AT 1008 AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY

PART A: 1. What is the necessity for vehicle safety?

2. List any two safety regulations formulated by the Indian government. 3. Why the body of a car should be designed for safety? 4. How engine location affects vehicle and assenger safety? !. "efine crumble #one. $. "ifferentiate stationary and moving obstacle. %. "efine active safety. &. "efine assive safety. '. "efine erce tibility safety. 1(."efine interior safety. 11.How deformation behaviour of a car body affects safety? 12.What ha ens to acceleration of a assenger com artment after im act?

13.What are the two ty es of restraint system? 14.)* lain briefly about seat belts. 1!.What is the advantage of a colla sible steering column? 1$.What ha ens if tilting facility is rovided for a steering column?

1%.What are the chemicals used in an air bag? 1&.+tate the com onents used in an airbag system. 1'.What are the different ty es of automotive collision? 2(.+tate the causes for rear end collision. 21.What are the ob,ectives of ob,ect detection system? 22.What are the necessary features of an ob,ect detection system?

23.List the com onents involved in an ob,ect detection system. 24."ifferentiate between frontal ob,ect detection and rear ob,ect detection. 2!.What is the necessity of steering ad,ustment? 2$.How -./0 can be ad,usted? 2%.What is the necessity of a central loc1ing system? 2&.What are the uses of 2yre ressure warning system? 2'.)* lain briefly about )nvironment Information system. 3(.What are the com onents of a rain sensor system used with windshield wi ers?

PART B:
1. With an e* ression for energy3 e* lain how a body can be designed for o timum safety? 2. With sim le s1etches3 e* lain how various engine location and orientation can im rove vehicle and assenger safety. 3. With a neat gra h3 e* lain how deceleration rate varies when a vehicle im acts with a stationary and moving obstacle. 4. )* lain the conce t of crumble #one and the im ortant design features of a crumble #one. !. )* lain how a car is manufactured em loying safety sandwich construction. $. )* lain various as ects of active safety. %. )* lain various as ects of assive safety. &. How deformation behaviour of a vehicle body is related to safety of a vehicle?4)* lain. '. With sim le s1etches e* lain the s eed characteristics of vehicle during im act.

1(.With sim le s1etches e* lain the acceleration characteristics of vehicle during im act. 11.With a sim le s1etch e* lain the automatic seat belt tensioner system. 12.)* lain with neat s1etches5 a6 7olla sible steering column b6 2iltable steering wheel

13.)* lain the wor1ing and various com onents in an air bag system. 14.How a bum er can be designed for im roving the safety of a vehicle? 1!.8riefly e* lain any two safety e9ui ments used in a car. 1$.)* lain the wor1ing and various com onents of a collision warning system. 1%.)* lain the frontal ob,ect detection technology. 1&.)* lain the rear vehicle ob,ect detection techni9ue in cars. 1'.)* lain the interaction of ob,ect detection system with bra1ing system. 2(.)* lain :ltrasonic method of ob,ect detection and collision avoidance system. 21."raw the layout of a central loc1ing system used in a car. 22."raw the lin1age diagram and wor1ing of a garage door o ening system. 23.With neat s1etches e* lain the wor1ing of a tire ressure warning system. 24.With neat s1etches e* lain the wor1ing of a windshield wi er system with a rain sensor. 2!.List the various features and com onents of an environment information system and e* lain each of them.