Mechanical Engineering

Statics

• Simple applications of equilibrium equations.

Dynamics

• Simple applications of equations of motion, work, energy and power.

Theory of Machines

• Simple examples of kinematic chains and their inversions.
• Different types of gears, bearings, governors, flywheels and their functions.
• Static and dynamic balancing of rigid rotors.
• Simple vibration analysis of bars and shafts.
• Linear automatic control systems.

Mechanics of Solids

• Stress, strain and Hookes Law.
• Shear and bending moments in beams.
• Simple bending and torsion of beams, springs and thin walled cylinders.
• Elementary concepts of elastic stability, mechanical properties and material testing.

Manufacturing Science

• Mechanics of metal cutting, tool life, economics of machining, cutting tool materials.
• Basic types of machine tool and their processes.
• Automatic machine tools, transfer lines.
• Metal forming processes and machines-shearing, drawing, spinning, rolling, forging, extrusion.
• Types of casting and welding methods.
• Powder metallurgy and processing of plastics.

Manufacturing Management

• Methods and time study, motion economy and work space design, operation and flow process charts.
• Cost estimation, break-even analysis.
• Location and layout of plants, material handling.
• Capital budgeting, job shop and mass production, scheduling, dispatching, Routing, Inventory.

Thermodynamics

• Basic concepts, definitions and laws, heat, work and temperature, Zeroth law, temperature scales, behaviour of pure substances, equations of state, first law and its corollaries, second law and its corollaries.
• Analysis of air standard power cycles, Carnot, Otto, diesel, Brayton cycles.
• Vapour power cycles, Rankine reheat and regenerative cycles, Refrigeration cycles-Bell Coleman, Vapour absorption and Vapour compression cycle analysis, open and closed cycle gas turbine with intercooling, reheating.

Energy Conversion

• Flow of steam through nozzles, critical pressure ratio, shock formation and its effect.
• Steam Generators, mountings and accessories.
• Impulse and reaction turbines, elements and layout of thermal power plants.
• Hydraulic turbines and pumps, specific speed, layout of hydraulic power plants.
• Introduction to nuclear reactors and power plants, handling of nuclear waste.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

• Refrigeration equipment and operation and maintenance, refrigerants, principles of air conditioning, psychrometric chart, comfort zones, humidification and dehumidification.

Fluid Mechanics

• Hydrostatics, continuity equation, Bernoulli's theorem, flow through pipes, discharge measurement, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer concept.