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Course Objectives
To expose the students to the thrust areas in Mechanical Engineering and their
relevance by covering the fundamental concepts
Modul
e
I
II
Topics as per
course plan
Laws of
Thermodynami
cs- significance
and
applications of
TD
Entropy,
available
energy,
Clausius
inequality,
principle of
increase of
entropy
Ideal and real
gas equations
Analysis of
Carnot cycle,
Otto cycle,
Diesel cycle
and Brayton
cycle;
Efficiency of
these cycles
Energy
conversion
devices:
Boilers, Steam
turbines, Gas
turbines and
hydraulic
turbines
Working
principle of 2
stroke and 4
stroke IC
engines
(Diesel and
petrol)
Hour
s
2
III
IV
Reciprocating
and centrifugal
pumps, rotary
pumps
Reciprocating
and centrifugal
compressors,
fans, blowers,
rotary
compressors,
air motor.
Refrigeration
and Air
conditioning,
COP
Vapour
compression
and vapour
absorption
refrigeration
systems
Study of
household
refrigerator,
Energy
efficiency
rating
Psychrometry,
Psychrometric
processes
Window air
conditioner,
split air
conditioner,
ratings and
selection
Refrigerants
and their
impact on
environment
Engines and
Power
Transmission
Devices in
Automobiles,
Different types
of engines
used in
automobiles,
types of
Classification of pumps,
Working principle of these
pumps with the help of
simple sketches, applications
Classification of air
compressors; Working
principle of these machines
with the help of simple
sketches, applications
Parts of household
refrigerator, schematic
diagram, method of giving
energy efficiency rating
Properties of refrigerants,
commonly used refrigerants,
environment friendly
refrigerants
Type of automobiles; Engine
used, such as fuel, number of
strokes, number of cylinders
in different automobiles.
automobiles
VI
Major
components
and their
functions
Fuels; Recent
developments,
CRDI, MPFI,
Hybrid engines
Belts and belt
drives , Chain
drive, rope
drive; gears
and gear trains
Friction clutch,
Brakes
Engineering
materials,
classification,
properties,
alloys and
their
applications
Casting
Major components of an
automobile and functions of
each
Characteristics of these
devices, types of gears, types
of gear trains, applications
Sheet metal
forming, sheet
metal cutting
Forging,
rolling,
extrusion
Metal joining
processes,
powder
metallurgy
Machine Tools;
Lathe- centre
lathe
Methods; applications
Drilling
machinestudy of pillar
drilling
machine
Shaper, planer,
slotter
Milling
machine
Grinding
machine
Power saw
Introduction to
NC and CNC
machines