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The effective cooling of a two wheeler scooter engine depends on the efficient performance of the cooling fans. In scooters, centrifugal fan with axial air inflow and radial outflow with either backward curved or forward curved blades are used. The air flow enters the unit axially and then spreads out turning to 90 degrees into radially outward direction before meeting the engine. The work aims at the study of performance characteristics of the forward and backward curved fans when put in to engine cowling and to compare the power consumed and flow delivered by the fans. The objective is to compare and reduce the power consumed by the cooling fans and to increase the air flow velocity across the engine surfaces. A Conjugate Heat Transfer analysis has been done to study the effect of forward and backward cooling fans on flow delivered, power consumed and engine surface temperature. RANS K-Epsilon two equation turbulence model was used to solve the 3-D numerical model.

Transmission is the drive line of a vehicle. Road load requirement are fulfilled by transmission system. Selection of gear ratios in early stage of design based on simulated vehicle performance reduces the cost and time in product design cycle. Selection of gear ratios based on acceleration performance in 1st and 2nd gear, maximum speed of vehicle achieved in last gear and grade-ability in first gear is explained in this paper for AMT. Automated manual transmission is a recent trend in two wheelers that fulfills fuel economy requirement and increases driving comfort. Gear shift strategy for AMT is derived based on fuel economy or drivability. This paper addresses the shift strategy that targets drivability of vehicle. Simulation done in GT power is done with India driving cycle to derive gear number against vehicle speed.