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CSE Mechanical Engineering Syllabus

Paper - I
1. Mechanics:
Mechanics of rigid bodies: Equations of equilibrium in
space and its application; first and second moments of
area; simple problems on friction; kinematics of particles
for plane motion; elementary particle dynamics.
Mechanics of deformable bodies: Generalized Hookes law
and its application; design problems on axial stress, shear
stress and bearing stress; material properties for dynamic
loading; bending shear and stresses in beams;.
determination of principle stresses and strains - analytical
and graphical; compound and combined stresses; bi-axial
stresses - thin walled pressure vessel; material behaviour
and design factors for dynamic load; design of circular
shafts for bending and torsional load only; deflection of
beam for statically determinate problems; theories of
failure.
2. Engineering Materials: Basic concepts on structure of
solids; common ferrous and non-ferrous materials and their
applications; heat-treatment of steels; non-metals- plastics,
ceramics, composite materials and nano-materials.
3. Theory of Machines: Kinematic and dynamic analysis of
plane mechanisms. Cams, Gears and epicyclic gear trains,
flywheels, governors, balancing of rigid rotors, balancing of
single and multicylinder engines, linear vibration analysis of
mechanical systems (single degree of freedom), Critical speeds
and whirling of shafts.
4. Manufacturing Science:
Manufacturing Process: Machine tool engineering
Merchants force analysis; Taylors tool life equation;
conventional machining; NC and CNC machining process;
jigs and fixtures. Non-conventional machining EDM, ECM,
ultrasonic, water jet machining etc; application of lasers
and plasmas; energy rate calculations. Forming and
welding processes- standard processes. Metrology concept of fits and tolerances; tools and gauges;
comparators; inspection of length; position; profile and
surface finish.

 Manufacturing Management: System design: factory

location- simple OR models; plant layout - methods based;
applications of engineering economic analysis and breakeven analysis for product selection, process selection and
capacity planning; predetermined time standards. System
planning; forecasting methods based on regression and
decomposition, design and balancing of multi model and
stochastic assembly lines; inventory management
probabilistic inventory models for order time and order
quantity determination; JIT systems; strategic sourcing;
managing inter plant logistics. System operations and
control: Scheduling algorithms for job shops; applications
of statistical methods for product and process quality
control - applications of control charts for mean, range,
percent defective, number of defectives and defects per
unit; quality cost systems; management of resources,
organizations and risks in projects. System improvement:
Implementation of systems, such as total quality
management, developing and managing flexible, lean and
agile organizations.
Paper - II
1. Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics and Turbine:
Basic concept of First law and second law of
Thermodynamics; concept of entropy and reversibility;
availability and unavailability and irreversibility.
Classification and properties of fluids; incompressible and
compressible fluids flows; effect of Mach number and
compressibility; continuity momentum and
energy
equations; normal and oblique shocks; one dimensional
isentropic flow; flow or fluids in duct with frictions that
transfer.
Flow through fans, blowers and compressors; axial and
centrifugal flow configuration; design of fans and
compressors; single problems compresses and turbine
cascade; open and closed cycle gas turbines; work done in
the gas turbine; reheat and regenerators.
2. Heat Transfer:
Conduction heat transfer- general conduction equation Laplace, Poisson and Fourier equations; Fourier law of
conduction; one dimensional steady state heat conduction
applied to simple wall, solid and hollow cylinder & spheres.

 Convection heat transfer- Newtons law of convection; free

and forces convection; heat transfer during laminar and
turbulent flow of an incompressible fluid over a flat plate;
concepts of Nusselt number, hydrodynamic and thermal
boundary layer their thickness; Prandtl number; analogy
between heat and momentum transfer- Reynolds, Colbum,
Prandtl analogies; heat transfer during laminar and
turbulent flow through horizontal tubes; free convection
from horizontal and vertical plates.
Black body radiation - basic radiation laws such as StefanBoltzman, Planck distribution, Weins displacement etc.
Basic heat exchanger analysis; classification of heat
exchangers.
3. I .C. Engines:
Classification, thermodynamic cycles of operation;
determination of break power, indicated power,
mechanical efficiency, heat balance sheet, interpretation
of performance characteristics, petrol, gas and diesel
engines.
Combustion in SI and CI engines, normal and abnormal
combustion; effect of working parameters on knocking,
reduction of knocking; Forms of combustion chamber for
SI and CI engines; rating of fuels; additives; emission.
Different systems of IC engines- fuels; lubricating; cooling
and transmission systems. Alternate fuels in IC engines.
4. Steam Engineering:
Steam generation- modified Rankine cycle analysis;
Modern steam boilers; steam at critical and supercritical
pressures; draught equipment; natural and artificial
draught; boiler fuels solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Steam
turbines - principle; types; compounding; impulse and
reaction turbines; axial thrust.
Steam nozzles- flow of steam in convergent and divergent
nozzle; pressure at throat for maximum discharge with
different initial steam conditions such as wet,
saturated and superheated, effect of variation of back
pressure; supersaturated flow of steam in nozzles, Wilson
line.

 Rankine cycle with internal and external irreversibility;

reheat factor; reheating and regeneration, methods of
governing; back pressure and pass out turbines.
Steam power plants - combined cycle power generation;
heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) fired and unfired,
cogeneration plants.
5. Refrigeration and air-conditioning:
Vapour compression refrigeration cycle - cycle on p-H & T-s
diagrams; eco-friendly refrigerants - R134a,123; Systems
like evaporators, condensers, compressor, expansion
devices. Simple vapour absorption systems.
Psychrometry - properties; processes; charts; sensible
heating and cooling; humidification and dehumidification
effective temperature; air-conditioning load calculation;
simple duct design.

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ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION (ESE) SYLLABI
Branch/Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Contents for syllabi of both the Papers together for
Stage-I objective type
PaperII and separately for Stage-II Conventional type
Paper-I and Paper II
PAPER I
1. Fluid Mechanics:
Basic Concepts and Properties of Fluids, Manometry, Fluid
Statics, Buoyancy, Equations of Motion, Bernoullis equation
and applications, Viscous flow of incompressible fluids, Laminar
and Turbulent flows, Flow
through pipes and head losses in pipes.
2. Thermodynamics and Heat transfer:
Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure
substance; Zeroth, First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics;
Entropy,
Irreversibility
and
availability;
analysis
of
thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion: Rankine,

Otto, Diesel and Dual Cycles; ideal

compressibility factor; Gas mixtures.

and

real

gases;

Modes of heat transfer, Steady and unsteady heat conduction,

Thermal resistance, Fins, Free and forced convection,
Correlations for convective heat transfer, Radiative heat
transfer Radiation heat transfer coefficient; boiling and
condensation, Heat exchanger performance analysis
3. IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning:
SI and CI Engines, Engine Systems and Components,
Performance characteristics and testing of IC Engines; Fuels;
Emissions and Emission Control.
Vapour compression refrigeration, Refrigerants and Working
cycles, Compressors, Condensers, Evaporators and Expansion
devices, Other types of refrigeration systems like Vapour
Absorption, Vapour jet, thermo electric and Vortex tube
refrigeration. Psychometric properties and processes, Comfort
chart, Comfort and industrial air conditioning, Load calculations
and Heat pumps.
4. Turbo Machinery:
Reciprocating and Rotary pumps, Pelton wheel, Kaplan and
Francis Turbines, velocity diagrams, Impulse and Reaction
principles, Steam and Gas Turbines, Theory of Jet Propulsion
Pulse jet and Ram Jet Engines, Reciprocating and Rotary
Compressors Theory and Applications
5. Power Plant Engineering:
Rankine and Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat, Fuels
and their properties, Flue gas analysis, Boilers, steam turbines
and other power plant components like condensers, air
ejectors, electrostatic precipitators and cooling towers their
theory and design, types and applications;
6. Renewable Sources of Energy:
Solar Radiation, Solar Thermal Energy collection - Flat Plate and
focusing collectors their materials and performance. Solar
Thermal Energy Storage, Applications heating, cooling and
Power Generation; Solar Photovoltaic Conversion; Harnessing of
Wind Energy, Bio-mass and Tidal Energy Methods and
Applications, Working principles of Fuel Cells.
PAPER II
7. Engineering Mechanics:

Analysis of System of Forces, Friction, Centroid and Centre of

Gravity, Dynamics; Stresses and Strains-Compound Stresses
and Strains, Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagrams,
Theory of Bending Stresses-Slope and deflection-Torsion, Thin
and thick Cylinders, Spheres.
8. Engineering Materials:
Basic Crystallography, Alloys and Phase diagrams, Heat
Treatment, Ferrous and Non Ferrous Metals, Non metallic
materials, Basics of Nano-materials, Mechanical Properties and
Testing, Corrosion prevention and control
9. echanisms and Machines:
Types of Kinematics Pair, Mobility, Inversions, Kinematic
Analysis, Velocity and Acceleration Analysis of Planar
Mechanisms, CAMs with uniform acceleration and retardation,
cycloidal motion, oscillating followers; Vibrations Free and
forced vibration of undamped and damped SDOF systems,
Transmissibility Ratio, Vibration Isolation, Critical Speed of
Shafts. Gears Geometry of tooth profiles, Law of gearing,
Involute profile, Interference, Helical, Spiral and Worm Gears,
Gear Trains- Simple, compound and Epicyclic; Dynamic Analysis
Slider crank mechanisms, turning moment computations,
balancing of Revolving & Reciprocating masses, Gyroscopes
Effect of Gyroscopic couple on automobiles, ships and aircrafts,
Governors.
10. Design of Machine Elements:
Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue
strength and the S-N diagram; principles of the design of
machine elements such as riveted, welded and bolted joints.
Shafts, Spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, Brakes
and clutches, flywheels.
11. Manufacturing
Engineering:

,Industrial

and

Maintenance

Metal casting-Metal forming, Metal Joining, Machining and

machine tool operations, Limits, fits and tolerances, Metrology
and inspection, computer Integrated manufacturing, FMS,
Production planning and Control, Inventory control and
operations research - CPM-PERT. Failure concepts and
characteristics-Reliability, Failure analysis, Machine Vibration,
Data acquisition, Fault Detection, Vibration Monitoring, Field
Balancing of Rotors, Noise Monitoring, Wear and Debris
Analysis, Signature Analysis,
DT Techniques in Condition
Monitoring.

12. Mechatronics and Robotics:

Microprocessors
and
Microcontrollers:
Architecture,
programming, I/O, Computer interfacing, Programmable logic
controller. Sensors and actuators, Piezoelectric accelerometer,
Hall effect sensor, Optical Encoder, Resolver, Inductosyn,
Pneumatic and Hydraulic actuators, stepper motor, Control
Systems- Mathematical modeling of Physical systems, control
signals, controllability and observability. Robotics, Robot
Classification, Robot Specification, notation; Direct and Inverse
Kinematics; Homogeneous Coordinates and Arm Equation of
four Axis SCARA Robot