Discipline: Mechanical Engineering

Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Mechanics:
Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics
of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and
angular) and energy formulations; impact.
Engineering Materials:
Structure and properties of engineering materials and their applications, heat treatment, stress-
strain diagrams for engineering materials.
Strength of Materials:
Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr's circle for plane stress
and plane strain, thin cylinders, thick-walled vessels; shear force and bending moment diagrams;
bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular members; columns and struts;
strain energy and impact loading; thermal stresses; Rotating Rims & Discs; Bending of Curved
Bars.
Theory of Machines:
Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms, kinematic synthesis of

mechanisms; dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels; static and
dynamic force analysis; balancing of rotating components; governors.
Thermodynamics:
Thermodynamic system and processes; Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics;;
Carnot cycle. irreversibility and availability; behaviour of pure substances, ideal and real gases;
calculation of work and heat in ideal and real processes; Rankine and Brayton cycles with
modifications, analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion; vapour
refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, reverse Brayton cycle; moist air:
psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes.
Energy Conversion:
Fuels and combustion; high pressure steam boilers; flow through nozzles; Gas turbines with
intercooling, reheat and regenerators, Steam turbines, velocity diagram, power output and
efficiency, maximum blade efficiency of single stage impulse turbine, blade friction,
compounding of impulse turbine; reaction turbine, degree of reaction, velocity diagram, power
output, efficiency; losses in steam turbines, stage efficiency, overall efficiency and reheat factor;
governing of steam turbines; steam condensers, condenser vacuum, sources of air leakage & its
disadvantages.
Heat-Transfer:
Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept, electrical analogy,
unsteady heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat
transfer, various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through pipes; thermal
boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape
factors, network analysis; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods.
Fluid Mechanics:
Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume analysis of mass,

momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum;
Bernoulli's equation; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer; elementary turbulent
flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
Vibrations:
Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping; harmonically
excited and transient vibrations; introduction to multi-degree of freedom systems; vibration
isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.
Design:
Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N diagram;
principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts,
spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, keys, couplings, brakes and clutches; Selection
of Materials.
Fluid Machines:
Pelton, Francis, propeller and Kaplan turbines; performance characteristics and governing of
hydraulic turbines; introduction to Deriaz and Bulb turbines; selection of turbines; Centrifugal &
axial pumps and fans, reciprocating pumps.
Joining:
Chemistry of welding, design of welding joints, pre- and post-heat treatment of welded joints;
brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding.
Machining and Machine Tool Operations:
Mechanics of metal cutting and chip formation, single and multi-point cutting tools, tool
geometry and materials, tool life and wear; principles of non-conventional machining processes;
principles of work clamping, principles of design of jigs and fixtures.
Metrology and Inspection:

Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge design;
interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis
in manufacturing and assembly.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing:
Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools. 16. Production Planning and Control:
Forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning.
Inventory Control:
Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock inventory control systems, economic order
quantity.
Operations Research:
Linear programming, simplex and duplex method, transportation, assignment, network flow
models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.
Product Design and Development:
Principles of good product design, tolerance design; quality and cost considerations; product life
cycle; standardization, simplification, diversification, value engineering and analysis, concurrent
engineering.
Industrial Safety:
Introduction, types of accidents, causes and common sources of accidents, methods of safety,
first aid.
Engineering Economy and Costing:
Elementary cost accounting and methods of depreciation; break-even analysis, techniques for
evaluation of capital investments, financial statements.
Management Information System:
Value of information; information storage and retrieval system - database and data structures;
knowledge based systems.

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Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms, kinematic synthesis of

Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume analysis of mass,

Machining and Machine Tool Operations:

Metrology and Inspection:

Computer Integrated Manufacturing:

Product Design and Development:

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