Body Designs
Chassis
Operations
Engine Classification
Trans/Axle Configuration
100
Primarily dependent upon the intended function of the vehicle
What drives vehicle designs?
100
Underlying supporting structure of a vehicle much like a human skeleton.
What is a vehicle chassis?
100
A means of converting stored energy into motion that can turn the vehicle wheels.
What is required for a vehicle to operate?
100
Type, cylinder arrangement, number of cylinders or rotors and engine displacement in Liters or Cubic Inches.
How engines are classified?
100
Manual or automatic transmission/trans-axles.
What most engines are bolted to and transmit torque through?
200
Items of interest vehicle designs must accommodate
What are style, aesthetics and safety?
200
When a vehicle body is mounted on a rigid frame
What is body on frame?
200
Natural gas, alcohol, bio-diesel, hydrogen and battery based electricity.
What are fuels that modern vehicles use?
200
Piston type engine.
The type of engine that most vehicles use?
200
Transmission, final drive gears and differential.
What is contained in a trans-axle?
300
Vehicle with an enclosed body, four doors, trunk and a fixed roof
What is a sedan?
300
Engine, wheels, transmission, differential axle assembly and body.
What are items mounted on a vehicle chassis?
300
Using an internal combustion engine or an electric motor.
What are ways chemical energy may be converted into mechanical energy?
300
The way engine cylinders are arranged...
What determines engine configuration?
300
Uses engine torque to turn wheels, often converts torque from straight line to 90 degrees while supporting vehicle weight.
What is a live axle?
400
Vehicle with two doors, two seats may be convertible or solid roof and has a small trunk
What is a Coupe?
400
Constructed of a number of large sheet steel panels spot welded into a structural single unit making manufacture quicker and is lighter in weight.
What is the Uni-body Design?
400
The crankshaft in internal combustion engines and the armature in an electrical motor.
How the chemical energy is transmitted into mechanical form in engines?
400
The reason engineers design engines with tilted cylinder banks.
What is reduction of engine height?
400
Allows vehicle wheels to turn and brake plus hold up vehicle weight.
What is a dead axle?
500
Light duty chassis, tall profile, not a heavy hauler and most often front wheel drive
What are aspects of Crossover Utility Vehicles?
500
Large springs on hinges, pressurized gas struts, prop rod.
Ways the vehicle engine compartment hood is held up?
500
The starter motor is energized and cranks the engine over.
What happens when the key is moved to the crank position or the start button is pressed?
500
Inline 3 or 4, V-8, Flat 6, W-12 horizontal 4 or 6.
What are engine configuration types?
500
Includes drive shaft, final drive(s), axles for front and rear of vehicle, uses selector lever and transfer case.
What is a part time 4-wheel drive system?
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