Compressors: Introduction & Application, Classification, construction of single stage and multi-stage compressors, work done in single stage and multi-stage.
2. Manufacturing Technology
Press working of sheet metal: Types of presses and operations. Die materials, Construction details of die set.
Machine tools and operations
Cutting tools & materials: single point tool, cutting speed, feed and depth of cut.
Metal Cutting: Orthogonal cutting, velocity relationships, force and power. Tool Life, Economics of machining.
Capstan and Turret Lathes; boring and broaching machine. Indexing head; milling operations.
Grinding machines and operations; Grinding Wheels. Cutting Fluids.
Introduction to NC and CNC machines. FMS. Foundry technology, Welding technology.
Metrology: Dimensional and Geometrical accuracy, Standardization, Limits, fits and tolerances, Design of gauges.
3. Fluid Mechanics & Machines
Basics of fluid mechanics, Buoyant force, stability of floating and submerged bodies, kinematics of Fluid flow
Dynamics of fluid flow, Dimensional Analysis and Dynamic Similitude, Viscous flow, turbulent flow, Concept of boundary layers, Analysis of pipe flow.
Impact of Free Jet, Homologous units, specific speed, theory of Turbomachines, efficiencies. Methods of classifications.
Reaction, impulse and mixed flow turbines, their efficiencies, characteristics, and principles of governing. Draft tube, cavitation, water hammer and surge tanks.
Centrifugal and Reciprocating pumps, air vessels, operating characteristics of these pumps.
Types of forecasting, Facilities Location & Layout Planning, Scheduling, routing, sequencing, Aggregate Production planning, Capacity planning, Inventory Control, Material requirement Planning, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning
Work Study: Methods study, time study, Work Measurement & Design. Ergonomic aspects in industrial design. Industrial Safety. Work & Job design, Job Evaluation & Merit Rating. CPM and PERT. JIT, Supply Chain, Group Technology, Computer aided process planning.
7. Mechanics of Solid
Concepts and analysis of stresses and strains; mechanical properties; ductile and brittle materials; members in uni-axial state of stress
Transformation of stresses, members subjected to axi-symmetric, torsional and flexural loads; deflection in beams, members subjected to combined loads; elastic stability of columns. Eccentric loading.
8. Machine Design
Design for strength, Stress concentration. Introduction of various design considerations likes strength, stiffness, weight, cost, factor of safety, space etc; Fatigue consideration in Design, design of welded joints, riveted joint, screwed joints, helical and leaf springs, shafts, Couplings, brakes and clutches.
Design of machine members subjected to combined steady & alternating stresses like Bolts and shafts, curved members like crane hooks, crankshafts, camshafts and connecting rod, gear tooth, sliding & journal bearings. Wear and dynamic load consideration. Design of fly-wheel and rotary devices.
9. Automobile Engineering
Transmission system, steering system, suspension systems, tyres, springs and shock absorbers, brakes and their actuations, ignition systems
Automotive pollution and its control strategies. Legal aspects.
10. Turbo Machines
Gas Turbines, Cycles, inter cooling, reheating and reheat, compounding. Impulse and reaction turbines. Performance of Practical Gas Turbine Cycles, Compressor and turbine efficiencies. Heat exchanger simple cycle and series and parallel flow cycles, Centrifugal and Axial Flow Compressors.
Steam Turbines, Steam nozzles, Velocity diagrams, main blade dimensions, thrust; theoretical power and torque, special constructional features of steam turbines.
Condensers: performance of condenser; vacuum efficiency.
11. Heat Transfer
Heat transfer processes; thermal conductivity of solids, liquids and gases; boundary conditions, one dimensional heat conduction, critical thickness of insulation; fins.
Convection, appropriate nondimensional numbers; flow over flat plate; free and forced convection.
Heat Exchangers: Different types of heat exchangers; arithmetic and logarithmic mean temperature differences; heat transfer coefficient for parallel, counter and cross flow type heat exchanger; effectiveness of heat exchanger.
Thermal Radiation: Kirchoff's law; radiation intensity, heat exchange between two black bodies, between gray bodies.
12. Internal Combustion Engines
Ideal and actual cycles of operation, fuels, Combustion SI and CI engines, carburetors and fuel injection systems for SI engines, fuel injection systems for diesel engines, lubrication systems, cooling systems, supercharging, scavenging, engine performance, testing and exhaust emission characteristics, exhaust pollution, special engines and computer simulation of two-stroke and four-stroke engines. Abnormal combustions, knocking and pre-ignition.
13. Refrigeration & Air-conditioning
Air Refrigeration & Heating System, air-craft air conditioning systems. Heat Pump cycle. COP, Vapor compression refrigeration: Simple cycle, factors affecting performance of vapor compression cycle, actual vapor compression cycle. Suitability of refrigerants for different applications. Vapor Absorption Refrigeration System.
Psychrometry and Psychrometric properties, relations, charts and uses, evaporative cooling, air washers and air cleaners, human comfort, factors affecting comfort.
Solar Radiation: Distribution of solar radiation, passive heating and cooling of buildings. Ducting System. Comfort air-conditioning.
14. Power Plant Engineering
Steam Power Plants: Layout and site selections. Fuel storage and handling. Cooling towers.
Diesel & Gas Turbine Power Plants: General layout, elements, fields of use, comparison with steam power plants. Comparison.
Nuclear Power Plants: Nuclear materials, waste disposal, fuels, coolants, moderating and reflecting materials, cladding materials, Disposal of nuclear waste, Nuclear reactors, location of nuclear power plants, comparison of nuclear plants with thermal plants. Enrichment, safety and control.
Hydro-electric Power Plants, Power Plant Economics, performance and operating characteristics of power plants, Combined cycle plants, co-generation and tri-generation, peak load and base load power plants.
15. Product Design
Principles of modern design, Human factors in design and applied ergonomics. Product design methods. Legal issues in product design and design resources.
16. Operations Research
History of OR, General methodology of OR, Linear optimization models, simplex algorithms, duality; dual linear programming, Sensitivity; Integer programming, Assignment models, Transportation problems, Transshipment models, Theory of Games. Queuing Theory. Application to industrial problems. Sampling method.
17. Vibrations
Fundamentals of vibration: Free vibration, Forced vibration, single degree of freedom. Natural frequency, Principle of conservation of energy, Principles of virtual work. Damping.
Forced vibrations: Harmonic excitation, Mechanical impedance, Critical speed, Vibration Isolation, whirling of shafts. Two degree of freedom systems.
