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what is the difference between machenical, automobile and automotive engineering.


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Vinay kumar lachotra 15th Jan, 2020
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Shivani 24th Feb, 2020
Mechanical engineering

It deals with the design, construction, and use of machines.
It also apply the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems.
The
This  field basically requires an understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, materials science, and structural analysis.


Automotive engineering

It deals with the design, manufacture and operation of ground based vehicles. It includes motorcycles, buses, trucks etc.
It mainly focuses on the design, research and development, and production.
It also deals with the construction and designing of automotives.

Automobile engineering

It focuses on the cars. It specifically deals with the designing of cars, operations in production of cars, designing of engines and fuel management. Thus, automobile engineering can be considered as a sub branch of automotive engineering.

dhameerbhatia31_7970609 Student Expert 24th Feb, 2020

Automobile engineering is a sub branch of mechanical engineering, though it is studied as main branch in some engineering colleges.




Difference according to study




In mechamical engineering you will learn every mechanical object or machines out there in the world. You will have more generalised subjects like theory of machines, dynamics and kinetics of machines. You will have machine oriented problems.




While in Automobile engineering you will learn Automobile IC engines, Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle kinematics, etc

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