ME 104 WORKSHOP PRACTICE

Use of carpenter’s tools, Exercise in preparing simple joints, Bench fitting practice, Exercise in marking and
fittings, Use of measuring instruments.

Smith’s forge, Exercise in bending, Upsetting and swaging.

Familiarizing the students with the following processes:

Soldering and brazing, Welding, Heat treatment, Moulding and casting.

Simple machine shop processes, Such as turning, shaping, Milling and sheet metal work.

ME 106 STATICS
Statics of Particles
Forces in a plane, Equilibrium of a particle, Newton’s first law, Free body diagram, Forces in space
(rectangular components), Equilibrium of a particle in space.

Rigid Bodies
Equivalent systems of forces, Principle of transmissibility, Moment of a force, Couple, Varignon’s theorem.

Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies

Free-body diagram, Equilibrium in two and three dimensions, Reaction at supports and connections,
Equilibrium of two-force and three force bodies.

Analysis of structures
Internal forces and Newton’s Third Law, Trusses, Simple and space trusses, Methods of joints and sections,
Frames and machine analysis.

Forces in Beams and Cables

Shear force and bending moment diagrams, Cables with concentrated and distributed loads.

Friction
Laws of dry friction, Coefficient of friction and angles of friction, Wedges, Square-threaded screws, Journal
and thrust bearings, Belt Friction.

Distributed Forces
Centroids and centers of gravity, Areas and lines, Composite plates and wires,
Distributed loads on beams, Forces on submerged surfaces, Center of gravity of a three dimensional body
and centroid of a volume.
Second moment of area and moments of inertia, Polar moment of inertia, Radius of gyration, Parallel axis
theorem.

Method of Virtual Work

Work of a force, Virtual work, Real machines and mechanical efficiency, Potential energy and equilibrium,
stability of equilibrium.

ME 111 ENGINEERING DRAWING

Basics of Engineering Drawing
Drawing instruments and sheets; Importance of conventions and standards in engineering drawing

Engineering Geometry
Geometrical construction of plane figures, conic sections, cycloidal curves and involute
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Multiview Drawing
Multiview projection and drawing using first and third angle projection methods

Development of Surfaces
Development of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones

Sectional Views
Sections of solids and machine components

Pictorial Projections
Types of pictorial views and drawing isometric view

Dimensioning and Tolerancing

Dimensioning techniques, size and geometric tolerance and their symbols, types of fits

Intersection of Surfaces
Construction of curves from intersection of solids such as cones, cylinders, prisms and pyramids

Freehand Sketching of Machine Components

Sketching of temporary and permanent fasteners like bolts, nuts and rivets, shaft couplings, connecting rod,
bearings, pulleys, locking devices; Types of thread

Assembly and Detail Drawing

Types of working drawing, construction of views of the assembled objects / components.

System and Process Flow Diagrams

Construction of process flow diagrams; symbols for piping, instruments and equipment

ME 112 THERMODYNAMICS
Fundamental Concepts & First Law of Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics, systems and control volumes, properties of system; State of system; Equilibrium; The
State Postulate; Processes, cycles, Quasi equilibrium process; Zeroth law of thermodynamics, pressure.

Forms of energy, macroscopic and microscopic energies, forms of work, First law of thermodynamics,
Classical and statistical analysis approaches

Properties of Pure Substances

Pure substance, Phases, Saturation properties, Property diagrams for the phase-change process, PVT
surfaces; Property tables; ideal gas equation of state, Specific heats and relation

Energy Analysis of Closed Systems

Moving boundary work, energy balance, internal energy, enthalpy and specific heats of solids, liquids and
gases, polytropic processes;

Mass & Energy Analysis of Control Volumes

Conservation of mass, energy analysis of steady flow systems, Steady flow engineering devices including
nozzle, diffuser, compressor, turbine and throttling valves

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Second Law of Thermodynamics
Thermal reservoirs; heat engine, thermal efficiency, Kelvin-Planck statement, Clausius statement;
Refrigerators and heat pumps; Coefficient of performance, Perpetual-motion machines, Irreversibilities;
Carnot cycle, Carnot refrigerator and heat pump.

Entropy
Inequalities, Clausius inequality, increase of entropy principle, isentropic processes, minimizing compressor
work, multistage compression with intercooling, isentropic efficiencies of steady flow devices

Gas Power Cycles

Air-standard assumptions, classification of reciprocating engines (compression ignition, spark ignition, 2
stroke and 4 stroke); Otto cycle; Diesel cycle; Dual combustion cycle; Stirling and Ericsson cycles; Brayton
cycle, Combined gas power cycles

Vapour Power Cycles

Carnot vapor power cycle, Rankine cycle, Deviation of actual vapor power cycles from idealized ones,
increasing the efficiency of a Rankine cycle, Rankine reheat cycle

ME 202 SOLID MECHANICS I

Statically Determinate Frames and Beams
Types of solid body components, statical determinacy, Shear force and bending moment diagrams;
Relationships between loading; Shear force and bending moment.

Statically Determinate Stress Systems

Stress; Direct, shear, hydro-static. Complementary shear stresses; Bar and strut / column, stresses in thin
ring and rotating cylinder, stresses in thin shells due to pressure or self-weight.

Stress-Strain Relation
Deformation; Strain; Elastic stress-strain behavior of Materials; Lateral strain and Poisson's ratio; Thermal
stress and strain; General stress-strain relationships.

Statically Indeterminate Stress Systems

Interaction of different materials, Interaction of different stiffness components, Restraint of thermal strain;
Volume Changes; Constrained materials.

Bending Stresses
Simple bending theory; bending relationships; General case of bending; composite Beams; Eccentric end
load.

Bending: Slope and Deflection

Deflection curve of the neutral axis; Double Integration and Super-position methods.

Theory of Torsion
Torsion of thin-walled cylinders; Torsion of solid circular shafts; Hollow shafts, Non-uniform and
composite shafts, tapered shafts; Torsion of a thin tube of non-circular section; Torsion of thin rectangular
Strip.

Theory of Columns
Euler's theory of buckling; Eccentricloading of long columns. Behaviour of ideal and real struts. Struts with
initial curvature Crinkling; Members subjectedto axial and transverse loading.

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ME 204 FLUID MECHANICS I
Fluid Properties
Properties of fluids such as density, viscosity, compressibility, surface tension and capillarity, types of
fluids.

Fluid Statics
Pressure in a fluid at a point, variation of pressure with depth, Homogeneous fluid, Several fluids of
different specific weights, Interconnected vessels, Rigid-body motion of fluid, Hydraulic circuits, Force on
plane and curved surfaces, Buoyancy and flotation, Stability of a floating body.

Atmospheric equilibrium, Isothermal state, Adiabatic state, The standard atmosphere.

Fluid Dynamics
System and control volume, classification of flows, velocity and acceleration fields, stream lines, path lines,
and streak lines, Equation of continuity, Euler’s equations of motion, Bernoulli equation, Energy equation,
Impulse and momentum, One dimensional viscous flow, Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes and ducts, Pipe
flow problems, Flow in open channels.

Dimensional Analysis
Buckingham- Pi Theorem, Reynolds’ Law of Similitude, geometrical, kinematic and, dynamic similarity and
related problems.

Fluid Measurements
Measurement of static pressure, Stagnation pressure, flow velocity and flow rate measurement including
Venturimeter, orifice meter, nozzle meter

ME 209 MATERIALS AND METALLURGY

Introduction
Importance of Material Science and Engineering, classification of materials, material property charts

Metallic Materials
Crystallography: Types of crystal structures, atomic packing factor, Miller indices of crystallographic planes
and directions

Imperfections in solids: Classification of defects, types of point defects and their effects on material
properties, dislocations, kinetics of dislocations, dislocation interactions, significance of dislocations on
material permanent deformation

Mechanical properties of materials: Deformation behavior of materials under tensile and compressive
loads, Hardness testing, Testing of materials under impact loading, fundamentals of fracture mechanics,
importance of fracture mechanics, material characterization of fracture surfaces, stress distribution around a
crack, fatigue testing, S-N curves, creep deformation behavior,
ASTM standards for all mechanical tests

Diffusion in materials: Diffusion theory, equilibrium and non-equilibrium diffusion mechanisms, effect of
diffusion on material properties

Heat treatment and phase transformation in materials: Types of heat treatment processes, effects of heat
treatment on material structure and properties, concepts of phases in solids, solubility limit in solid solutions,
strengthening mechanisms (solid solution and precipitate strengthening), binary phase diagrams, iron-iron

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carbide phase diagram, diffusional and non-diffusional phase transformation, kinetics of phase
transformation

Polymers
Structure, Thermoplastics and Thermosetting Polymers, Copolymers, Polymer Crystals, Defects in Polymers
Characteristic, Applications and Processing of Polymers: Mechanical Behavior, Viscoelasticity, Fracture,
Strengthening Mechanism, Polymer Types, Polymer Processing

Ceramics
Ceramic Structure Imperfections in ceramics, Mechanical Properties
Applications and Processing of Ceramics: Types and Applications, Fabrication and Processing

Composites
Introduction, Particle Reinforced Composites, Fiber Reinforced Composites, Processing of Composites,
Sandwich Panels

Environmental Degradation
Material degradation, corrosion, Stress corrosion cracking, corrosion prevention,

Advanced Materials
Nanomaterials: Classifications of nanomaterials, nanomaterial properties, synthesis and characterization of
nanomaterials, significance and application of nanomaterials

Advanced high strength steels: Classification of AHSS, material and mechanical characterization of
AHSS, properties and applications of AHSS

ME 213 DYNAMICS
Kinematics of Particles
Rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles, Rectangular, Tangential, Normal, Radial and transverse
components of velocity and acceleration, Motion relative to a frame in translation.

Kinetics of Particles
Force, Mass and acceleration, Newton’s second law, Dynamic equilibrium, Rectilinear and curvilinear
motion, Work and energy, Kinetic energy of a particle, Principle of work and energy, Conservation of
energy, Impulse and momentum, Impulsive forces and conservation of momentum, Impact, direct and
oblique, Angular momentum of particle and a system of particles, Conservation of angular momentum,
Variable systems of particles, Systems gaining or losing mass.

Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

Translation, Rotation about fixed axis, General plane motion, Absolute and relative velocity and
acceleration.

Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies

Forces, Acceleration, Energy and momentum, Conservation of linear and angular momentum.

Kinetics of Rigid Bodies in Three Dimensions

Equations of motion of a rigid body about a fixed point, About its mass center or about a fixed axis,
Gyroscopic motion.

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ME 214 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND APPLICATIONS
Introduction to computer programing, problem-solving techniques using computer programing, algorithms
and flow-charts.

Elements of programming language, basic data types, variables and constants, arrays, vectors, matrices,
random numbers, arithmetic and logical operators, sequential and conditional execution, repetition and
iterative execution, custom and built-in functions, libraries, elements of string processing, screen and file
I/O.

Plotting and other data visualization techniques, sorting and searching data.

Numerical and analytical techniques for solving mechanical engineering problems, use of built-in thermo-
physical property functions, system of linear equations, roots of a polynomial equation, interpolation, curve
fitting and numerical integration.

Use of a state-of-the-art programing language

ME 215 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

Basic Engine Types and their Operation
Four-stroke spark ignition engine, Speed and load control in S.I engine, The Four-stroke compression
Ignition Engine, Speed and Load Control in C.I engine, The two-stroke cycle, Supercharging, Wankel rotary
engine.

Testing
Measurement of engine torque and power, Dynamometer principle, Different types of dynamometers:
Measurement of brake and indicated horse power, Mechanical pressure indicators, Use of indicator diagram.

Combustion
Combustion Equations, Heat of Combustion, Higher and lower heating values, Adiabatic flame temperature.

Equilibrium Charts
Idealized cycles and processes, The diesel cycle, The dual cycle, Regenerative cycles, Brayton cycle.

Fuels
The natural fuels, Non-petroleum fuels, Characteristics of S.I and C.I engine fuels, LPG as I.C. engine fuel,
Octane and Cetane number, Knock and engine Variable: Autoignition in S.I and C.I engines, Knock and S.I
engine, Knock and the C.I engine.

Exhaust Gas Analysis and Air Pollution

Air Pollution and the engine, Air pollution and the fuel, Control of exhaust-Gas constituents.

Fuel Metering- SI Engines

The Engine requirements, The Elementary carburetor, Elements of complete carburetor, Calculation of Air:
Fuel ratio, Gasoline injection system.

Fuel Metering-CI Engines

C.I injection systems, C.I engine nozzles.

Engine Characteristics
Heat transfer and the engine valve, Timing diagram.
Lubrication
Engine-Lubrication systems: Engine performance and lubrication, Lubricants of different kinds.
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ME 216 PRODUCTION ENGINEERING I
Introduction to Manufacturing
Types of manufacturing industries, materials used in manufacturing and properties of materials, different
processing operation.

Sand Casting
Introduction, Sand casting, molding, heating and pouring, solidification and cooling.
Pattern: making, material, types, construction, pattern allowances.
Core: making, types, sand conditioning, testing of sand, molding process, tools and equipment, molding
machines, different types of casting, cleaning and finishing of castings, inspection of castings.

Note: Experiments on sand casting will be conducted in the lab.

Permanent Mold Casting (PMC)

Introduction, types of PMC, gravity die casting and its types. Pressure die casting, Centrifugal casting and
their types. Furnaces used in PMC.

Metal Forming
Fundamentals, types, hot, warm and cold working.
Bulk deformation processes:
Rolling; rolled products, rolling types: flat, shape, thread, gear, ring rolling, and rolling mill configurations.
Forging; open die, impression die, press, upset, roll, net shape, isothermal forging and swaging.
Extrusion; solid & hollow shapes, direct & indirect, hot & cold, continuous & discrete, impact extrusion,
hydrostatic.
Drawing; bar, wire, tube drawing and its types tike tube sinking, fixed mandrel, floating plug.
Other metal forming processes; roll extrusion, riveting, staking, peening, coining, hubbing, burnishing.

Sheet metal forming processes; Shearing operations: slitting, blanking, piercing, cutoff, parting, dinking,
slotting, perforating, notching, semi-notching, lancing, nibbling, trimming, shaving, fine blanking. Bending
operations: V bending, edge bending, flanging, curling, hemming, seaming. Drawing operations like deep
and shallow drawing, embossing.

Welding Processes
Classification, Fusion welding and its types such as oxyfuel gas welding and oxygen torch cutting, arc
welding (shielded metal, flux cored, gas metal, submerged, gas tungsten, plasma, stud welding, Arc cutting),
resistance welding (spot, seam and projection. Heating, pressure, current control and power supply for
resistance welding).
Solid state welding and its types including diffusion welding, friction welding and ultrasonic welding.
Other welding processes: Forge, Roll, Friction, Explosion, Thermic, Electron beam, Laser welding and
cutting, Brazing and Soldering.

Note: Experiments on welding processes will be conducted in the lab.

Fabrication of Plastics
Casting, Blow molding and its types, Compression molding, Transfer molding, Cold molding, Injection
molding: injection molding machine, mold design and construction, types of mold, cooling and ejection of
mold, Reaction injection molding, Welding of plastics.

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ME 217 ELEMENTS OF MACHINE DYNAMICS & DESIGN
Machine Dynamics
Kinematics of Motion; kinetics of Motion; Simple Crank and Cam Mechanisms; Linkages; Types of Links;
Structure; Kinematic Pair; Mechanism; Cams

Principles of Design
Mechanical properties of Materials; Elasticity; Plasticity; Modulus of Resilience; Modulus of Toughness;
Ductility, Brittleness; Endurance limits Hardness; Creep; Stress concentration; Notch Sensitivity; Wear,
Theories of Failures including Fatigue failure; Soderberg and Goodman Diagrams; Design Parameters and
Operating Conditions; Safety and Reliability in Design

Introduction to Design of Simple Machine Elements

Joints: Knuckle, Cotter and Universal joints; Threaded and Riveted Fasteners

Couplings: Flanged and Muff Coupling, Flexible Coupling, Universal Coupling, Oldham Coupling, Chain
Coupling, Gear Coupling, Design of Key and Pins; Fluid Couplings.

Clutches: Friction Clutches; Types of Friction Clutches; Design of Single Disc or Plate Clutch, Multiple
Disc Clutch, Cone Clutch, Centrifugal Clutch.

Springs: Types of Springs, Helical Spring, Terms used in Helical Spring, Stresses in Helical Spring of
Circular wire, The Curvature Effect; Deflection in Helical Spring of Circular wore Eccentric loading;
Buckling of compression Springs, Energy stored in springs, Springs in Series and Parallel, Concentric
spring, Leaf Springs,

Flexible Mechanical Elements: Belts, Flat and Round Belt drives, V Belts, Timing Belts, Design of a Belt
Conveyor; Chain Drives, Roller Chains; Design of Chains including Drag Chain Conveyor; Apron Feeder,

Brakes and Dynamometers: Types of Brakes; Materials of brake lining; Block or Shoe Brake; Simple
Band Brake; Differential Band Brake; Band and Block Brake; Internal Expanding Brake; Dynamometer;
Type of Dynamometer; Prony Brake Dynamometer

Turning-Moment Diagrams and Flywheel

Turning Moment of Steam Engine; Turning Moment of Internal Combustion Engine; Turning Moment of
Multi-cylinder Engine; Coefficient of Fluctuation of Energy; Coefficient of Fluctuation of Speed. Flywheel;
Energy Stored in a Flywheel; Dimensions of the Flywheel Rim.

Note: Experimental work on stiffness of leaf spring, helical spring, brake & clutch systems, fatigue, and
buckling will be conducted in the lab.

ME 305 MACHINE DESIGN

Design of Machine Elements
Shafts and Columns; Shaft Types and Materials; Design of Shafts under Normal and Combined Loading;
Static, Cyclic and Shock Loads; Torsional stiffness; Critical speeds; Shaft Materials Introduction to Flexible
Shafting;Column; Types of End Conditions; Euler’s Column Theory; Connecting Rods and Crank Shafts.
Bearing; Bearing types and Materials, Friction and Wear, Theory and Application of Lubrication and its
Methods; Details design of Journal bearing and Thrust bearings, Rolling Contact Bearings, Bearing life,
Bearing Load, Bearing Survival, The Reliability Goal, Selection of Ball and Straight Roller Bearings,
Spherical and Tapered roller bearings; Selection of Tapered Roller Bearing.
Plates and Shells; Introduction to the Design of Pressure Vessels, Thin and Thick Pressure vessels, Stresses
in Thin and Thick Pressure Vessel, Compound Cylinders, Stresses in Compound Cylinders, Design of
Plates, ASME Codes, Petro-Chemical piping systems; Design of rings and wheels.
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Gear Design
General gear theory; Design o the Spur gear;, The Lewis formula, the AGMA Stress Formula, The AGMA
Strength Formula, Design of any one of the following types of gears; Helical, Worm, Bevel, gear; Gear
Trains.

Application of Industrial Codes

Introduction to Industrial Design Codes. Application of at least one Design standards i.e. ASME, BS, ANSI,
JIS, DIN, and ISO in the design of Machine Elements and Assemblies.

Elements of Micro Electro- Mechanical System(MEMS)

MEMS manufacturing; Lithography, Etching, Micromachining; MEMS Devices; Sensors; Actuators;
Springs and Fluid Flow devices.

ME 306 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS

Introduction
Elements andfundamental features of a vibratory systems; Simple harmonic motion and its vectorial
representation; Constraints, Generalized coordinates and degrees of freedom; Vibration analysis; Damped
and undamped systems; Resonance; Classification of dynamic Systems and their models,

Single Degree of Freedom Systems

Free vibration of an undamped translational system and torsional system; Energy Method; Stability
conditions; Free vibration with Viscous, Coulomb and Hysteretic Damping; Forced undamped vibration;
Formulation of equation of motion for forced vibration; Harmonically excited vibrations; Forced vibration
with damping; Response of damped system under harmonic base excitation and under rotating unbalance.

General Forcing Conditions and Response

Periodic forcing function; Fourier series; Harmonic functions; Response under periodic force of irregular
form; Transient vibrations.

Two Degree of Freedom Systems

Equation of motion for two degrees of freedom system; Free vibration of damped systems; Torsional system
with free vibration; Coordinate coupling and principal coordinates; Forced vibration of damped system

Methods for Finding Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes

Dunkerley’s equation; Rayleigh method; Holzer method; Rayleigh method; Normalization of mode shapes;
Matrix iteration method; Eigen value problems

Vibrations of Continuous Systems

Transverse vibration of a string; Longitudinal vibration of beams and rods; Torsional vibration of shafts;
Vibrations of a uniform bar with end masses; Free and forced lateral vibrations of simple supported thin
beams.

Vibration Control
Vibration Nomograph; Single plane balancing; Two-plane balancing; Whirling of shafts; Critical speeds of
shaft, Vibration transducer; Vibration pickups; Vibration exciters; Signal analysis; Dynamic testing of
machines and structures; Experimental modal analysis; Condition monitoring and diagnosis

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ME 307 PRODUCTION ENGINEERING – II
Machine Tools
Machine tools using single point tools, description, functions, operations performed on lathe, shaper, planer,
and boring machines.

Machine tools using multiple cutting edge tools, description, functions, and operations performed on
drilling, milling, gear cutting, broaching machines, and thread manufacturing.

Machine tools using abrasive wheels, description and functions of various types of grinding machines, wheel
dressing and wheel balancing, honing, lapping, and super finishing operations.

Work Holding Devices

Basic concept and design of different work holding devices like chuck, vices, jigs and fixtures for lathe,
milling, drilling etc.

Machining Parameters
Determination of machining time and material removal rate for various machining operations, cutting tools
for manufacturing, cutting tool material characteristics, cutting tool materials, tool steels, HSS, sintered
carbides, ceramics, tin-coated HSS, diamonds and cubic boron nitrides, tool geometry, tool life, tool wear
and machinability, Taylor’s tool life model, sharpening and reconditioning of cutting tools, Basic concept
and design of jigs and fixtures.

Non-Traditional Machining Processes

EDM, ECM, and ultrasonic machining.

Metrology
Light waves as standard of length, design and operation of linear measuring instruments, slip and block
gauges, length bars, limit gauges, sine bar, reference temperature, limits and fits, hole-basis, shaft basis
comparators, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and optical.
Errors in measurement, sensitivity, accuracy and variation, economics of measurement, measurement of
squareness, flatness, straightness, roundness, gear and screw threads, advanced measuring and inspection
non-contact measurement, machine tool metrology, alignment tests, level of installation, spindle
straightness, flatness and squareness.

Surface Texture and Measurement

Roughness and measurement of roughness lay, waviness and flaws, CLA and RMS values, predication and
average values of roughness for various manufacturing processes like turning, drilling, milling and grinding.

Standardization
Introduction, Interchangeability, assembly, principles, preparation of standards, application of standards in
design and manufacturing. Standards organizations.

ME 312 POWERPLANT ENGINEERING

Cycles
Review of mass and energy balances for steady flow devices, Related properties with Mollier Chart and
steam tables; Steam turbine cycles including Rankine, Superheat, Reheat; Regenerative Cycle, Open Type
Feed Water Heaters (FWH) , Closed Type FWHs with Drains Cascaded Backwards and Pumped Forward;
Gas turbine (Brayton) Cycle Power Plants, Compressors, Combustors, Low NOx combustors, Turbines,
Efficiency, Intercooling; Combined Cycle Power Plants, Gas engines, diesel power plants

Combined Heat and Power Systems

Cogeneration of power and process heat, Back Pressure and Extraction Turbines
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Fluid Flow through Nozzles
Stagnation properties, critical pressure ratio; convergent and convergent-divergent nozzles (subsonic and
supersonic nozzles), Variation of velocity and pressure with area, shock wave

Steam Turbines
Impulse and reaction turbines; Pressure Compounding (Rateau Staging), Velocity Compounding (Curtis
Staging), Reheat Factor and Condition Line.
Turbine governing and controls

Steam Generators and Fuels

Types of boilers and their applications; fire tube boilers; water tube boilers; boiler components including
feedwater heater, air preheater, economizer and superheater; boiler operation and safety. Internal and
external water treatment methods

Fossil fuels including coal, oil and gas; combustion calculations; environmental pollution.

ME 313 SOLID MECHANICS – II

Bending Stress
Combined bending and direct stresses. Shear stresses in bending, bending and shear stresses in I-section
beams. Asymmetrical bending, Shear stress in thin-walled open sections and shear center, General case of
bending of a thin walled open section, Bending of initially curved bars, Beams with small radius of
curvature.

Elastic Strain Energy

Strain energy under direct stress and in pure shear, Strin energy in bending and torsion, Maximum stress due
to a suddenly applied load and due to impact, Bending deflection of a beam from an impact, Shear
deflection, Theorems of Castigliano and Maxwell’s Reciprocal Theorem.

Statically Indeterminate Beams and Frames

Double integration method; Superposition method; Virtual work; Compatibility and equilibrium methods

Stress and Strain Transformations and Relationship

Two-directional stress systems; Mohr’s stress circle, Principal stresses and planes, Combined bending and
torsion, Two-directional strain analysis, Normal and shear strain in terms of coordinate and maximum shear
strain, Relationship between elastic constants.

Deformation Symmetrical about an Axis

Thick-walled cylinders, Compound cylinders, Shrink fit, Rotating disk of uniform thickness

Theories of Yielding
Maximum Principal Stress Theory, Maximum principal strain theory, Maximum shear stress theory, Total
strain energy theory.

Thin Plates and Shells

Deflection of thin Plates, bending of circular plates with symmetrical loading, Plates with uniform loading,
solid plate with different loading conditions, Axi-symmetrical thin shells, bending stresses in thin shells.

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ME 314 FLUID MECHANICS - II
Fluid Kinematics
Reynolds Transport Theorem (RTT) and its application to conservation of mass, linear momentum and
angular momentum, Equation of streamline in differential form, Fluid element kinematics, Vorticity and
Circulation, Stokes’ theorem, Differential form of continuity equation.

General Theory of Ideal Fluid Flow

Stream function, Velocity potential function, Flow net, Plane potential flows, uniform flow, line source &
sink, free vortex, Superposition of elementary plane potential flows, doublet, flow past stationary and
rotating cylinders.

Viscous Fluid Flow

Differential form of linear momentum equation, Euler’s equations of motion, Viscous flow of
incompressible Newtonian fluids, Stokes’ viscosity law for Newtonian fluids, Navier-Stokes equations,
steady laminar flow between parallel plates, Couette flow, Hagen-Poiseuille flow, Hydrodynamic
lubrication, Reynolds’ equation, application to infinitely long & short journal bearings, Lift and drag forces.

Boundary Layer Theory

Boundary layer development on a flat plate, Boundary layer thicknesses, Laminar boundary layer exact
solution, Momentum integral analysis, Turbulent boundary layer, Boundary layer with pressure gradient,
boundary layer separation and control.

Airfoil Theory
Airfoil geometry and nomenclature, Symmetric & cambered airfoils, Airfoils of infinite and finite span,
Characteristic curves, Lift generation, Magnus effect & Kutta-Joukowski theorem.

Turbomachines
Classification, Euler turbine equation, Centrifugal pumps, construction, classification, performance,
characteristic curves, NPSH, System curve and operating point, Series and parallel operation of pumps,
Hydraulic turbines, analysis of reaction and impulse turbines, Similarity laws for turbomachines, Specific
speed.

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Fundamentals, discretization of flow field and equations of motion, discretization methods, Finite difference
approximations of first and second partial derivatives, Solution of resulting systems of algebraic equations.

Note: Experimental determination of characteristic curves for pumps, and Impulse, Kaplan and Francis
turbines will be performed in the lab.

ME 315 HEAT & MASS TRANSFER

Conduction
Steady state conduction; one-dimensional heat transfer analysis, general heat diffusion equation for three
dimensional geometries for Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical co-ordinates, multi-layered wall, thermal
networks, overall heat transfer coefficient; Thermal analysis with internal heat sources;

Heat transfer from extended surfaces (fins).

Transient conduction, lumped capacitance method.

Radiation
Radiation intensity, black body radiation, Planck distribution, spectral emissive power, Wein’s
Displacement law, Stefan Boltzmann law, band emission, emission from real surfaces, surface
characteristics, Kirchoff’slaw
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View Factor, radiation exchange between black and real surfaces, radiation network

Convection
Basic concepts, momentum and thermal boundary layers; dimensional analysis; theoretical analysis for flat
plates; laminar and turbulent flow.

Forced convection with laminar and turbulent flow over flat plates and inside tubes and ducts; empirical
correlations.

Free convection; similarity parameter, boundary layer, convective coefficients in plates; empirical
correlations.

Heat transfer with phase change, boiling and condensation.

Heat Exchangers
Classification and preliminary design of heat exchangers, LMTD and NTU methods.

Mass Transfer
Mass transfer operations; mass transfer through diffusion and mass transfer coefficients; empirical
correlations; analogy between momentum, heat and mass transfer; simultaneous heat and mass transfer..
.

ME 403 REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING

Refrigeration cycles
Reversed Carnot cycle, Vapour-compression and vapour absorption cycles, gas refrigeration cycle, Multiple
evaporator and compressor systems.

Psychrometry
Use of psychrometric chart, Relative humidity, Humidity ratio, Dry bulb, Wet bulb and Dew point
temperatures, Psychrometric processes

Cooling Load Calculations

Indoor and outdoor design conditions of air conditioning, heating and cooling load calculation, Air
conditioning requirements for comfort and industrial processes, Air distributing systems, Design and sizing
of ducts, prevention of noise and vibration.
Introduction to computer software used in Refrigeration and air conditioning

Refrigeration andAir Conditioning Systems Components

Compressor, Condenser, Evaporator, Expansion devices, Humidifier, Dehumidifier, Fan, Pump, Blower,
grills and registers, cooling tower, Automatic temperature and humidity control systems, Pneumatic, electric
and hydraulic systems.

Refrigerants
Desirable properties of a refrigerant, Classification of refrigerants and their comparison, designation
systems, secondary refrigerants (brine), Defrosting air circulation systems

Application of Refrigeration
Domestic refrigerators, Water cooler, Cold storage, Ice making plants, Heat pump and Dairy industries
applications

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ME 417 COMPRESSIBLE FLOW AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Review of Elementary Principles
Governing equations for compressible fluid flow: conservation of mass, momentum and energy

General Features of Compressible Flow

Sonic velocity and Mach number, difference between incompressible, subsonic and supersonic flow,
propagation of sound waves, equations for perfect gases in terms of Mach number, optical methods of
investigation

One Dimensional Isentropic Flow

Isentropic flow of a perfect gas, limiting conditions (choking), effect of area change on flow properties,
flow in convergent and convergent-divergent nozzles, Hugoniot equation, applications of isentropic flow

Normal Shock Waves

Formation of shock waves, Weak and Strong waves, stationary and moving shock waves, working equations
for perfect gases, operating characteristics of converging diverging nozzle, supersonic diffusers and pitot
tube

Two Dimensional Supersonic Flows

Governing equations for oblique shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer flow, Shock Polar, variation of properties
across an oblique shock wave, expansion of supersonic flow over successive corners and convex surfaces

Steady Compressible Flow with Friction

Fannoline, friction parameter for a constant area duct, limiting conditions, isothermal flow in long ducts

Compressible Flow with Heat Transfer

Flow in ducts with heating or cooling, thermal choking due to heating, correlation with shocks

Applications in Propulsion
Propulsion applications including rocket nozzles, rocket engine staging, supersonic inlets, and exhaust
nozzles for air breathing propulsion systems. Parametric cycle analysis for ramjet, turbojet, turbofan, and
turboprop engines

Experimental work on following will be performed in the lab:

Use of wind tunnel; determination of Mach Number, drag coefficients of various objects; comparison of
aerodynamic designs; pressure distributions on models.

ME 419 STRESS ANALYSIS

Elementary Theory of Elasticity
Introduction to Vector & Tensors, Stress at a point, 3D Mohr Circle, Stress equation of equilibrium, Laws
of stress transformation, Principal Stresses & Max Shear Stress at a point, Displacement & deformation,
Strain & displacement relationships, Strain equations of transformations, Principal strains, Generalized
Hook’s Law & Elastic Constants, Compatibility, Displacement field, Stress & Strain relationships, stress
and strain relationships; Airy’s stress function both in Cartesian and polar Coordinates
Non-linear Elasticity: Hyperelasticity; isotropic hyperelasticity; material and spatial description of
hyperelastic deformation; compressible Neo-Hookean material

Theory of Plasticity and Viscoelasticity

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Yielding of ductile isotopic materials; elastic-perfectly plastic (non-hardening) deformation behavior;
classical theories of plasticity; strain hardening; plastic flow rule; elastic-plastic bending of beams;
viscoelastic behavior of solids

Experimental Stress Analysis

Analytical, Numerical and Experimental approaches of stress analysis, advantages & disadvantages,
Methods/techniques of Experimental Stress Analysis, Introduction of Strain measurements, Construction
and working of electrical resistance strain gauge, Strain sensitivity of Metallic alloy and strain gauge, Strain
gauge circuits with applications, Rosettes and its different configurations

Introduction to Finite Element Analysis

Finite element method; direct stiffness method; elemental and global stiffness matrices; boundary
conditions; element strain and stress function

Note: Experimental determination of strain measurements, and analysis using FE package will be performed
in the lab.

ME 420 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Industrial Management & Systems: Introduction to industrial management and administration, System
concept, Functions of Management, Managerial decision making, Models as decision aids.

Plant Location: Factors affecting location, Multiplant location, Location analysis, Plant layout, Types of
layout, Material handling consideration in layout, Internal and External balancing, product and process
layout analysis, Layout comparison.

Production Planning and Control: Product design, Pre-production planning, Production control for
intermittent and continuous process; MRP (Material Requirements Planning), MRP inputs and outputs,
Types of MRP; Job shop scheduling; Machine arrangement problems; Control for maximum profit;
Scheduling techniques.

Quality Control: Sampling risk and economics of sampling; OC (operating characteristic) curve and
sampling plan; Average outgoing quality; Sampling methods; Attribute and variable sampling, Concept of
control chart, Process Variability; , R, MR, p, np, c and u charts.

Methods Analysis: Process chart; Man-Material flow charts; Work station flow charts; Man-Machine
charts. Motion study; Principles of motion economy; Applications, Simo chart.

Work Measurement: Stop watch time study procedures, Timing methods, Performance rating, Total
normal time, Allowance factors, Continuous production study, Work sampling procedures, Predetermined
motion time techniques. Wage incentive plan and job evaluation.

Inventory Control and Forecasting: Inventory Control, Functions of Inventory, Economic order quality
model, its limitations, Economic lot size, Safety stock, Stock out cost, Inventory systems, Inventory system
under uncertainty, Quantity discount; Forecasting; Moving average and weight moving average; Capacity
Planning

Project Management: CPM (Critical Path Method) & PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique).

Experiments on following will be conducted in the lab:

Location selection using Factor Rating Method and Centre of Gravity Method, Process charts, time motion
study, control charts, acceptance sampling using MIL STD, EOQ, MS Project, Queueing with Poisson
arrivals and exponential service times.
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ME 421 GAS TURBINE
Ideal Cycles
Effect of pressure, Temperature, Component efficiency on fuel and air consumption and Power of the simple
plant, Inter-cooling, reheat, Heat exchanger cycles, Industrial open and closed plant.

Gas Turbine Cycles for Aircraft Propulsion

Turboprop, Turbofan and turbojet engines, Influence of altitude and flight speed on performance.

Centrifugal Compressors
Principle of operation, Work done and pressure rise, Compressibility effects, Non-dimensional quantities for
plotting compressor characteristics.

Axial Flow Compressors

Elementary theory, Degree of reaction, Simple design method, Blade design, Calculation of stage
performance, Overall performance, compressibility effect

Combustion Systems
Form of combustion system, Some important factors effecting combustion chamber designing, combustion
process,
Combustion chamber performance.

Axial Flow Turbines

Elementary theory, Vortex theory, Choice of blade profile, pitch and cord, Estimation of stage performance,
Overall turbine performance.

Prediction of Performance of Simple Gas Turbines

Component Characteristics, Off-design operation of the single shaft gas turbine, Equilibrium running of a
gas generator, Off-design operation of free-turbine engine, Jet engine.

Experiments on BHP of Gas Turbine, compressor and turbine efficiencies, and specific fuel consumption
will be conducted in the lab.

ME 422 NUCLEAR POWER

Nuclear Physics Review
Nuclear structure, Nuclear stability, Binding energy and mass-energy equivalence, Radioactivity (natural
and artificial), Decay rate, Mean-life and half-life, Radioactive equilibrium, Nuclear reactions, Q value,
Fission reaction, Elastic and inelastic scattering reactions.

Reactor Physics
Neutron reaction, Neutron flux, Cross section for scattering, Absorption and fission, Neutron diffusion
Neutron leakage, Solution of diffusion equation for a bare reactor, Albedo and reflector saving, Neutron
slowing down, Continuous slowing down model’ Lethargy, Slowing down power, Moderation ratio, Fermi
age.

Reactor Theory
Nuclear chain reactors, Criticality, The four factor formula, One group critical equation, The critical size,
Non-leakage probability, Neutron life cycle.

Reactor Kinetics
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Excess reactivity and reactor-period, Xenon poisoning.

Types of Nuclear Reactors

Introduction, Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), and Primary Loop, Pressurize, Chemical Shim Control
A PWR Power plant, Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), and Load Following Control, Current BWR System
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR), Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors (AGR).

Fast Breeder Reactor and Power plants

Introduction, Nuclear Reactions, Conversion and breeding, Liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR)
Plant arrangements, LMFBR, Gas cooled Fast breeder reactor (GCFBR).

Reactor Materials
Choice of a moderator, The fuel, The coolant, Nuclear fuels.

Allied Topics
Nuclear power economics, Fuel reprocessing, Health hazard due to reactions, Shielding, Nuclear
applications for peaceful purposes.

ME 423 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN / COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD)

Fundamentals of CAD
Introduction, The design process, Application of computers for design, Creating the manufacturing data
base, Benefits of CAD.

Hardware in CAD
The design workstation, Graphics terminal, Operator input devices, Plotters and other output devices, The
central processing unit, Secondary storage.

Computer Graphics Software and Data Base

The software configuration of a graphics system, functions of a graphic package, Constructing the geometry,
Data base structure and content, Wire-frame versus solid modeling, other CAD features and CAD/CAM
integration.

Mathematical Elements of CAD

Two dimensional transformations, Translation, Scaling and rotation, Concatenation, Various techniques for
design optimization, finite element analysis / modeling.

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING (CAM)

Conventional Numerical control

Introduction, basic components of an NC system, The NC procedure, NC coordinate systems, NC motion
control systems, Applications of numerical control, Economics and justification

NC Part Programming
Punched tape in NC, tape coding and format, manual part programming, computer assisted part
programming, The APT language, NC programming with interactive graphics, Voice NC programming,
manual data input, APT word definitions.

Computer Controls in NC

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Problems with conventional NC, NC controller technology, Computer numerical control, Direct numerical
control, Adaptive control machining systems, Trends and new developments in NC.

Robotics Technology and Applications

Robot anatomy, Accuracy and repeatability, Robot specifications, End effectors, Characteristics of robot
applications, Robot cell design, Types of Robot applications

ME 424 CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

Generalities
(a) Energy and utility, planetary energy balance and energy resources, energy utilization and utilization rate,
energy and ecology, energy requirements and the population explosion.
(b) Conservation of energy, energy conservation opportunities and management.
(c) Introduction to renewable energy sources: Solar, Wind, Ocean, Geothermal, Biomass including biofuels,
Hydrogen coupled with other renewable sources, Hydro power, Thermoelectricity. 5

Solar Energy
Nature of solar radiation, insolation, architecture and types of solar collectors, Solar Plant configurations,
Introduction to Photovoltaic systems, Application software.

Wind Energy
History, availability, data collection, wind turbine configurations and characteristics, principles of
aerodynamics, wind turbine analysis and performance calculations, Application software.

Oceanic Energy
Types of ocean energy: Wave energy and its conversion, tidal energy, energy from currents, salination
energy and the Osmotic engine, various conversion schemes and their relative merits and demerits, thermal
energy and ocean thermal energy converters (OTEC).

Biomass Energy
Composition of biomass, biomass as fuel, Photosynthesis and renewable energy; production and use of
biodiesel and ethanol; Merits and demerits.

Hydroelectricity
The resource, Types of hydroelectric plants, Applications, Small scale hydroelectricity, Environmental
considerations.

Hydrogen Technology and Fuel Cells (FC)

Hydrogen as energy storage medium, Introduction to production and storage of hydrogen, Electrochemical
cells, FC reactions, Thermodynamics and performance of FC, FC classification, FC configurations and
applications.

Integration
Existing energy systems; Questions of availability, Pattern of energy use, Economic options; Long term
global energy scenarios.

Experiments on determination of radiation with pyranometers, performance of solar collectors, PV modules,

effect of wind velocities on power output, effect of tip speed ratio on performance, and fuel cells will be
performed in the lab.

ME 425 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

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Introduction
Introduction to general Numerical Techniques; Basic concepts regarding finite element analysis; Matrix
stiffness method; Minimum potential energy formulation; Recent developments.

Finite element analysis of structural problems

Finite element modeling, element division and numbering scheme; Basic steps in FEA (Preprocessing,
solution, postprocessing); Finite element Analysis of Bar element; Finite element Analysis of Truss; Finite
element Analysis of Beam; Finite element Analysis of Frame.

Variational formulation and approximation

Governing Differential Equations; Transformation of Differential equation into FE equations; Treatment of
boundary conditions (Elimination approach, penalty approach); Variational Formulation of boundary value
problem; Methods of weighted residuals (Galerkin, Collocation, least square, subdomain); Rayleigh Ritz
Method.

Isoparametric Formulation
Interpolation techniques (Triangular, Rectangular); shape functions; Lagrange interpolation function;
Analysis of one dimensional problems (Linear, Quadratic, Cubic elements); Analysis of two dimensional
elements; Integration on master scale, modeling, mesh generation; Gaussian Quadrature formulae, One point
form, two point form.

Finite element applications and Error analysis

Convergence of solution; Various measures of errors; FEA application to Heat Transfer problems; FEA
application to Fluid Mechanics problems; FEA application to Solid Mechanics problems.

Plane Elasticity
Assumptions of plane elasticity; Basic equations; Formulation of Plane stress problems; Explicit expression
for Constant strain triangular element stiffness matrix; Finite element solution of a Plane stress problem.

ME 426 PLANT MAINTENANCE

Principles And Practices Of Maintenance Planning
Basic Principles of maintenance planning, Objectives and principles of planned maintenance activity,
Importance and benefits of sound maintenance systems, Reliability and Machine availability, MTBF (Mean
Time Between Failures), MTTR (Mean Time To Repair), Factors of availability, Maintenance organization,
CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Maintenance Policies: Maintenance categories (Breakdown, Preventive, Predictive), Merits and de-merits
of Preventive maintenance and Predictive maintenance, maintenance schedules, RCM (Reliability Centred
Maintenance), analysis

Predictive Maintenance: Condition monitoring, Economics of condition monitoring, Design of a Predictive

Maintenance Programme, Total Plant predictive program, Methods and instruments for Predictive
Maintenance (pertaining to Vibration analysis, thermography and relevant techniques)

Maintenance Methods For Basic Machine Elements: Shaft alignment, Rotor balancing, Bearings,
Couplings, Gears and gear boxes, Compressors, Control valves, Conveyors, Lubrication, Fans, Blowers and
Fluidizers, Dust Collectors, Pumps, Steam Traps and related equipment.

Failure Analysis: Introduction to Root cause failure analysis, General Analysis Techniques, FMEA (Failure
Modes and Effect Analysis), Fault-tree analysis, Cause and effect analysis, Sequence of events analysis,
Root Cause Failure Analysis Methodology

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Experiments on following will be conducted in the lab:
Overall equipment effectiveness, downtime cost, preventive maintenance, FMEA, runout measurement and
misalignment in shafts, vibration amplitude, gears, ultrasonic detection

ME 428 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

Safety Management & Hazard Communication
Understanding safety, hazards and accidents, company policy and management responsibilities, professional
certification and societies (NIOSH, NEBOSH, IOSH,OSHA), MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)

Accident Prevention & Control

Accident causes & their control, recordkeeping and forms, accident cause analysis, safety & health
economics, trainings, concept of hazard avoidance (FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis)

Building & Facilities

Walking & working surfaces, exits, illumination, sanitation, miscellaneous facilities (scaffolding, elevators,
boilers etc.), fire protection

Ergonomics & Safety

Facets of Ergonomics, workplace musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomics standards and risk analysis,
NIOSH lifting equation.

Health, Toxic & Environment

Toxic substances, measures of exposure, detecting contaminants, ventilation, noise and radiation, flammable
and explosive materials

Personal Protective Equipment & First Aid

Protection need assessment, PPE Training; hearing, eye and face respiratory protection, confined spaces,
first aid.

Process Safety
Material handling and storage, machine guarding, welding, electrical hazards, construction hazards

Operations Occupational Safety

Power plant operations (preventing steam/condensate system accidents), safe operations at chemical plants,
offshore drilling hazards. Boiler safety & accidents control.

ME 429 WATER TREATMENT AND DESALINATION

Water quality criteria for potable water, Composition and constituents of water and wastewater, physical and
chemical characteristics, microbiological characteristics, water impurities

Coagulation and Flocculation, types of mixers, Zeta potential, chemical reactions of alum and ferrous and
ferric ion, jar test for pH adjustments

Softening processes, chemical dosages based on stoichiometry, ion exchange processes, operation and
maintenance of ion exchange systems

Sedimentation, Basin design, Factors affecting sedimentation, Carbon adsorption, activation techniques,
adsorption characteristics, Relative velocities and head losses, Granular Filtration, Filter media
characteristics
Disinfection methods, Ultraviolet, Ozonation and Chlorination

Membrane Filtration: Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration, Membrane fouling,

Electrodialysis
Wastewater pretreatment, biological principles for treatment of wastewater, suspended growth bio-systems,
Wastewater microbiology, primary, secondary and tertiary treatment processes for sludges

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Thermal desalination such as Single Vapor compression systems, Multi-stage flash, Multi-effect systems

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