BENCHMARKING Report: Benchmarking involves a structured comparison between similar products, services or processes on some dimensions of performance. For ex: it can be used to compare the availability and delivery of features in a product and in this form often provides the basis of consumer tests and reviews. These look…

UNDERBODY COATING In Indian road conditions, a cars underbody is most prone to corrosion. Underbody coating provides long term protection from corrosion to car’s underbody. It also protects parts like internal body panels, frame rails and other inner cavities that are not physically accessible but are prone to corrosion.…

HOOD DESIGN :   Styles and materials On front-engined cars, the hood may be hinged at either the front or the rear edge, or in earlier models (e.g. the Ford model T) it may be split into two sections, one each side, each hinged along the centre line. A further variant combines the bonnet and wheelarches into one section…

SECTION MODULUS: Section modulus is a geometric property for a given cross-section used in the design of beams or flexural members. Other geometric properties used in design include area for tension and shear, radius of gyration for compression, and moment of inertia andpolar moment of inertia for stiffness.…

WHEEL ARC CHALLENGE: Fender Design: - Primary purpose to avoid sand, mud rock, liquid and other particle to be thrown in air due to rotation of wheel. Fender avoid motion of road particle to be thrown to pedestrian & to contain motion of these particles. Front fender is Individually designed where as rear fender is…

FENDER DESIGN: A fender is different than a bumper because it's a metal structure that frames the wheel well of your car, instead of the front or back. The fender extends between the front door to the front bumper covering the front wheels of the vehicle. A fender is the curved portion of the car’s body that…

ROOF CHALLENGE Introduction: An car top is the portion of an automobile that sits above the passenger compartment, protecting the vehicle occupants from sun, wind, rain, and other external elements. Because the earliest automobiles were designed in an era of horse-drawn carriages, early automobile roofs used similar materials…

BACK DOOR CHALLENGE Backdoor are one of the type of door of the vehicle which are located next to the passanger seat which provides access to the luggage compartment. In the most of the cars, these back door are operated with the help of gas stay which in turn reduces the effort required to lift the door.   A…

What is BIW & define its parts?  BIW-Body in White In the Automotive Industry BIW (Body in White) is the common terminology used to mention the car sheet metal welded structure (body shell). In today's situation, automotive BIW is made of steel (various steel grade material -DP, DD, HDP etc.) as well as made of…