle and
show if it is (+ve or -ve )

The effect of this angle on the wheel alignment

Comber angle

   

 

 

 

King pin inclination

 

 

 

 

 

Toe out

 

 

 

 

 

C- i- What is ment by the car is oversteered?

 

 

 

 

ii- What are the factors that make the car oversteer?

 

 

 

 

 

2) A passenger car has a weight of 16 kN. The weight distribution on the front axle is 42% and that on the rear axle is 58% under static conditions. If the cornering stiffness of each of the front tires is 36 kN/rad and that of the rear tires is 37 kN/rad.

i- Find the under steer coefficient of the vehicle?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ii- Determine the condtion of steer for the car? And the effect on the steering angle.

 

 

3) i- Draw the free Body diagram (FBD) of the car

ii- the condition for car sliding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iii- the condition for car overturning