Mechanical Engineering

Introduction to Strength of Materials: Stress-strain diagram; Elastic constants and their relations, Thermal stresses and strains, Stresses in oblique planes - Principal stresses and principal planes.

Theory of simple bending: Deflection of beams-integration method and moment area method. Analysis of stresses in pressure vessels- thin and thick cylinders. Torsion of solid and hollow circular Shafts.

Introduction to theory of Machines: Basic concepts: degrees of freedom, kinematic constrains, linkages, mechanisms. Different types of gears, gear trains, reduction ratio and torque assessment, application of gearboxes. Basic principles and constructions of governors, flywheels, brakes, clutches and dynamometers.

Introduction to thermodynamics; Analysis of various thermodynamic processes, P-V and T-S diagrams. Analysis of air standard cycles – Otto, Diesel and Dual cycles. Classifications, applications and performance estimation of internal combustion engines;

Fundamentals of simple open cycle and closed cycle gas turbines and reciprocating air compressors – single and multi-stage. Performance study and power estimation on laboratory experimental data. Case study based on laboratory setups.