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B.Tech. (Full Time) – Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum & Syllabus
2007-08

Faculty of Engineering & Technology
SRM University
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur – 603 203

SRM UNIVERSITY
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering
CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS
2007-08

Code
Theory
LE0101
MA0101
PH0101
CY0101
GE0101
Practical
PD0101
GE0107
GE0105
PH0103
CY0103
ME0120 /
ME0130

Category

Course

G
B
B
B
E

English
Mathematics - I
Physics
Chemistry
Basic Engineering - I

1
3
3
3
4

0
2
0
0
0

2
0
0
0
0

2
4
3
3
4

G
G
B
B
B

Personality Development – I*
NSS / NCC / NSO / YOGA
Computer Literacy
Physics Laboratory
Chemistry Laboratory
Workshop Practice / Engineering
Graphics
Total
Total Contact Hours

0
0
0
0
0

2
2
2
2
2

0
1
1
1
1

0/1

2/3

14/15

2
32/33

22/23

Semester II
Code
Theory
GE0108
MA0102
GE0102
GE0104
PH0102
ME0102
GE0106
Practical
PD0102
ME0122
ME0130 /
ME0120
ME0124

Category

Course

G
B
B
B
B
B
E

Value Education
Mathematics - II
Biology for Engineers
Principles of Environmental Science
Materials Science
Engineering Mechanics
Basic Engineering - II

1
3
2
2
2
3
4

0
2
0
0
0
2
0

0
0
0
0
2
0
0

1
4
2
2
3
4
4

G
B

Personality Development – II*
Computer Programming Practice
Engineering Graphics / Workshop
Practice
Active Learning Laboratory
Total
Total Contact Hours

0
1

0
0

2
2

0
2

1/0

3/2

0
19/18

0
4
35/34

2
12

1
26/25

E
E

G: General programme comprising language/communication skills, humanities and social sciences, economics
and principles of management, and NSS/NCC/NSO/YOGA.
B: Basic sciences comprising Computer Literacy with Numerical Analysis, Mathematics, Physics, and
Chemistry.
E: Engineering Sciences and Technical Arts comprising Engineering Graphics, Workshop Practice, Basic
Engineering, etc.
P: Professional subjects corresponding to the Branch of Studies, which will include core subjects, electives, and
project work.
*

Audit course

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Semester III
Code
Category
Theory
LE0201 /
G
LE0203/LE0205
MA0201
B
ME0201
E
IC0211
E
ME0203
P
ME0205
P
Practical
PD0201
G
IC0217

ME0221
ME0223

P
P

Course

Semester V
Code
Theory
ME0301
ME0303
ME0305
ME0307
Practical
PD0301
ME0321
ME0323
ME0325
ME0327
ME0329
ME0331 / -

Category

3
2
3
3
3

2
2
0
0
2

0
0
0
0
0

4
3
3
3
4

0
0
16

0
0
6
30

2
2
8

1
1
23

German / Japanese/ French Language
Phase - I
Mathematics - III
Thermodynamics
Electronics and Instrumentation
Manufacturing Technology
Fluid Mechanics
Personality Development - III
Electronics and Instrumentation
Laboratory
Manufacturing Process Laboratory
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Total
Total Contact Hours

Semester IV
Code
Theory
LE0202 /
LE0204/
LE0206
MA0202
ME0204
ME0206
ME0208
ME0210
Practical
PD0202
ME0222
ME0224
ME0226

Course

German / Japanese/ French Language Phase II

E
P
P
P
P

Numerical Methods
Mechanics of Solids
Applied Thermal Engineering
Machines and Mechanisms
Computer Aided Design and Analysis

3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
0

0
0
0
0
0

4
4
4
4
3

G
P
P
P

Personality Development - IV
Strength of Material Laboratory
Computer Aided Design Laboratory
Manufacturing and Assembly Drawing
Total
Total Contact Hours

0
0
0
1
18

0
0
0
0
8
35

2
2
2
3
9

1
1
1
2
26

Category

Course

2
2
2
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

4
4
4
3
3

P
P
P
P
P

Fundamentals of Vibration and noise
Mechanical Engineering Design
Heat and Mass Transfer
Materials Technology
Elective - I

3
3
3
3
3

G
P
P
P
P
P

Personality Development - V
Machine Dynamics Laboratory
Heat Power Laboratory
Materials Technology Laboratory
Comprehension - I
Industrial Training – I #
Computer Skill* / -

1
0
0
0
0
0
0
16

0
2
2
0
2
1
0
2
1
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
4/2/Total
8
14/8
27/25
Total Contact Hours
38/32
#
An industrial training of minimum two weeks has to be undergone by the student in the winter / summer
vacation of
the III / IV semester.

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Each student shall undergo a minimum of 60 hours of training in one or more engineering software relevant to
the branch of study.
Semester VI
Code
Theory
ME0302
ME0304
ME0306
ME0308
Practical
PD0302
ME0322
ME0324
ME0328
- / ME0332

Category

Course

2
0
0
2
0

0
0
0
0
0

4
3
3
3
3

P
P
P
P
P

Gas Dynamics and Turbo Machinery
Elements of Mechatronics
Fluid Power Control
Operations Research
Elective - II

3
3
3
2
3

G
P
P
P
P

Personality Development - VI
Automation Laboratory
Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory
Comprehension - II
- / Computer Skill*

1
0
0
0
0
15

0
2
2
0
2
1
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
-/4
-/2
Total
6
6/10
21/23
Total Contact Hours
27/31
*
Each student shall undergo a minimum of 60 hours of training in one or more engineering software relevant to
the branch of study.
Semester VII
Code
Theory
ME0401
ME0403
ME0405
ME0407

Category

Course

G
P
P
P
P

Economics and Principles of Management
Metrology and Quality Control
Design of Transmission Systems
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Elective III

3
3
2
3
3

0
0
2
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

3
3
3
3
3

Practical
ME0421

ME0423

ME0425

Metrology and Quality Control Laboratory
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Laboratory
Industrial Training – II ##
Total
Total Contact Hours

0
14

0
2
22

2
6

1
18

An industrial training of minimum two weeks has to be undergone by the student in the winter / summer
vacation of the V / VI semester.
Semester VIII
Code
Category
Theory
P
P
Practical
ME0422
P

Course
Elective IV
Elective V
Project Work
Total
Total contact Hours

Category wise Distribution of Credits
Semester
I
II
Total Credits
22/23 26/25
General
3
1
Basic Sciences
13
17

III
23
3
4

IV
26
3
0

V
27/25
2
0

VI
21/23
2
0

3
3

0
0

3
3

0
6

0
0
23

17
17

8
14

Total
177
17
34

%
100
9.61
19.21

VII
18
3
0

VIII
14
0
0

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Engg. Sciences
and Tech. Arts
Professional

6/7

8/7

14.12

25/23

19/21

101

57.06

LIST OF ELECTIVES
(Minimum of one each in Design, Manufacturing and Thermal category should be studied by each student)
Code
Course
L
T
P
C

ME0001
ME0002
ME0003
ME0004
ME0005
ME0007
ME0008

DESIGN
Finite Element Methods
Robotics Engineering and Applications
Mechanism Design, Analysis and Synthesis
Digital Image Processing and Machine Vision
Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Neural Network and Fuzzy Systems
Industrial Tribology

3
3
3
3
3
3
3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
3
3
3
3
3
3

ME0021
ME0022
ME0023
ME0024
ME0025
ME0026
ME0027
ME0028
ME0029

MANUFACTURING
Modern Manufacturing Techniques
Precision Engineering
Production Management
Artificial Intelligence and Expert System
Process Planning and Cost Estimation
Tool Engineering Design
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Non Traditional Machining Techniques
Foundry Engineering

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

ME0041
ME0042
ME0043
ME0044
ME0045
ME0046
ME0047
ME0048
ME0049
ME0050
ME0051
ME0052
AE0012

THERMAL
Combustion Engineering
Gas Turbine Technology
Boundary Layer Theory
Fuel Cell Technology
Elements of Space Technology
Rocket Propulsion
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning System
Alternative Sources of Energy
Energy Engineering and Management
Design of Pumps and Turbines
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Internal Combustion Engines
Automotive Electronics

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

ME0061
ME0062
ME0063
ME0064
ME0065
ME0066
ME0067
ME0068
ME0069
MH0307
IC0461
IC0464

GENERAL
Industrial Engineering
Materials Management
Human Relations Management
Entrepreneurship Development
Facilities Planning
Industrial Safety and Environment
Supply Chain Management
TQM and Reliability Engineering
Marketing and Sales Management
PLC and Data Acquisition Systems
Instrumentation and Control
Microprocessor Based System Design

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

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SEMESTER I
LE 0101

L
1

ENGLISH
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
2

PURPOSE
To provide an adequate mastery of communicative English Language training primarily - reading and writing
skills, secondarily listening and speaking skills.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To provide language training to the engineering students which will enable them to understand and acquire
knowledge in technical subjects.
LISTENING
Listening Practice – Hints on Listening – Listening Practice
Note Taking: Note Taking Strategies
SPEAKING
Definitions: Expressing Opinions (agreement / disagreement)-Offering Suggestions – Technical Definitions –
Describing Objects – speaking practice.
Phonetics: Pronunciation-Phonetic Transcription-Stress-Intonation
READING
Comprehension: Skimming-scanning-close reading-Comprehension – Transferring Information – Exercise – An
unseen passage should be given and questions may be asked in the form of True or False statements, MCQ,
short answers.
Transcoding : Interpreting tables, flow charts, pie chart, bar diagram, tree diagram, graphs.
WRITING
Art of Writing: Writing Language – Rules for effective writing – Technical Essay Writing – Exercise
Report Writing: Technical Writing – Lab Report – Exercise
Letter Writing : Formal Letters – Letter to the Editor – Letter Inviting Dignitaries – Letter of Application
Curriculum Vitae – Placing an Order.
Dialogue Writing
FOCUS ON AND COMMUNICATION AND “COMPUNICATION”
Communication : Basic Concepts – Process – Kinds – Routes – Forms – Factors – Barriers – Triangles
Communication (Communicate through Computers – Power Point & Tele Conference).
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Based on the submission of Assignments and test performance of the students marks will be awarded.

TEXT BOOKS
Abraham Benjamin Samuel “Practical Communication Communicative English LSRW2000” – SRMEC –
June 2006 Revised Edition.
Staff of the Department of Humanities and Social Science, Anna University, “English for Engineers /
Technologist,” Vol.-I. Orient Longman, 1990.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Herbert. A. J. “The structure of Technical English”, Orient Longman 1995.
Pickett and Laster, “Technical English, Writing, Reading and Speaking”, New York Harper and Row
Publications, 1997.
“Interactive course in phonetics and spoken English” published by Acoustics Engineers (ACEN) 2002.
Munter, Mary, “Business Communication Strategy and Skill”, Prentice Hall Inc, New Jersey, 1987.

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MA 0101

L
3

MATHEMATICS -I
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

C
4

To apply advanced matrix knowledge to Engineering problems.

To improve their ability in solving geometrical applications of differential calculus problems.

To equip themselves familiar with the functions of several variables.

To familiarize with the applications of differential equations.

To expose to the concept of three dimensional analytical geometry.

MATRICES
Characteristic equation – Eigen values and eigen vectors of a real matrix – Properties of eigen values – Caley –
Hamilton theorem – Orthogonal reduction of a symmetric matrix to diagonal form – Orthogonal matrices –
Reduction of quadratic form to canonical form by orthogonal transformations.
GEOMETRICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
Curvature – Cartesian and polar coordinates – Circle of curvature – Involutes and Evolutes – Envelopes –
Properties of envelopes.
FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES
Function of two variables – Partial derivatives – Total differential – Taylor’s expansion – Maxima and Minima
– Constrained Maxima and Minima by Lagrangean Multiplier method – Jacobians
ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Simultaneous first order linear equations with constant coefficients – Linear equations of second order with
constant and variable coefficients – Homogeneous equation of Euler type – Equations reducible to
homogeneous form.
THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY
Direction cosines and ratios – Angle between two lines – Equation of a plane – Equation of a straight line – Coplanar lines – Shortest distance between skew lines – Sphere – Tangent plane – Plane section of a sphere –
Orthogonal spheres.
TEXT BOOK
1. Grewal B.S, Higher Engg Maths, Khanna Publications, 38th Edition., Veerajan, T., Engineering
Mathematics, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi,2000.
2. Dr.V.Ramamurthy & Dr. Sundarammal Kesavan, Engineering Mathematics – Vol I & II Anuradha
Publications, Revised Edition 2006.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kreyszig.E, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th edition, John Wiley & Sons. Singapore, 2001.
2. Kandasamy P etal. Engineering Mathematics, Vol.I (4th revised edition), S.Chand &Co., New Delhi,
2000.
3. Narayanan S., Manicavachagom Pillay T.K., Ramanaiah G., Advanced Mathematics for Engineering
students, Volume I (2nd edition), S.Viswanathan Printers and Publishers, 1992.
4. Venkataraman M.K., Engineering Mathematics – First Year (2nd edition), National Publishing Co.,
Chennai, 2000.

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PH 0101

L
3

PHYSICS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to develop scientific temper and analytical capability through learning physical
concepts and their applications in engineering and technology. Comprehension of some basic physical concepts
will enable the students to logically solve engineering problems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the general scientific concepts required for technology,
2. Apply the concepts in solving engineering problems,
3. Explain scientifically the new developments in engineering and technology, and
4. Get familiarized with the concepts, theories, and models behind many technological applications.
PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND SOUND
Properties of Matter: Hooke’s law – Twisting couple on a cylinder – Shafts – Torsion pendulum – Bending of
beams – Bending moment – Uniform bending and non-uniform bending – I shape girder. Sound: Shock waves
– Mach number (simple problems) – Ultrasonic production (magnetostriction and piezoelectric methods) and
application – Acoustics of buildings – Sources and impacts of noise – Sound level meter – Control of noise
pollution.
ELECTROMAGNETISM AND MICROWAVES
Electromagnetism: Divergence, curl and gradient – Maxwell’s equations – Wave equation for electromagnetic
waves – Propagation in free space – Poynting vector – Rectangular and circular wave guides. Microwaves:
Properties and applications – Generation by magnetron and reflex klystron oscillator – Travelling wave tube –
Biological effects.
OPTICS
Photometry: Principles and Lummer-Brodhun photometer. Lasers: Principles and characteristics – Types of
lasers (CO2, excimer, NdYAG, GaAs, free electron) – Holographic mass storage. Optical Fiber: Principles –
Physical structure and types – Optical fiber communication. Photoelasticity: Theory and applications.
CRYSTAL PHYSICS AND CRYOGENICS
Crystal Physics: Crystal directions – Planes and Miller indices – Basic symmetry elements – Translational
symmetry elements – Reciprocal lattice – Diamond and HCP crystal structure – Imperfections in crystals.
Cryogenics: Methods of liquefaction of gases (cascade process, Linde’s process, and adiabatic demagnetization
process) – Measurement of cryogenic temperatures.
ENERGY PHYSICS
Introduction to non-conventional energy sources – Solar cells – Thermoelectric power generators – Thermionic
power generator – Magneto hydrodynamic power generator – Fuel cells (H2O2) – Solid state batteries (Lithium)
– Low voltage and high voltage nuclear cells – Thermocouple based nuclear cell – Ultra capacitors.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Arumugam, M., Engineering Physics, 2nd edition, Anuradha Publishers, Kumbakonam, 2003.
2. Gaur and Gupta, Engineering Physics, 7th edition, Dhandapani and Sons, New Delhi, 1997.
3. Thiruvadigal, J. D., Ponnusamy, S., Vasuhi, P. S. and Kumar, C., Physics for Technologists, 5th edition,
Vibrant Publication, Chennai, 2007.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Vasudeva, A. S., Modern Engineering Physics, S. Chand and Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2004.
2. Vasudevan, D. N., Fundamentals of Magnetism and Electricity, 11th edition, S. Chand and Company
Ltd., New Delhi, 1983.
3. Nair, K. P. R., Atoms, Molecules and Lasers, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2006.
4. Pillai, S. O., Solid State Physics,5th edition, New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2004.
5. Khan, B. H., Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Mechanical Engineering Series, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2006.

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CY 0101

L
3

CHEMISTRY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To impart a sound knowledge on the principles of chemistry involving the different application oriented topics
required for all engineering branches.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
The students should be conversant with
1. The role of applied chemistry the field of engineering.
2. The knowledge of water quality parameters and the treatment of water.
3. The principles involves in corrosion and its inhibitions.
4. Important analytical techniques, instrumentation and the applications.
5. Knowledge with respect to the phase equlibria of different systems.
TECHNOLOGY OF WATER
Water quality parameters: Physical, Chemical & Biological - Hardness of water – estimation of hardness
(EDTA method & O. Hehner”s method), Alkalinity – determination – disadvantages of using hard water in
boilers: Scale, sludge formation – disadvantages – prevention – treatment: Internal conditioning – phosphate,
calgon and carbonate conditioning methods – External: Zeolite, ion exchange methods - desalination – reverse
osmosis and electrodialysis - domestic water treatment.
CORROSION AND ITS CONTROL
Corrosion: Basic concepts – principles, mechanism of chemical, electrochemical corrosion – Pilling Bedworth
rule – galvanic corrosion – differential aeration corrosion - pitting corrosion - stress corrosion - factors
influencing corrosion.
Corrosion control: cathodic protection – sacrificial anodic method – corrosion inhibitor. Protective coatings:
surface preparation for metallic coatings - electro plating and electroless Plating - chemical conversion coatings
– anodizing, phosphating & chromate coating.
PHASE EQUILIBRIA
Phase rule: Statement – explanation of the terms involved - one component system (water system only).
Condensed phase rule - thermal analysis – two component systems: simple eutectic, Pb-Ag; Br, Cd - solid
solution Cu-Ni and compound formation Mg-Zn - applications of eutectics.
POLYMERS AND REINFORCED PLASTICS
Classification of polymers – types of polymerization reactions – mechanism of addition polymerization: free
radical, ionic and ziegler – Natta - effect of structure on the properties of polymers – strength, plastic
deformation, plastics elasticity and physical nature –Preparation and properties of important resins:Polyethylene, PVC, PMMA, Polyester, Teflon Bakelite, Epoxy resins, compounding of plastics, moulding
methods - injection, extrusion, compression and calendaring - reinforced plastics – FRP – Carbon, Graphite,
Glass– applications.
INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS
Basic principles, instrumentation of potentiometry, flame photometry – applications. Elementary theory –
principle – instrumentation of UV – visible spectroscopy and atomic absorption spectroscopy and infrared
spectroscopy.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Jain.P.C and Monika Jain, “Engineering Chemistry”, Danpat Raj publishing company (P) Ltd, New
Delhi – 2002.
2. Dara.S.S, Text book of Engineering Chemistry, S. Chand & Company Ltd, New Delhi 2003.
3. Willard H.A., Merit L.L and Dean J.A., “Instrumental methods of analysis” 6th Edition Van Nostrand,
1986.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kuriacose J.C. and Rajaram J. Chemistry in Engineering and Technology, Volume II, Tata McGraw
Hill p.b. Co., 1988.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Jeyalakshmi.R & Ramar. P, Engineering Chemistry, 1st Edition, Devi Publications, Chennai 2006.
Kamaraj.P & Arthanareeswari. M, Applied Chemistry, 2nd Edition, Sudhandhira Publications, 2003.
Arivalagan. K, Engineering Chemistry, 1st Edition, Mass publications, 2007.
P.Kamatchi, Applied Chemistry-I, Ponnuswamy publications, Chennai.
Dr. Helen P Kavitha Engineering Chemistry - I ILA Publications, 2002

GE0101

L
4

BASIC ENGINEERING - I
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
4

PART A CIVIL ENGINEERING
PURPOSE
To get exposed to the glimpses of Civil Engineering topics that is essential for an Engineer.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To know about different materials and their properties.
2. Engineering aspects related to buildings.
3. To know about importance of Surveying.
4. To know about the transportation systems.
5. To get exposed to the rudiments of engineering related to Dams, Water Supply, Transportation system
and Sewage Disposal.
BUILDING MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES
Introduction - Civil Engineering – Building Materials – Brick, Stone, Cement, Steel, Concrete, timber –
Properties – Uses. Units – Stress, strain and three modulii of elasticity – factor of safety - Centre of Gravity and
Moment of Inertia for rectangle and circular section – simple problems.
BUILDINGS AND THEIR COMPONENTS
Buildings – Classification - Components of buildings and their functions Foundations - functions –
classification of foundations – Bearing capacity Floorings – functions - Types - Cement Concrete flooring –
Mosaic flooring - Marble flooring Roofs - Types – Requirements – Madras Terrace roof. Tall structure – types
of structural systems.
UTILITY AND SERVICES
Surveying - Objective – Principles – Classification – Instruments used for Surveying. Dams - Purpose –
Selection of site – Classification – Gravity dam (cross-section details only) Transportation system Classification – Roadway - components – classification of roads - Railway – Cross-section of permanent waycomponents parts and functions. Docks and Harbour – classification – Terminology Bridges –components of a
bridge - types of bridges.Water supply - Sources - Standards of drinking water (BIS) – elementary
treatment methods – RO System Sewage disposal – Septic tank – function and components.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Raju K.V.B., Ravichandran P.T., Basics of Civil Engineering, Ayyappa Publications, Chennai, 2000.
2. Ramesh Babu, Civil Engineering , VRB Publishers, Chennai, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Rangwala,S.C., Engineering Materials, Charotar Publishing House, Anand, 1980.
2. National Building Code of India, Part V, Building Materials, 2005
3. Surendra Singh, Building Materials, Vikas Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1996
PART B MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PURPOSE
To familiarize the students with the basics of Mechanical Engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize with
1. The basic machine elements
2. The Sources of Energy and Power Generation
3. The various manufacturing processes

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MACHINE ELEMENTS
Springs: Helical and leaf springs – Springs in series and parallel. Cams: Types of cams and followers – Cam
profile.
Power Transmission: Gears (terminology, spur, helical and bevel gears, gear trains). Belt drives (types). Chain
drives. Simple Problems.
ENERGY
Sources: Renewable and non-renewable (various types, characteristics, advantages/disadvantages). Power
Generation: External and internal combustion engines - Hydro and nuclear power plants (layouts,
element/component description, advantages, disadvantages, applications). Simple Problems.
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Sheet Metal Work: Introduction – Equipments – Tools and accessories – Various processes (applications,
advantages / disadvantages). Welding: Types – Equipments – Tools and accessories – Techniques employed
(applications, advantages / disadvantages (gas and arc welding only)) – Gas cutting – Brazing and soldering.
Lathe Practice: Types - Description of main components – Cutting tools – Work holding devices – Basic
operations. Simple Problems. Drilling Practice: Introduction – Types – Description – Tools. Simple
Problems.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Kumar, T., Leenus Jesu Martin and Murali, G., Basic Mechanical Engineering, Suma Publications,
Chennai, 2007.
2. Prabhu, T. J., Jai Ganesh, V. and Jebaraj, S., Basic Mechanical Engineering, Scitech Publications, Chennai,
2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Hajra Choudhary, S.K. and Hajra Choudhary, A. K., Elements of Manufacturing Technology Vols. I & II,
Media
Publishers, 1986.
2. Nag, P.K., Power Plant Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2006.
3. Palanichamy, M.S., Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi 1991.
4. Nagpal G. R., Power Plant Engineering, Khanna Publisher, Delhi, 2004.

PD 0101

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT - I
Prerequisite
Nil

L
0

T
0

P
2

C
0

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Self-analysis SWOT - Time management - Creative chain story telling
Vocabulary games I – Attitude - Interpersonal skills
Motivation I - Vocabulary games II - Article review
Team building exercise - Critical Thinking - Event Management
Business situation - Leadership Qualities - Review
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION
Marks allocated for regular participation in all oral activities in class
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Complete internal evaluation on a regular Basis

GE0107

L
0

NSS/NCC/NSO/YOGA
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
1

YOGA SYLLABUS
PRACTICE

LECTURE

Meditation – Agnai, Asanas, Kiriyas, Bandas, Muthras

Benefits of Agnai Meditation

Meditation Santhi Physical Exercises (I & II)

Benefits of santhi Meditation

III

Kayakalpa Yoga Asanas, Kiriyas, Bandas, Muthras

Lecture & Practice

Meditation Santhi Physical Exercises III & IV

Analysis of Thought

Meditation Thuriyam Kayakalpa Asanas, Kiriyas, Bandas,
Muthras

Benefits of Thuriyam

Meditation Thuriyam Kayakalpa Asanas, Kiriyas, Bandas,
Muthras

Attitude

VII

Meditation Thuriyam Kayakalpa Asanas, Kiriyas, Bandas,
Muthras

Importance of Arutkappy &
Blessings

VIII

Meditation Santhi Kayakalpa Asanas, Kiriyas, Bandas, Muthras

Benefits of Blessings
Hours = 30

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Vedatri Maharshi , “Yoga for Modern Age”
2. Vedatri Maharshi, “ Simplified Physical Exercises”

II.

NATIONAL SPORTS ORGANISATION (NSO)
Each student must select two of the following games and practice for two hours per week. An
attendance of 80% is compulsory to earn the credits specified in the curriculum.

List of games:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Basket Ball
Football
Volley Ball
Ball Badminton
Cricket
Throwball

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III.

NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC)
Any student enrolling as a member of National Cadet Corps (NCC) will have to attend sixteen parades
out of twenty parades each of four periods over a span of academic year.
Attending eight parades in first semester will qualify a student to earn the credits specified in the
curriculum.

IV.

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS)
A student enrolling as member of NSS will have to complete 60 hours of training / social service to be
eligible to earn the credits specified in the curriculum.

GE0105

COMPUTER LITERACY
Prerequisite
Nil

PURPOSE
This Lab Course will enable the students to understand the basics of computer and to know the basics
of MS-Office.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To learn the basics of computer.
2. To work on Ms-Word, Ms-Excel, Ms-Power Point and Ms-Access
EXPERIMENTS TO IMPLEMENT
1. Study experiment on evolution of computer programming languages.
2. Suggest some of the Network Topologies that can be incorporated in your campus. Justify your choice.
3. Experiments to demonstrate directory creation and file creation.
4. Create a document with all formatting effects.
5. Create a document with tables.
6. Create labels in MS word.
7. Create a document to send mails using mail merge option.
8. Create an Excel File to analyze the student’s performance. Create a chart for the above data to depict it
diagrammatically.
9. Create Excel sheet to use built-in-function.
10. Create Excel sheet to maintain employee information and use this data to send mails using mail merge.
11. Create a Power Point presentation for your personal profile with varying animation effects with timer.
12. Consider student information system which stores student personal data, mark information and non
academic details.
* Use MS Access to create Tables and execute SQL queries to do this following
* Display all student records.
* Display student details with respect to his identity.
* Delete some records from the table.
* Find total marks obtained by student in each list.
TEXT BOOK
1. “Introduction to Information Technology” ITL Education Solutions Ltd., Pearson 2nd Edition, 2006.

PH 0103

L
0

PHYSICS LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to develop scientific temper and analytical capability among the engineering
students.

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C
1

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand scientific concepts in measurement of different physical variables
2. Develop the skill in arranging and handling different measuring instruments and
3. Get familiarized with the errors in various measurements and planning / suggesting how these
contributions may be made of the same order so as to make the error in the final result small.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Determination of Young’s Modulus of the material – Uniform bending
2. Determination of Rigidity Modulus of the material – Torsion Pendulum
3. Determination of velocity of Ultrasonic waves in liquids
4. Determination of dispersive power of a prism using spectrometer
5. Determination of laser parameter – Divergence and wavelength for a given laser source – laser grating
6. Particle size determination using laser
7. Study of attenuation and propagation characteristics of optical fiber cable
8. Calibration of voltmeter using potentiometer.
9. Calibration of ammeter using potentiometer.
10. Construction and study of regulation properties of a given power supply using IC
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Chattopadhyay, D., Rakshit, P. C. and Saha, B., An Advanced Course in Practical Physics, 2nd edition,
Books & Allied Ltd., Calcutta, 1990.
2. Chauhan and Singh, Advanced Practical Physics, Revised edition, Pragati Prakashan, Meerut, 1985.
3. Thiruvadigal. J. D., Ponnusamy. S., Vasuhi. P. S. and Kumar. C, Hand Book of Practical Physics, 5th
edition, Vibrant Publication, Chennai, 2007.

CY 0103

L
0

CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
An integrated laboratory course consists of experiments from applied chemistry and is designed to illustrate the
underlying principles of measurement techniques, synthesis, dynamics and chemical transformation.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students should be able to understand the basic concept and its applications.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Preparation of standard solutions.
2. Estimation of total hardness, permanent and temporary hardness by EDTA method.
3. Conductometric titration – determination of strength of an acid.
4. Estimation of iron by potentiometer – titration.
5. Determination of molecular weight of polymer by viscosity average – method.
6. Determination of dissolved oxygen in a water sample by Winkler”s method
7. Determination of Na / K in water sample by Flame photometry.
8. Estimation of Copper in ore.
9. Estimation of nickel in steel.
10. Determination of total alkalinity and acidity of a water sample.

REFERENCE
1. Chemistry department manual, Edition, 2003.

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ME0120

L
0

WORKSHOP PRACTICE
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
4

C
2

PURPOSE
To provide the students with hands on experience on different trades of engineering like fitting, carpentry,
smithy, welding and sheet metal.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize with
1. The basics of tools and equipments used in fitting, carpentry, sheet metal, welding and smithy.
2. The production of simple models in the above trades.
FITTING
Tools & Equipments – Practice in Filing and Drilling.
Making Vee Joints, Square, Dovetail joints and Key making.
CARPENTARY
Tools and Equipments- Planning practice.
Making Half Lap, Dovetail, Mortise & Tenon joints, A mini model of a single door window frame.
SHEET METAL
Tools and equipments Fabrication of a small cabinet, Rectangular Hopper, etc.
WELDING
Tools and equipments Arc welding of butt joint, Lap joint, Tee fillet.
Demonstration of gas welding, TIG & MIG welding.
SMITHY
Tools and Equipments –
Making simple parts like hexagonal headed bolt, chisel.
TEXT BOOK
1. Gopal, T.V., Kumar, T., and Murali, G., A first course on workshop practice – Theory, Practice and
Work Book, Suma Publications, Chennai, 2005.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kannaiah,P., and Narayanan, K. C., Manual on Workshop Practice, Scitech Publications, Chennai,
1999.
2. Venkatachalapathy, V. S., First year Engineering Workshop Practice, Ramalinga Publications,
Madurai, 1999.
3. Laboratory Manual.

ME0130

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Prerequisite
Nil
(Only First Angle Projection is to be followed)

L
1

T
0

P
4

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C
3

3. Sectioning of solids and development of surfaces
4. Preparation and interpretation of building drawing
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Lettering – Two dimensional geometrical constructions – Conics – Representation of three-dimensional objects
– Principles of projections – Standard codes – Projection of points.
PROJECTION OF LINES AND SOLIDS
Projection of straight lines – Projection of solids – Auxiliary projections.
SECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS
Sections of solids and development of surfaces.
PICTORIAL PROJECTIONS
Conversion of Projections: Orthographic projection – Isometric projection of regular solids and combination of
solids.
BUILDING DRAWING
Plan, Elevation and section of single storied residential (or) office building with flat RCC roof and brick
masonry walls having not more than 3 rooms (planning / designing is not expected in this course).
TEXT BOOKS
1. Venugopal, K. and Prabhu Raja, V., Engineering Graphics, Eighth Edition (Revised), New Age
International Publishers, Chennai, 2007.
2. Natarajan, K.V., A Text Book of Engineering Graphics, 21st Edition, Dhanalakshmi Publishers,
Chennai, 2007
3. Jeyapoovan, T., Engineering Drawing and Graphics using AutoCAD 2000, Vikas Publishing House
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2005.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Bhatt, N.D., Elementary Engineering Drawing (First Angle Projection), Charotar Publishing Co.,
Anand, 1999.
2. Narayanan, K. L. and Kannaiah, P., Engineering Graphics, Scitech Publications, Chennai, 1999.
3. Shah, M. B. and Rana, B. C., Engineering Drawing, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi , 2005.
SEMESTER II

GE 0108

L
1

VALUE EDUCATION
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
1

PURPOSE
To provide guiding principles and tools for the development of the whole person, recognizing that the
individual is comprised of Physical Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual dimensions.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

To help individuals think about and reflect on different values.
To deepen understanding, motivation and responsibility with regard to making personal and social
choices and the practical implications of expressing them in relation to themselves, others, the
Community and the world at large.
To inspire individuals to choose their own personal, social, moral and spiritual values and be aware of
practical methods for developing and deepening them.

Value Education—Introduction – Definition of values – Why values? – Need for Inculcation
of values – Object of Value Education – Sources of Values – Types
Values:
i)
Personal values

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ii)
iii)
iv)
v)

Social values
Professional values
Moral and spiritual values
Behavioral (common) values

Personal values – Definition of person – Self confidence – Self discipline – Self Assessment – Self restraint –
Self motivation – Determination – Ambition – Contentment – Humility and Simplicity - Sympathy and
Compassion – Gratitude -Forgiveness – Honesty – Courtesy.
Social values – Definition of Society – Units of Society - Individual, family, different groups – Community –
Social consciousness – Equality and Brotherhood – Dialogue – Tolerance – Sharing – Responsibility – Cooperation Freedom – Repentance and Magnanimity.
Professional values – Definition – Competence – Confidence – Devotion to duty –Efficiency – Accountablility
– Respect for learning /learned – Willingness to learn-Open and balanced mind – Team spirit – Professional
Ethic – Willingness for Discussion – Aims – Effort – Avoidance of Procrastination and slothfulness –Alertness.
Behavioral values – Individual values and group values – Good manners at home and outside – Equality –
Purity of thought, speech and action – Understanding the role of religion – Faith – Understanding the
commonness of religions – respect for other faiths – unity in diversity – Living together – Tolerance – Nonviolence – Truthfulness – Common aim – Unified effort towards peace – Patriotism.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Dr. S. Ignacimuthu S. J., Values for life, Better yourself Books, Bandra Mumbai-600 050 (1999).
2. Values(Collection of Essays)., Published by : Sri Ramakrishna Math., Chennai—4.,(1996)
3. Prof. R.P.Dhokalia., Eternal Human Values NCRT –Campus Sri Aurobindo Marg., New Delhi - 110
011.
4. Swami Vivekananda., Education., Sri Ramakrishna Math., Chennai-4(1957)
5. Tirukural (English Translation by Dr.G.U.Pope).
6. The Bible
7. The Kuran
8. The Bagavath Geetha

MA 0102

L T
MATHEMATICS - II
3 2
Prerequisite
MA0101
(Common to all Branches of Engineering except BT, BP, BI, BME, FPE, & GE)

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
To impart analytical ability in solving mathematical problems as applied to the respective branches of
Engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the course, students should have understood Multiple Integrals , Laplace Transforms,
Vector Calculus and Functions of a complex variable including contour integration and able to apply to all their
Engineering problems.
MULTIPLE INTEGRALS
Double integration in Cartesian and polar coordinates – Change of order of integration – Area as a double
integral – Triple integration in Cartesian coordinates.
LAPLACE TRANSFORMS
Transforms of simple functions – Basic operational properties – Transforms of derivatives and integrals – Initial
and final value theorems – Inverse transforms – Convolution theorem – periodic functions – Applications of
Laplace transforms for solving linear ordinary differential equations up to second order with constant
coefficients only.

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VECTOR CALCULUS
Gradient, divergence, curl – Solenoidal and irrotational fields – Vector identities (without proof) – Directional
derivatives – Line, surface and volume integrals – Statements of Green’s, Gauss divergence and Stroke’s
theorems only – Verification and applications to cubes and parallelopipeds only.
ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS
Definition of Analytic Function – Cauchy Riemann equations – Properties of analytic functions - Determination
of harmonic conjugate – Milne-Thomson’s method – Conformal mappings: 1/z, az az+b and bilinear
transformation.
COMPLEX INTEGRATION
Line integral – Cauchy’s integral theorem (without proof ) – Cauchy’s integral formulae (with proof) –
application of Cauchy’s integral formulae – Taylor’s and Laurent’s expansions (statements only) – Singularities
– Poles and Residues – Cauchy’s residue theorem (with proof) - Evaluation of line integrals.
TEXT BOOK
1. Grewal B.S, Higher Engg Maths, Khanna Publications, 38th Edition.
2. Veerajan, T., Engineering Mathematics, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi,2000.
3. Dr.V.Ramamurthy & Dr. Sundarammal Kesavan, Engineering Mathematics – Vol I & II Anuradha
Publications, Revised Edition 2006.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kreyszig.E, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th edition, John Wiley & Sons. Singapore,2001.
2. Kandasamy P etal. Engineering Mathematics, Vol.I (4th revised edition), S.Chand &Co., New
Delhi,2000.
3. Narayanan S., Manicavachagom Pillay T.K., Ramanaiah G., Advanced Mathematics for Engineering
students, Volume I (2nd edition), S.Viswanathan Printers and Publishers, 1992.
4. Venkataraman M.K., Engineering Mathematics – First Year (2nd edition), National Publishing Co.,
Chennai,2000.

GE 0102

L
2

BIOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
2

PURPOSE
To provide a basic understanding of biological mechanisms from the perspective of engineers.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students with the basic organization of organisms and subsequent building to a living being.
With this knowledge, the student will be then imparted with an understanding about the machinery of the cell
functions that is ultimately responsible for arious daily activities. Nervous and immune systems will be taught
as examples of this signaling machinery.
FROM ATOMS TO ORGANISMS
The Cell: the Basic Unit of Life - Molecular Components of Cells - Expression of Genetic Information - Protein
Structure and Function- Cell Metabolism - Cells Maintain Their Internal Environments - Cells Respond to
Their External Environments - Cells Grow and Reproduce - Cells Differentiate
THE MOLECULAR DESIGN OF LIFE
Biochemistry and the Genomic Revolution- . DNA Illustrates the Relation between Form and FunctionBiochemical Unity Underlies Biological Diversity-. Chemical Bonds in Biochemistry -. Biochemistry and
Human Biology-. Protein Synthesis Requires the Translation of Nucleotide Sequences Into Amino Acid
Sequences-.2. Aminoacyl-Transfer RNA Synthetases Read the Genetic Code- A Ribosome Is a
Ribonucleoprotein Particle (70S) Made of a Small (30S) and a Large (50S) Subunit-Protein Factors Play Key
Roles in Protein Synthesis-. Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis Differs from Prokaryotic Protein Synthesis Primarily
in Translation Initiation

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CATALYTIC STRATEGIES
Proteases: Facilitating a Difficult Reaction-. Making a Fast Reaction Faster: Carbonic Anhydrases-. Restriction
Enzymes: Performing Highly Specific DNA-Cleavage Reactions- Nucleoside Monophosphate Kinases:
Catalyzing Phosphoryl Group Exchange between Nucleotides Without Promoting Hydrolysis- metabolismanabolism and catabolism-photosynthesis and carbon fixation- biological energy production.
MECHANOCHEMISTRY
How Protein Motors Convert Chemical Energy into Mechanical Work- Brief Description of ATP Synthase
Structure- The F1 Motor: A Power Stroke-A Pure Power Stroke- Coupling and Coordination of MotorsMeasures of Efficiency- F1-Motor of ATP synthase- The Bacterial Flagellar Motor- Motor Driven by H_ and
Na_ Ion Flux- Proton Motive Force, Sodium-motive Force, Ion Flux- Molecular Motor Directionality- Chimeric
Kinesin Motors- Backwards Myosins- Chimeric Myosin Motors- Bidirectional Dyneins?
SENSORY AND IMMUNO SYSTEMS
General Principles of Cell Signaling-Signaling via G-Protein-linked Cell-Surface Receptors-Signaling via
Enzyme-linked Cell-Surface Receptors-Target-Cell Adaptation-The Logic of Intracellular Signaling: Lessons
from Computer-based "Neural Networks"-The Cellular Basis of Immunity-The Functional Properties of
Antibodies-The Fine Structure of Antibodies-The Generation of Antibody Diversity-T Cell Receptors and
Subclasses-MHC Molecules and Antigen Presentation to T Cells-Cytotoxic T Cells-Helper T Cells and T Cell
Activation-Selection of the T Cell Repertoire
TEXT BOOK
1. J.M.Berg, J.L.Tymosczko and L.Sryer. Biochemistry,W.H. Freeman Publications.
2. STUDENT COMPANION to accompany Biochemistry, Fifth Edition -Richard I. Gumport
3. Frank H. Deis, Nancy Counts Gerber, Roger E. Koeppe, II Molecular motors
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Alberts, 2003 Molecular Biology of the cell
2. Lodish, 2004 Molecular cell biology

GE 0104

L
2

PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
2

PURPOSE
The course provides the comprehensive knowledge in environmental science, environmental issues and the
management.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. The importance of environmental education, ecosystem and ethics.
2. Knowledge with respect to biodiversity and its conservation.
3. To create awareness on the various environmental pollution aspects and issues.
4. To educate the ways and means to protect the environment.
5. Important environmental issues and protection
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS
Environmental education: definition - scope - objectives and importance. Concept of an ecosystem – types
(terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems) – structure and function – ecological succession - food chains, food webs
and ecological pyramids
BIODIVERSITY
Introduction: definition - genetic, species and ecosystem diversity - value of biodiversity: consumptive use,
productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and option values - threats to biodiversity: habitat loss, poaching of
wildlife - endangered and endemic species of India, Conservation of biodiversity: in-situ and ex-situ
conservations.
POLLUTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Air and water pollution – classification of pollutants and their effects – control measures of air pollution. Waste
water treatment (general) – primary, secondary & tertiary stages. Solid waste management: causes - effects of
municipal waste, hazardous waste, bio medical waste - process of waste management.

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CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Environmental ethics -issues and possible solutions- population explosion, climatic change, ozone layer
depletion, global warming, acid rain and green house effect. Sustainable development: definition, objectives
and environmental dimensions of sustainable development- environmental audit for sustainable development.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
National and international concern for environment: Important environmental protection acts in India – water,
air (prevention and control of pollution) act, wild life conservation and forest act – functions of central and state
pollution control boards - international effort – key initiatives of Rio declaration, Vienna convention, Kyoto
protocol and Johannesburg summit.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Sharma.B.K. and Kaur, “Environmental Chemistry”“ Goel Publishing House, Meerut, 1994.
2. De.A.K., “Environmental Chemistry”, New Age International (p) lt., , New Delhi, 1996.
3. Kurian Joseph & R. Nagendran, “Essential of Environmental Studies”“ Pearson Education, 2004.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Dara S.S., A Text Book of Environmental Chemistry and pollution control, S.Chand & Company Ltd.,
New Delhi, 2004.
2. Jeyalakshmi.R, Principles of Environmental Science, 1st Edition, Devi Publications, Chennai 2006.
3. Kamaraj.P & Arthanareeswari.M, Environmental Science – Challenges and Changes, 1st Edition,
Sudhandhira Publications, 2007.
4. Arivalagan.K, Ramar.P & Kamatchi.P, Principles of Environmental Science, 1st Edition, Suji
Publications, 2007.

PH 0102

L
2

MATERIALS SCIENCE
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
3

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to develop comprehension of the rapidly changing technological scenario and the
requisite expertise for appropriate selection of materials for specific engineering applications.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand electrical properties of materials,
2. Understand the properties and applications of semi conducting materials,
3. Understand general properties and applications of magnetic and dielectric materials,
4. Understand the behaviour of materials on exposure to light,
5. Understand general properties and application of modern engineering and bio materials, and
6. Get familiarized with the concepts of Nano Science and Technology.
ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC MATERIALS
Electronic materials: Importance of Classical and Quantum free electron theory of metals – Fermi energy and
Fermi Dirac distribution function – Variation of Fermi level with temperature in intrinsic and extrinsic
semiconductors – Hall effect – Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors (DMS) and their applications – High
temperature Superconductivity. Photonic materials: LED and LCD materials – Photo conducting materials –
Nonlinear optical materials (elementary ideas) and their applications.
MAGNETIC, DIELECTRIC AND MODERN ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Magnetic materials: Ferrites and garnets – Magnetic bubbles and their applications – Giant Magneto
Resistance (GMR) – Colossal Magneto Resistance (CMR). Dielectric materials: Various polarization
mechanisms in dielectrics (elementary ideas) and their frequency and temperature dependence – Dielectric loss
– Piezo electric and ferro electric materials and their applications. Modern engineering materials: Shape
memory alloys – Metallic glasses – Advanced ceramics and composites.

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BIO MATERIALS
Classification of biomaterials – Comparison of properties of some common biomaterials – Effects of
physiological fluid on the properties of biomaterials – Biological responses (extra and intra vascular system) –
Metallic, Ceramic and Polymeric implant materials – Introduction to bio sensors and tissue engineering.
NANO MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Basic concepts of Nano science and technology – Quantum wire – Quantum well – Quantum dot – Properties
and technological advantages of Nano materials – Carbon Nanotubes and applications – Material processing
by Sol – Gel method, Chemical Vapour deposition and Physical Vapour deposition – Microwave Synthesis of
materials – Principles of SEM, TEM and AFM .
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Stress Strain diagram for different engineering materials – Engineering and true stress strain diagram – Ductile
and brittle material – Tensile strength – Hardness – Impact strength – Fatigue – Creep – Fracture (Types and
Ductile to brittle transition) – Factors affecting mechanical properties.
PRACTICALS
1. Band gap determination using Post office box.
2. Dielectric constant measurement.
3. Photoconductivity measurement.
4. Resistivity determination for a semiconductor wafer using Four probe method.
5. Determination of Hall coefficient and carrier type for a semiconductor material.
6. To trace the hysteresis loop for a magnetic material.
7. Magnetic susceptibility – Quincke’s method.
8. Determination of thermal conductivity – Lee’s Disc method
9. Visit to Nano Technology Laboratory (optional)
TEXT BOOKS
1. S.O. Kasap, Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, New Delhi,
2002.
2. Van Vlack, L.H., Material Science for Engineers, 6th edition, .Addision Wesley, 1985.
3. Thiruvadigal, J. D., Ponnusamy, S. and Vasuhi.P. S., Materials Science, 5th edition, Vibrant
Publications, Chennai, 2007.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Rolf E. Hummel, Electronic Properties of materials, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1994.
2. Raghavan.V., Materials Science & Engineering – A First Course, 5th edition, Prentice Hall of India,
New Delhi,2005.
3. Khanna. O. P., A Text Book of Material Science & Metallurgy, Revised edition, Dhanpat Rai
Publications, New Delhi,2006.
4. Sujata V. Bhat, Biomaterials, 2nd edition, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2006.
5. Mick Wilson, Kamali Kannangara, Michells Simmons and Burkhard Raguse, Nano Technology – Basic
Science and Emerging Technologies, 1st edition, Overseas Press,New Delhi,2005.

ME 0102

ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Prerequisite
Nil
(Vectorial approach may be preferred)

L
3

T
2

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
To develop the ability to analyze any engineering problem in a simple logical manner and to solve basic
problems in engineering mechanics.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course the student should be able to understand
1. The vectorial and scalar representation of forces and moments
2. Static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies
3. Principle of work and energy
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5. Dynamic equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies
STATICS OF PARTICLES
Equilibrium of Particle: Introduction – Laws of mechanics – Forces on particles – Concurrent forces in a plane
– Coplanar forces – Resolution of forces – Resultant of several concurrent forces – Free body diagram –
Equilibrium of particles in space. Equilibrium of rigid bodies: Principle of transmissibility – Moment of a
force – Varignon’s theorem – Equivalent system of forces – Reduction of system of forces into single force
and couple-Types of loads-Types of supports and their reactions – Equilibrium of rigid bodies in two
dimensions.
ANALYSIS OF TRUSSES AND FRICTION
Trusses: Plane Trusses – Simple Trusses –Analysis of Trusses – Method of joints, Method of sections.
Friction: Laws of Friction – Angle of Friction – Inclined plane – Wedges –Rolling friction – Belt Friction –
Thrust and Journal bearings.
PROPERTIES OF SURFACES AND VOLUMES
Centre of Gravity: Centroids of areas and volumes – Determination of centroids by integration – Theorem of
Pappus-Guldinus. Moment of Inertia: Determination of moment of inertia of area by integration – Radius of
gyration – Parallel and perpendicular axis theorems – Polar moment of inertia – Mass moment of inertia.
DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES
Rectilinear motion – Curvilinear motion – Motion of projectile – Relative motion – Newton’s law-Principle of
work and energy – Principle of impulse and momentum – Impulsive motion – Impact of elastic bodies –
D’Alembert’s principle.
DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES
Kinematics of rigid bodies – Translation and rotation of rigid bodies – Fixed axis rotation – General plane
motion –Relative velocity in plane motion – Instantaneous center of rotation in plane motion – Principle of work
and energy for a rigid body – Principle of impulse and momentum.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Beer, F. P., and Johnston, E. R., Vector Mechanics for Engineers – Dynamics and Statics, Tata McGrawHill,
New Delhi, 2001.
2. Palanichamy, M. S., and Nagan, S., Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics),Tata McGraw Hill,
New Delhi 2001.
3. Kumar, K. L., Engineering Mechanics, Tata McGraw- Hill, New Delhi, 1998.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Timoshenko, and Young, Engineering Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill Book Company, New Delhi, 1956.
2. Mclean, and Nelson, Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics), 3rd Edition, Schaum Series, 1980.
3. Rajasekaran,S. and Sankarasubramanian,G., Engineering Mechanics, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd,
2006.
4. Shames, I. H., and Krishna Mohana Rao, G., Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics), Dorling
Kindersley
(India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education), 2006.

GE 0106

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4

BASIC ENGINEERING – II
Prerequisite
Nil

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0

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
This course provides comprehensive idea about circuit analysis, working principles of machines and common
measuring instruments. It also provides fundamentals of electronic devices, transducers and integrated circuits.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. At the end of the course students will be able
2. To understand the basic concepts of magnetic, AC & DC circuits.

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3.
4.

To explain the working principle, construction, applications of DC & AC machines & measuring
instruments.
To gain knowledge about the fundamentals of electric components, devices , transducers & integrated
circuits.

PART A ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL MACHINES
Definition of mmf, flux and reluctance, leakage flux, fringing, magnetic materials and B-H relationship.
Problems involving simple magnetic circuits.Faraday’s laws, induced emfs and inductances, brief idea on
Hysteresis and eddy currents. Working principle, construction and applications of DC machines and AC
machines (1-phase transformers, 3-phase induction motors, single phase induction motors – split phase,
capacitor start and capacitor start & run motors).
AC & DC CIRCUITS
Circuit parameters, Ohms law, Kirchhoff’s law. Average and RMS values, concept of phasor representation.
RLC series circuits and series resonance, RLC parallel circuits (includes simple problems in DC & AC circuits)
Introduction to three phase systems – types of connections, relationship between line and phase values.
(qualitative treatment only)
WIRING & LIGHTING
Types of wiring, wiring accessories, staircase & corridor wiring, Working and characteristics of incandescent,
fluorescent, SV & MV lamps. Basic principles of earthing, simple layout of generation, transmission &
distribution of power.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Muthusubramanian.R, Salivahanan.S, Muraleedharan.K.A, “Basic Electrical, Electronics and
Computer Engineering”, Tata McGraw - Hill ,1999.
2. Mehta V K ,Principles of Electronics S Chand & Co,1980
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kothari D P and Nagrath I J ,Basic Electrical Engineering , Tata McGraw Hill,1991
2. Mithal G K , Electronic Devices and Circuits, Khanna Publications,1997
PART B ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND DEVICES
Passive components – Resistors, Inductors and Capacitors and their types.
Semiconductor: Energy band diagram, Intrinsic and Extrinsic semiconductors, PN junction diodes and Zener
diodes – characteristics.
Transistors: PNP and NPN transistors – theory of operation – Transistor configurations – characteristics –
comparison.
Special semiconductor devices : FET – SCR – LED – V I characteristics – applications.
Rectifiers: Half wave and full wave rectifier – capacitive filter – wave forms – ripple factor – regulation
characteristics.
TRANSDUCERS AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
Transducers: General features and classification of transducers, Resistive Transducers – Potentiometer,
Unbonded strain gauge-Bonded strain gauge-Load cell, Inductive transducers – Differential output transducers –
LVDT, Flow transducers, Temperature Transducers – Thermistors, Thermocouple and pyrometers.
Measuring Instruments: Basic principles and classification of instruments, Moving coil and moving iron
instruments, CRO – Principle of operation.
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS & LINEAR ICs
Digital Fundamentals: Number systems – Boolean Theorems – DeMorgan’s Theorem - Logic gates –
Implementation of Boolean Expression using Gates.
Integrated Circuits: IC fabrication – Monolithic Technique, Function of Operational Amplifier.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Muthusubramanian.R, Salivahanan.S, Muraleedharan.K.A, “Basic Electrical, Electronics and
Computer Engineering”, Tata McGraw - Hill ,1999.

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2.
3.

Metha V.K, “Principles of Electronics “,S. Chand & Co.,1980.
Kalsi H S, Electronics Instrumentation”, ISTE publication,1995

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kothari D. P and Nagrath IJ, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, Tata McGraw- Hill, 1991.
2. Thomas L.Floyd “Electronic devices”, Addison Wesley Longman (Singapore) Pvt . Ltd., 5th Edition.

PD 0102

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0

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT - II
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
0

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to build confidence and inculcate various soft skills and to help Students to identify
and achieve their personal potential
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To guide thought process.
2. To groom students' attitude.
3. To develop communication skill.
4. To build confidence.
METHODOLOGY
The entire program is designed in such a way that every student will participate in the class room activities. The
activities are planned to bring out the skills and talents of the students which they will be employing during
various occasions in their real life.
1. Group activities + individual activities.
2. Collaborative learning.
3. Interactive sessions.
4. Ensure Participation.
5. Empirical Learning
Puzzles I - Poster design/Caption/Slogan writing (Social issues) - Bone of contention I – debate
Bone of contention II - Puzzle II - Survey and Reporting (favorite channel, music, food)
Interpretation of Visuals of I & II - Vocabulary games III
Book Review - Quiz I - Presentation Skills I
Presentation Skills II - Analytical Thinking - Review
EVALUATION
1. Activities assessed by both group and individual participation
2. Continuous assessment based on daily participation
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION
Marks allocated for regular participation in all oral activities in class
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Complete Internal evaluation on a regular Basis

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ME0122

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING PRACTICE
Prerequisite
Nil

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1

T
0

P
2

C
2

PURPOSE
To provide hands-on training to the students in C – programming language and drafting exercises in Mechanical
Engineering
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarise the students with C and C++ Programming.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
C AND C++ PROGRAMMING
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Arrays, string manipulation
Matrix Manipulation – transpose, inverse, triangularisation
Functions and subroutines
Structures, user defined data type, enumeration
Records
File handling – opening, closing, creating, appending of unformatted data files – mark sheet processing
Sorting and searching

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Balaguruswamy, E., Programming in ANSI C, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2004.
2. Goldfried, B. S., Programming with C - Schaum outline series, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition, 1998.
3. Laboratory Manual.

ME0130

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Prerequisite
Nil
(Only First Angle Projection is to be followed)

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1

T
0

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4

C
3

PURPOSE
1. To draw and interpret various projections of 1D, 2D and 3D objects.
2. To prepare and interpret the drawings of buildings.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarise with
1. The construction of geometrical figures
2. The projection of 1D, 2D and 3D elements
3. Sectioning of solids and development of surfaces
4. Preparation and interpretation of building drawing
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Lettering – Two dimensional geometrical constructions – Conics – Representation of three-dimensional objects
– Principles of projections – Standard codes – Projection of points.
PROJECTION OF LINES AND SOLIDS
Projection of straight lines – Projection of solids – Auxiliary projections.
SECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS
Sections of solids and development of surfaces.
PICTORIAL PROJECTIONS
Conversion of Projections: Orthographic projection – Isometric projection of regular solids and combination of
solids.

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BUILDING DRAWING
Plan, elevation and section of single storied residential (or) office building with flat RCC roof and brick
masonry walls having not more than 3 rooms (planning / designing is not expected in this course).
TEXT BOOKS
1. Venugopal, K. and Prabhu Raja, V., Engineering Graphics, Eighth Edition (Revised), New Age
International Publishers, Chennai, 2007.
2. Natarajan, K.V., A Text Book of Engineering Graphics, 21st Edition, Dhanalakshmi Publishers,
Chennai, 2007
3. Jeyapoovan, T., Engineering Drawing and Graphics using AutoCAD 2000, Vikas Publishing House
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2005.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Bhatt, N.D., Elementary Engineering Drawing (First Angle Projection), Charotar Publishing Co.,
Anand, 1999.
2. Narayanan, K. L. and Kannaiah, P., Engineering Graphics, Scitech Publications, Chennai, 1999.
3. Shah, M. B. and Rana, B. C., Engineering Drawing, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi , 2005.

ME 0120

L
0

WORKSHOP PRACTICE
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
4

C
2

PURPOSE
To provide the students with, hands on experience on different trades of engineering like fitting, carpentry,
smithy, welding and sheet metal.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize with
The basics of tools and equipments used in fitting, carpentry, sheet metal, welding and smithy.
The production of simple models in the above trades.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
EMPHASIS TO BE LAID ON REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS WHEN FRAMING THE EXERCISES.
FITTING
Tools & Equipments – Practice in Filing and Drilling.
Making Vee Joints, Square, dovetail joints, Key Making.
CARPENTARY
Tools and Equipments- Planning practice. Making Half Lap, dovetail, Mortise & Tenon joints, a mini
model of a single door window frame.
SHEET METAL
Tools and equipments - Fabrication of a small cabinet, Rectangular Hopper, etc.
WELDING
Tools and equipments - Arc welding of butt joint, Lap Joint, Tee Fillet. Demonstration of Gas welding,
TIG & MIG.
SMITHY
Tools and Equipments –Making simple parts like hexagonal headed bolt, chisel.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Gopal, T.V., Kumar, T., and Murali, G., “A first course on workshop practice – Theory, practice and work
book”, Suma Publications, 2005.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kannaiah,P. & Narayanan,K.C. “Manual on Workshop Practice”, Scitech Publications, Chennai, 1999.
2. Venkatachalapathy, V.S. “First year Engineering Workshop Practice”, Ramalinga Publications, Madurai,
1999.

ME0124

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0

ACTIVE LEARNING LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
To make the students to understand some basic concepts using learning through discovery method.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarise the students with basic concepts, theorems, etc.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Lami’s theorem.
Four bar mechanism.
Friction.
Fourier law of heat conduction.
Pneumatics circuits.
and others.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Laboratory Manual.
SEMESTER III
LE0201

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2

GERMAN LANGUAGE PHASE I
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
2

PURPOSE
Enabling the Engineering Students to one more Foreign Language, especially German, which is scientific and
technical language. This may be useful in the field of employment opportunities as well as helping them to
develop projects on browsing German websites.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Developing pronunciation so that they can read the text and e-mail during their employment, instructing them to
write their own C V and developing a fundamental conversation with any German national.
INTRODUCTION
German Language, Alphabets and Pronunciation.
THEMEN
Name, Land, Leute, Beruf, Familie geschwister, Einkaufen, Reisen, Zahlen, Haus, Freunden, Essen and
Stadium, Fest, Zeit.
LISTENING
Listening to the cassette and pay special attention to the meaning and sounds. Listening Comprehension –
Announcements / Airport / Station / General.
READING
Listening to the cassette and reading it allowed.
READING COMPRENSION BASICS / STATION / NEWS / NOTICE BOARDS.
GLOSSARY
Technical Words Lesson (1-5)

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TEXT BOOK WITH CASSETTES
1. Grundkurs Deutsch
2. Momentmal (Max Mueller Bhavan – Goethe Institute, Germany).
SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal 50 = Listening – 10 Marks, Speaking – 20 Marks, Reading – 10 Marks and Writing = 10 Marks
External 50 – 3 hours final written exam

LE0203

JAPANESE LANGUAGE PHASE I
Prerequisite
Nil

L
2

T
0

P
0

C
2

PURPOSE
1. In view of globalization, learning Foreign Language by Engineering graduates enhances their
employment opportunities.
2. Get awareness of understanding of International culture.
3. Widening the Linguistic Skills of the Students.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To learn the scripts of Japanese Languages namely Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, Vocabularies etc. To learn
basic grammar and acquire basic communication skills. To understand Japanese culture.
Alphabets (Hiragana ), Self Introduction, Greetings, Classroom expressions, Numbers,Conversation.
Alphabets Hiragana (continued),Vocabularies.
Counters .Time expression. Conversation
Katakana and related vocabulary.
Kanjis –introduction. conversation.
Lesson-1 Watashiwa Nihonjin desu. Grammar,Marume &Sentence pattern.Marume. Conversation.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Nihongo Shoho I main Text sold in India by the Japanese Language Teachers Association Pune.
2. Hiragana and Katakana Work Book published by AOTS Japan
3. Grammar and Kotoba ( Work Book )
4. Japanese for Dummies.(Conversation) CD.
SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal 50 = Listening – 10 Marks, Speaking – 20 Marks, Reading – 10 Marks and Writing = 10 Marks
External 50 – 3 hours final written exam

LE0205

FRENCH LANGUAGE PHASE I
Prerequisite
Nil

L
2

T
0

P
0

C
2

PURPOSE
1. As language skills are as valuable as technical skills a knowledge of French enables the engineering
graduates in career orientation.
2. As a second international global Lang after English there is a wider choice of job opportunities in the
inter national employment market and also multinationals in India and an understanding of French
culture thro language.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVE
Characterised by the Roman script, grammar, vocabulary and colloquial expressions are taught which enables
them to communicate effectively with any native speaker.

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INTRODUCTION AND PRONUNCIATION
Introduction of the French Language, Alphabets and Pronunciation, Greetings (Wishing, Thanking and Bidding
good bye), Introducing oneself & someone Presenter quelqu’un et se presenter - conversational French
sentences based on the topics discussed above.
VOCABULARY
Numbers and Dates, Days, Months and Seasons, Time, Nouns, Professions and Nationalities. C;onversational
sentences on weather, time, and professions.
GRAMMAR
Basic Verbs (Avoir, Etre, Aller, Faire) – Conjugation – Present tense, Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative,
Adjectives (Qualitative), Subject Pronouns and Disjunctive Pronouns.
CONVERSATION AND LISTENING
Conversational sentences on physical description and expressions with verbs like avoir, etre and faire
GRAMMAR
Prepositions ( a, de,dans, en, sur,sous, pour….),Contracted Articles, Question Tag
(Qui, Quel, Ou, ……etc)
TEXT BOOK:
1. Panorama – Goyal Publishers
2. Apprenons le Francais I, Sarawathy publication.
SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal 50 = Listening – 10 Marks, Speaking – 20 Marks, Reading – 10 Marks and Writing = 10 Marks
External 50 – 3 hours final written exam

MA0201
MA0101&MA0102

L
3

MATHEMATICS – III
Prerequisite
Mathematics I & II

T
2

P
0

C
4

FOURIER SERIES
Dirichlet’s conditions – General Fourier series – Half range sine and cosine series. Parseval’s identity –
Harmonic analysis.
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Formation – Solution of standard types of first order equations – Lagrange’s equation – Linear Homogeneous
partial differential equations of second and higher order with constant coefficients.
BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
Classification of second order linear partial differential equations – Solutions of one-dimensional wave equation
– one-dimensional heat equation – Steady state solution of two-dimensional heat equation – Fourier series
solutions in Cartesian coordinates.
FOURIER TRANSFORMS
Statement of Fourier integral theorem – Fourier transform pairs – Fourier Sine and Cosine transforms –
Properties – Transforms of simple functions. Convolution theorem – Parseval’s identity.
STATISTICS
Review of measures of central tendency – measures of dispersion (no questions should be asked) – Moments –
Skewness and kurtosis based on moments – Linear correlation and regression – Tests based on normal and t
distribution for means and difference of means - χ2 test for Goodness of fit.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Grewal, B, S., Higher Engineering Mathematics, 36h edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kreyszig, E., Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, 2000.
Minz text books
2. Miller, I,R. and Freund, J.E., Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Prentice Hall, 1995.
3. Kandasamy, P., etal., Engineering Mathematics, Vol. II & Vol. III (4th revised edition), S.Chand & Co.,
New Delhi, 2000.
4. Narayanan, S.,Manickavachagom Pillay, T.,and Ramanaiah,G., Advanced Mathematics for
Engineering students, Volume II & III (2nd edition), S,Viswanathan Printers and Publishers, 1992.
5. Venkataraman, M. K., Engineering Mathematics – Vol.III – A & B (13th edition), National Publishing
Co., Chennai, 1998.

ME0201

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THERMODYNAMICS
2
Prerequisite
Nil
(Use of approved Steam tables are permitted in the University Examinations)

T
2

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
This course provides the basic knowledge about thermodynamic laws and relations, and their application to
various processes.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Expected to
1. Understand the thermodynamic laws and their applications.
2. Know the concept of entropy and availability.
3. Know the thermodynamic relations.
4. Have clear idea about the properties of steam and the use of steam tables and Mollier chart.
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS
Macroscopic Vs Microscopic aspects – Thermodynamic system and surrounding – Forms of energy–
Properties of a system – State and equilibrium - Quasi static process– Zeroth law of Thermodynamics - Heat –
Work – First law of Thermodynamics – Limitations – Application of First law to non– flow system–
Thermodynamic analysis of control volume - Steady flow energy equation. Applications.
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
Kelvin-Planck statement – Clausius statement – Carnot cycle – Cyclic Heat engine – Heat Reservoirs –
Refrigerator and Heat Pump – Equivalence of Kelvin – Planck and Clausius statements – Reversibility and
Irreversibility.
ENTROPY AND AVAILABILITY
Clausius theorem – Clausius inequality – Entropy principle – Property diagrams involving entropy – Entropy
change of Ideal gases – Entropy generation in a closed system – Entropy generation in an open system – Third
law of Thermodynamics – Introduction to availability in non-flow and flow Process.
THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS
Maxwell’s equations – Clapeyron equation – General relations for dh,du,ds,Cp and Cv – Joule Thomson coefficient. Gas Mixtures – Dalton’s law of partial pressures – P-V-T behaviour of gas mixtures – Property
calculations.
PROPERTIES OF STEAM
Steam formation–Temperature Entropy diagram – Mollier diagram – Specific Properties of Steam – Use of
steam tables & Mollier chart–Methods of Heating & Expanding the steam – Constant Volume Heating –
Constant Pressure Expansion – Isothermal Expansion – Hyperbolic Expansion – Isentropic Expansion –
Polytropic Expansion – Throttling process – Dryness fraction measurement.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Nag, P. K, Engineering Thermodynamics, 6 th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1995.
2. Yunus A. Cengel and Michael Boles, A., Thermodynamics– An Engineering Approach, 2nd Edition,
McGraw Hill India, 1994.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Michael Moran, J., and Howard Shapiro, N., Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 4th
Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.
2. Rayner Joel, Basic Engineering Thermodynamics, 5th Edition, Addison Wesley, New York, 1996.
3. Holman, J. P., Thermodynamics, 4th Edition Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1998.
4. Kothandaraman, C. P., and Domkundwar, S., A Course in Thermal Engineering, 5th Edition, Dhanpat
Rai & Sons, New Delhi, 1998.
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IC0211
ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION
3 0 0
3
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
The aim of this course is to familiarize the student with the principle of operation, capabilities and limitation of
Electronics and instrumentation so that he will be able to use this knowledge effectively.
.
INSTRUTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To study the basics of Electronics.
2. To study the Characteristics of Semiconductor action and Transistor.
3. To study the application of Semiconductor Devices like UJT, MOSFET, SCR, UJT.
4. To study the Basic of Measurement.
5. To study the use of Primary sensing element and Signal Conditioning Unit.
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE
Semiconductor diode – Crystal diode as a rectifier– Equivalent circuit of a Crystal Diode– Half Wave Rectifier
– Efficiency of Half Wave Rectifier – Full wave Rectifier – Center tap Full Wave Rectifier – Full Wave Bridge
Rectifier Efficiency of Full Wave Rectifier – Zener Diode – Equivalent Circuit of Zener Diode – Zener Diode
as Voltage Stabilizer.
TRANSISTOR & ITS BIASING
Transistor Symbols – Transistor as an Amplifier – Connections– CB, CE,&CC – Characteristics – Comparison
of Transistor Connection. Transistor as an Amplifier in CE arrangement – Transistors Load Line analysis,
Operating Point– CE Circuit – Performance of Transistor Amplifier – Cut Off and Saturation points –
Transistor biasing: Methods of transistor Biasing– Base resistor method– Biasing with feedback resistor –
Voltage divider bias method .
FET, SCR & UJT
Types of Field Effect Transistor – JFET – Working Principles of JFET– JFET as an Amplifier and its Output
Characteristics – JFET Applications – MOSFET Working Priniciples, SCR – Equivalent Circuit and V-I
Characteristics. SCR as a Half wave and full wave rectifier– Application of SCR – Triac and Diac
characteristics and its applications. UJT– Equivalent Circuit of a UJT and its Characteristics.
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Measurements and its Significance, Methods of Measurements, Classification of Instruments and application,
Elements of a Generalized Measurement System, Static and Dynamic Characteristics of an Instruments, Errors
in Measurement Systems – Units, System, Dimension and standards.
PRIMARY SENSING ELEMENTS AND SIGNAL CONDITIONING
Introduction – Transducers – Advantage of Electric Transducers, Classification Based upon Principle of
Transduction, Primary and Secondary transducer, Passive and Active transducers, Analog and Digital
transducers, Transducers and inverse transducers and examples for each. Characteristics and Choice of
transducers, Input, Transfer and output Characteristics and its application. Operational Amplifier,
Characteristics of Operational Amplifier, Attenuator, Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation, Basic Filters,
A/D Converters. Simple Types

TEXT BOOKS
1. Sawhney, A. K., A Course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation, Dhanpat
Rai & Sons, New Delhi,1999.

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2.
3.
4.

V.K, Mehta., and Rohit Metha, Principles of Electronics, S. Chand & Company Ltd., First Edition,
1980.
Millman, and Halkias, Electronic devices and Circuits, Tata McGraw Hill International Edition, 1994.
Mithal, G. K., Electronic Devices and Circuits, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1999.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1 Salivahanan, S., Sureshkumar, N., and Vallavaraj, A., Electronic Devices and Circuits, Tata McGrawHill, New Delhi, 1998.
2 Sze, S. M., Semiconductor Devices – Physics and Technology, 2nd Edtion, John Wiley & Sons, New
York, 2002.
3 Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee, Solid State Electronic Devices, Pearson Education, 2000.
4 Ernest O. Doebelin, Measurement Systems – Application and Design, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi,
2004.

ME0203

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To make the students aware of different manufacturing processes like metal forming, casting, metal cutting
processes, gear manufacturing processes.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Study the various ways of working of metals
2. Concept of casting Technology
3. Concept of Machining with lathes and automats
4. Study of Milling machine and Gear manufacturing process
5. Various Surface finishing and Fine Finishing processes
CASTING AND WELDING
Introduction to casting, Patterns, Types, Pattern materials, Allowances – Moulding – types– Moulding sand,
Gating and Risering, Cores &Core making. Special Casting Process - Shell, Investment, Die casting, Centrifugal
Casting.
Special welding– Laser, Electron Beam, Ultrasonic, Electro slag, Friction welding, Electrical resistance
welding.
MECHANICAL WORKING OF METALS
Hot and Cold Working: Rolling, Forging, Wire Drawing, Extrusion – types – Forward, backward and tube
extrusion.
Sheet Metal Operations: Blanking– blank size calculation, draw ratio, drawing force, Piercing, Punching,
Trimming, Stretch forming, Shearing, Bending– simple problems– Bending force calculation, Tube forming –
Embossing and coining, Types of dies: Progressive, compound and combination dies.
THEORY OF METAL CUTTING
Orthogonal and oblique cutting– Classification of cutting tools: single, multipoint – Tool signature for single
point cutting tool – Mechanics of orthogonal cutting – Shear angle and its significance – Chip formation–
Cutting tool materials– Tool wear and tool life – Machinability – Cutting Fluids– Simple problems.
GEAR MANUFACTURING AND SURFACE FINISHING PROCESS
Gear manufacturing processes: Extrusion, Stamping, and Powder Metallurgy. Gear Machining: Forming. Gear
generating process – Gear shaping, Gear hobbing.
Grinding process, various types of grinding machine, Grinding Wheel – types – Selection of Cutting speed and
work speed, dressing and truing. Fine Finishing – Lapping, Buffing, Honing, and Super finishing.
MACHINE TOOLS
Milling Machine – specification, Types, Types of cutters, operations, Indexing methods– simple problems.
Shaping, Planning and Slotting Machine – description, Operations, Work and tool holding Devices. Boring

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machine – Specification, operations, Jig boring machine. Broaching machine – operations, Specification, Types,
Tool nomenclature.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Sharma, P.C., A textbook of Production Technology – Vol I and II, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New
Delhi, 1996.
2. Rao, P.N., Manufacturing Technology, Vol I & II, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1998.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Chapman W. A. J., Workshop Technology Vol. I and II, Arnold Publisher, New Delhi, 1998.
2. Hajra Choudhary, S. K. and Hajra Choudhary, A. K., Elements of Manufacturing Technology, Vol II,
Media Publishers, Bombay, 1988.
3. Jain. R. K., Production Technology, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1988.
4. Kalpakjian, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Addision Wesley Congmen Pvt. Ltd.,
Singapore, 2000.

ME0205

L
3

FLUID MECHANICS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
To be familiar with all the basic concepts of fluids and fluid flow phenomenon, conservation equations and their
applications to simple problems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To familiarize with conservation laws and dimensional analysis to fluid flow problems.
2. To familiarize flow through closed conduits and hydraulic machines.
FLUID PROPERTIES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF FLOW
Brief history of fluid mechanics – Fluids and their properties – Continuum, density, viscosity, surface tension,
compressibility and bulk modulus, concept of pressure. Fluid statics – Pascal’s law, Hydrostatic law –
Piezometric head – Manometry
LAWS OF CONSERVATION
System and Control volume concept, Lagrangian and Eulerian description of fluid flow – Steadiness and
uniformity of flow – Acceleration of fluid flow – Stream lines, streak lines, path lines – Rotational and
irrotational flow – One dimensional flow derivations – Euler’s momentum equation – Linear and angular
momentum – Bernoulli’s equation – Application through various examples including flow measuring devices –
Orifice meter, venturi meter.
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND FLUID FLOW IN CLOSED CONDUICTS
Dimensional Analysis – Buckingham Pi – theorem, Derivations and applications of important dimensionless
numbers, basic modeling and similitude.
Viscous fluid flow – Laminar and turbulent flow, Couette flow between parallel plates, Hegan– Poiseuille flow
in circular pipes, Development of flow in pipes, Pipe friction, Darcy-Weissbach equation, Moody’s chart, Pipe
losses – Major and Minor losses – Problems of parallel, series and branched pipes.
FLUID FLOW OVER BODIES
Boundary layer theory – boundary layer development on a flat plate, displacement thickness, momentum
thickness, momentum integral equation, drag on flat plate – Nature of turbulence, Separation of flow over
bodies – streamlined and bluff bodies, Lift and Drag on cylinder and Aerofoil.
HYDRAULIC MACHINES
Classifications of Pumps – turbines – impulse, reaction turbines – velocity triangles – work done and
efficiencies of Centrifugal pump, Pelton wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines – Performance Comparison of
Hydraulic turbines.
TEXT BOOK
1. Kumar, K.L., Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2000.

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Bansal, R. K., Text Book of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 2006.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Douglas, J. F., Gasiorek and Swaffield, Fluid Mechanics, 3rd Edition, ELBS/ Pitman, U. K., 1995.
2. Potter, M.C. and Wiggert, D.C., Mechanics of Fluids, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 1997.
3. Streeter, Victor, Bedford, K.W. and Wylie, E. Benjamin, Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill, New Delhi, 1997.

PD 0201

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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT - III
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to build confidence and inculcate various soft skills and to help Students to identify
and achieve their personal potential
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To guide thought process.
2. To groom students' attitude.
3. To develop communication skill.
4. To build confidence.
METHODOLOGY
The entire program is designed in such a way that every student will participate in the class room activities. The
activities are planned to bring out the skills and talents of the students which they will be employing during
various occasions in their real life.
1. Group activities + individual activities.
2. Collaborative learning.
3. Interactive sessions.
4. Ensure Participation.
5. Empirical Learning
Goal Setting - Problem Solving - Emotional Quotient
Assertiveness - Stress Management - Quiz II
Lateral Thinking (Situational) - Team Work (Role Plays) Impromptu - Text Analysis
Business plan presentation I - Business plan presentation II - Chinese Whisper
Picture Perfect - Case Studies – Review
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION
Marks allocated for regular participation in all oral activities in class
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Complete Internal evaluation on a regular Basis

IC0217

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
To study various Basic Circuits of Electronics and Measurements.

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LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1.
Characteristics of Semiconductor Diode and Zener diode.
2.
Characteristics of Transistor under Common Emitter Configuration.
3.
Characteristics of Transistor Under Common Base Configuration.
4.
Characteristics of Transistor Under Common Collector Configuration.
5.
Characteristics of UJT and FET.
6.
Characteristics of SCR, DIAC and TRIAC.
7.
Characteristics of RTD.
8.
Characteristics of Thermistor.
9.
Characteristics of Thermocouple.
10.
Strain Gauge and Load Cell Characteristics.
REFERENCE
1.
Electronic Devices and Measurement Manual

ME0221

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MANUFACTURING PROCESS LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
To expose hands-on training to the students on various machines like lathe, Shaper, Slotter, Milling, Gear
hobbing, grinding machines.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Study of various types of lathe operations.
2. To produce flat surface and contour shapes on the given component.
3. To know the various methods of making gears.
4. To get an idea for making good quality products with good surface finish.
5. Application oriented mini projects.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Introduction- lathe machine, plain turning, Step turning & grooving (Including lathe mechanisms,
simple problems).
2.Taper turning-compound rest/offset method & Drilling using lathe (Including Drilling feed
mechanism, Twist drill nomenclature, and Different types of taper turning operations).
3. External threading-Single start (Including Thread cutting mechanism-simple problems).
4. Eccentric turning-Single axis.
5. Shaping-V-Block (Including Shaper quick return mechanism).
6. Grinding-Cylindrical /Surface/Tool & cutter.
7. Slotting-Keyways (Including Broaching tool nomenclature and Slotter mechanism).
8. Milling-Polygon /Spur gear (Including Milling mechanism, simple problems).
9. Gear hobbing-Helical gear.
10. Drilling, reaming, counter boring.
11. Planning/Capstan lathe/Burnishing process (Planner Mechanism, Description of capstan and turret
lathe).
12. Mini Project work- Application oriented products using above experiments.
Note: The following topics also should be covered during this practical course.
Super finishing, Metal spraying, Galvanizing, Electroplating, Anodizing.
Introduction to non-traditional machining process.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Chapman W. A. J., Workshop Technology Vol. I and II, Arnold Publisher, 1996.
2. Hajra Choudhary, S. K. and Hajra Choudhary, A. K., Elements of Manufacturing Technology Vol II, Media
Publishers, 1986.
3. Laboratory Manual.

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ME0223

FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY
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Nil

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PURPOSE
To enable the students to acquire knowledge of flow meters. Give student insight into working of various fluid
machines and be able to compare performance of fluid machines under different working conditions.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Gain knowledge on working of centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, hydraulic turbines
centrifugal blowers and steam turbines.
2. Able to compare performance of various machines at different operating points.
3. To gain the knowledge of various flow meters and the concept of fluid mechanics.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
PART A – FLUID MECHANICS
1. Determination of coefficient of discharge of orifice meter.
2. Determination of coefficient of discharge of venturi meter.
3. Major losses in pipe flow.
4. Verification of Bernoulli’s theorem.
5. Minor losses – expansion and contraction losses in pipes.
PART B – HYDRAULIC MACHINES
1. Performance test on centrifugal pumps.
2. Performance test on reciprocating pumps.
3. Performance test on gear pumps.
4. Performance test on deep well or submersible or jet pumps.
5. Performance test on Pelton turbine or Francis turbine.
PART C – FLUID MACHINES (working medium-air)
1. Performance test centrifugal blower with different impellers.
2. Performance test on reciprocating air compressor.
3. Aerodynamic studies on isolated aerofoil in wind tunnel.
REFERENCE
1. Laboratory manual
SEMESTER IV
LE0202

GERMAN LANGUAGE PHASE - II

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Prerequisite
GERMAN LANGUAGE PHASE - I
PURPOSE
Enabling the Engineering Students to one more Foreign Language, especially German, which is scientific and
technical language. This may be useful in the field of employment opportunities as well as helping them to
develop projects on browsing German websites.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Developing pronunciation so that they can read the text and e-mail during their employment, instructing them to
write their own C V and developing a fundamental conversation with any German national.
SPEAKING;
Dialogue – Questioning / Basic queries / Conversational with practical exposure.
GRAMMATIK (WRITING)
Verben, Wortstellung, Nomen, Pronomen, Artikel, Nominitativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, Adjective, Prasens, Perfect
and Neben Satze.

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GLOSSARY
Technical words. Lesson (6-10)
TEXT BOOK WITH CASSETTES
A. Grundkurs Deutsch
B. Momentmal
(Prescribed by Max Mueller Bhavan – Goethe Institute, Germany).
SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal 50 = Listening – 10 Marks, Speaking – 20 Marks, Reading – 10 Marks and Writing = 10 Marks
External 50 – 3 hours final written exam

LE0204

JAPANESE LANGUAGE PHASE II
Prerequisite
JAPANESE LANGUAGE PHASE I

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Lesson 2-{Korewa Tsukue desu } – Grammar, Sentence pattern, Marume .
Conversation
Lesson 3 – [Kokoni denwa ga arimasu] - Grammar, Sentence pattern, Marume .Copnversation
Lesson 4– {Asokoni hito ga imasu} - Grammar, Sentence pattern, Marume .
Lesson 5– {Akairingo wa ikutsu arimasu ka}-Grammar, Sentence pattern, Marume . Conversation.

Lesson 6– {Barano hana wa ippon ikura desu ka}- Grammar, Sentence pattern.Marume.Conversation
TEXT BOOKS
1. Nihongo Shoho Imain Text sold in India by the Japanese Language Teachers Association Pune.
2. Hiragana and Katakana Work Book published by AOTS Japan
3. Grammar and Kotoba ( Work Book )
4. Japanese for Dummies.(Conversation) CD.
SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal 50 = Listening – 10 Marks, Speaking – 20 Marks, Reading – 10 Marks and Writing = 10 Marks
External 50 – 3 hours final written exam

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LE0206

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FRENCH LANGUAGE PHASE II
Prerequisite
FRENCH LANGUAGE PHASE I

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Sports (Ski, natation, tennis, Tour de France), Cuisine (French dishes),Cinema
(Review of a film) – Articles on these topics and group discussion will be followed.
GRAMMAR
Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Past tense – Passé Compose( Verbe Auxiliare:.Etre et Avoir)
Culture and Civilization French Monuments (Tres celebres), French History (Jeanne d’ Arc, Louis XIV,
Prise de la Bastille), Culture and Civilisation (vin, fromage, mode, parfums)
Transport system, government and media in France – articles on these topics.
Comprehension and Grammar Comprehension passages and conversational sentences in different
situations (at the restaurant, at the super market)
TEXT BOOK:
1. Panorama – Goyal Publishers
2. Apprenons le Francais II, Sarawathy Publications
SCHEME OF EVALUATION
Internal 50 = Listening – 10 Marks, Speaking – 20 Marks, Reading – 10 Marks and Writing = 10 Marks
External 50 – 3 hours final written exam

MA0202

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NUMERICAL METHODS
Prerequisite
Mathematics I & II

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PURPOSE
To impart analytical ability in solving mathematical problems as applied to the respective branches of
Engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, student should be able,
1. To the familiar with numerical solution of equations
2. To get exposed to finite differences and interpolation
3. To be thorough with the numerical Differentiation and integration
4. To find numerical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations
CURVE FITTING AND NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS
Method of Least Squares – Fitting a straight line – Fitting a parabola – Fitting an exponential curve – Fitting a
curve of the form y = axb – Calculation of the sum of the squares of the residuals.- Newton-Raphson method –
Gauss Elimination method – Gauss Jacobi method – Gauss Seidel method.

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FINITE DIFFERENCES AND INTERPOLATION
First and Higher order differences – Forward differences and backward differences and Central Differences –
Differences of a polynomial – Properties of operators – Factorial polynomials – Shifting operator E – Relations
between the operators. Interpolation – Newton-Gregory Forward and Backward Interpolation formulae Divided differences – Newton’s Divided difference formula – Lagrange’s Interpolation formula – Inverse
interpolation.
NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION
Numerical Differentiation and Integration: Newton’s forward and backward differences formulae to compute
first and higher order derivatives – The Trapezoidal rule – Simpson’s one third rule and three eighth rule.
NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Solution by Taylor’s series – Euler’s method – Improved and modified Euler method – Runge-Kutta methods of
fourth order (No proof) – Milne’s Method - Adam’s Bashforth method.
NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Classification of Partial differential equations of the second order - Difference quotients – Laplace’s equation
and its solution by Liebmann’s process – Solution of Poisson’s equation – Solutions of Parabolic and
Hyperbolic equations.
TEXT BOOK
1. B.S. Grewal, Numerical Methods, Khanna Publishers, 6th edition.
(Unit I – Chapter 5 Section 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, Chapter 2 Section 2.1, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, Chapter 3 Section 3.4
(4), 3.5(1,2), Chapter 4 Section 4.2 Unit II – Chapter 7 Section 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.12 – 7.14 Chapter 6 Section
6.6, 6.7 Unit III – Chapter 8 Section 8.2, 8.10 (1,2), 8.41 – 8.43 Unit IV – Chapter 10 Section 10.3 - 10.6,
10.8 – 10.10 Unit V – Chapter 11 section 11.3 – 11.6, 11.8, 11.9(1,2), 11.11,11.12).
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Dr. M.K. Venkataraman, Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering, National Publishing Co., 1999.
2. S.S. Sastry, Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis, 2001.
3. E. Balagurusamy, Computer Oriented Statistical and Numerical Methods – Tata McGraw Hill., 2000.
4. M.K.Jain, SRK Iyengar and R.L.Jain, Numerical Methods for Scientific and Engineering Computation,
Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1987.
5. M.K.Jain, Numerical Solution of Differential Equations, 1979.
6. Dr.P.Kandasamy etal., Numerical Methods, S.Chand & Co., New Delhi, 2003.

ME0204

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Prerequisite
Nil
(Use of approved design data book is permitted)

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PURPOSE
To familiarize the students with the fundamentals of deformation, stresses, strains in structural elements.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
1. Know the concepts of stress and strain.
2. Analyze the beam of different cross sections for shear force, bending moment, slope and deflection.
3. Understand the concepts necessary to design the structural elements and pressure vessels.
CONCEPT OF STRESSES AND STRAINS
Concept of stress and strain, Hooke’s law – Tension, Compression, and Shear, stress-strain diagram – Poisson’s
ratio, elastic constants and their relationship – Deformation of simple and compound bars – Thermal stresses.
Principal plane, principal stress, maximum shearing stress – Uniaxial, biaxial state of stress – Mohr’s circle for
plane stresses.
ANALYSIS OF BEAMS
Beams: Types and Transverse loadings – shear force and bending moment diagrams for cantilevers, simply
supported and over hanging beams. Theory of pure bending: Bending stresses in simple and composite beams.
Shear stress distribution in beams of different sections.

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TORSION OF SHAFTS AND SPRINGS
Theory of pure torsion, torsion of circular shafts, simple problems – Type of springs, stiffness, springs in series,
springs in parallel, stresses and deflections in helical springs and leaf springs – Design of helical springs and
leaf springs.
DEFLECTION OF BEAMS
Slope and deflection of cantilever, simply supported, fixed beam by double integration method – Macauley’s
method – Moment area method – Strain energy method – Castigliano’s theorem.
COLUMN AND STRUTS
Member subjected to combined bending and axial loads, Euler’s theory, Crippling load, Rankine’s theory.
Cylinders And Shells - Thin cylinder, thin spherical shells under internal pressure – Thick cylinders – Lame’s
equation – Shrink fit and compound cylinders.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Bansal,R.K., A Text Book of Strength of Materials, Lakshmi Publications Pvt. Limited, New Delhi,
1996.
2. Prabhu,T.J., Design of machine elements, Private Publication, 1999.
3. Ferdinand P.Beer, and Rusell Johnston, E., Mechanics of Materials, SI Metric Edition, McGraw Hill,
1992.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. William A. Nash, Theory and Problems of Strength of Materials, Schaum’s Outline Series, McGraw
Hill International Edition, 3rd Edition, 1994.
2. Srinath, L. S., Advanced Mechanics of Solids, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New
Delhi, 1987.
3. Popov, E. P., Mechanics of Materials, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi,
1989.
4. James M. Gere, Mechanics of Materials Fifth Edition, Brooks/Cole, USA, 2001.
5. Shigley, J. E., Applied Mechanics of Materials, International Student Edition, McGraw Hill Koyakusha
Limited, 2000.
6. Maitra, Handbook of Machine Design, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1986.
7. Design Data, PSG College of Technology, 2000.

ME0206

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
On completion of this course, the students are exposed to understand the concept and working of gas, vapour
power cycles, air compressors, refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
To study air/vapour cycles with reheat and regeneration.
2.
Performance study of compressors are introduced.
3.
Knowledge of eco-friendly refrigerants, refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
GAS POWER CYCLES
Air standard cycles – Assumptions – Otto, Diesel, Dual - air standard efficiency – mean effective pressure and
power; Brayton cycle – reheat and regeneration. (Elementary treatment only)
VAPOUR POWER CYCLES
Rankine cycle – performance – simple, reheat and regenerative cycle – Introduction to Binary vapour cycle
(Elementary treatment only)
AIR COMPRESSORS
Reciprocating air compressors – types – construction – work of compression without clearance – effect of
clearance – multistage – optimum intermediate pressure for perfect intercooling – compressor efficiencies and
mean effective pressure.

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Rotary compressors – Vane compressor, Roots blower (construction and working only)
REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
Types of refrigeration systems – vapour compression and vapour absorption systems – working principle,
refrigerants – properties. Eco friendly refrigerants.
Analysis of vapour compression refrigeration cycle, use of P-h chart, effect of sub cooling and superheating –
calculations of COP (ammonia, R134a, R12 and R22 only)
PSYCHROMETRY AND AIR CONDITIONING
Properties of atmospheric air – psychrometric chart, psychrometric processes: Sensible heating and cooling,
Cooling and dehumidification – Heating and humidification.
Description of summer, winter and year round air conditioning system, description of window and split air
conditioning system, Cooling load calculations – simple problems only.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Rajput, R. K., Thermal Engineering, Laxmi Publications, 6th Edition, New Delhi, 2006.
2. Domkundwar, A., A Course in Thermal Engineering, Dhanpat Rai & Co., New Delhi, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Sarkar, B. K., Thermal Engineering, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2006.
2. Arora, S. C., Domkundwar, C. S., A course in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, 4th Edition, New
Age International (p) Ltd., New Delhi, 2002.
3. Eastop, T.D., Mcconkey, A., Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists, 5th Edition,
Pearson Edition Publications, 2002.

ME0208

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MACHINES AND MECHANISMS
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Nil

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PURPOSE
To expose the students to learn the fundamentals of various laws governing rigid bodies and its motions.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
Basic mechanisms, velocity and acceleration of simple mechanisms.
2.
Drawing the profile of cams and its analysis.
3.
Friction applications, gear train calculations.
4.
Balancing of machines.
MECHANISMS
Introduction – Links – Pairs – Chain – Mechanism – Machine structure – Degrees of freedom – Four bar
chains – Terminology and definition – Planer, Spherical and Spatial Mechanisms – Grashoff’s law – Kutzback
criterion – Grubler’s criterion for plane mechanism. Inversion of mechanisms – Four bar, single slider crank and
double slider crank mechanisms – Simple problems – Instantaneous centre – Kennedy’s theorem. Velocity and
Acceleration of Four bar and single slider crank mechanisms by relative velocity Method.
ADVANCED MECHANISMS AND CAMS
Pantograph – Steering gear mechanism – Davis Steering gear – Ackerman steering gear – Hooke’s joint –
Double Hooke’s joint.
CAMS: Types of cams and followers – Follower motion – Uniform, SHM and cycloidal. Cam terminology –
Cam profiles construction for roller, flat faced and knife edge follower types – pressure angle.
FRICTION
Friction: Applications – Screw friction – Effort calculations – Efficiency – Self locking and overhauling of
screws. Friction clutches – disc, cone clutches – Working principle – Torque, Power transmitted derivations
and calculations.
GEAR TRAINS AND CONTROL MECHANISMS
Spur gear terminology and definition – Gear trains: simple, compound, reverted and epicyclic – Velocity ratio
and torque calculation in gear trains – Automobile differential.

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Gyroscopes: Gyroscopic forces and couple – Forces on bearing due to gyroscopic action – Gyroscopic effect in
ship, motor cycle, car and aircraft. Concept of governors: (elementary treatment only)
TURNING MOMENT DIAGRAM AND BALANCING
Turning moment diagrams: Fly wheels – Application of flywheel – Punching presses.
Static and dynamic Balancing: Balancing of rotating masses – Balancing of single cylinder engine – Balancing
of multi cylinder engine – Balancing machines.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ratan, S.S., Theory of Machines, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing company Ltd., 2 nd Edition ,2005
2. Thomas Bevan, Theory of Machines, CBS Publishers and Distributors, 3rd Edition, 1984.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Shigley, J. E., and Uicker, J. J., Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, McGraw Hill, 1995.
2. Ghosh, A., and Mallick, A. K., Theory of Mechanisms and Machines, Affiliated East-West Pvt Ltd.,
New Delhi, 1988.
3. Rao, J. S., and Dukkipati, R.V., Mechanism and Machine Theory, Wiley–Eastern Ltd., New Delhi,
1995.

ME0210

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
To study how computer can be applied in mechanical engineering design.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize with
1. Concepts of modeling in 2D and 3D.
2. Concepts of computer graphics.
3. CAD Packages and its features.
4. Theory of analysis and its implementation in CAD.
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Design process - CAD. Geometric Modeling: Types – Wireframe, surface and solid modeling.
Solid modeling techniques: CSG and B-rep – Operations: Boolean – Extrude - Sweep - Revolve. Entities –
Line – Circle – Ellipse – Parabola - Cubic Spline, Bezier and B-spline (Basic treatment only).
GRAPHICS CONCEPTS (2D and 3D)
Coordinate systems – Transformations: translation, scaling, reflection, rotation - Concatenated transformation Inverse transformation. Hidden line removal - Shading - Colouring - Rendering – Animation (Basic treatment
only).
SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND RECENT TECHNOLOGY
Commercial solid modeling packages: Salient features - Technical comparison - Modules and tools - Brief
outline of data exchange standards. Brief outline of feature technology: Classification of features - Design by
features - Applications of features - Advantages and limitations.
FEM FUNDAMENTALS
Introduction – Steps involved in FEA: Nodes - Elements and their types, shape function, constraints, forces and
nodal displacements - Stiffness matrix - Solution techniques. Analysis of spring element. Simple problems
involving stepped bar subject to axial loading and simple structural members with triangular element.
ANALYSIS
FEA in CAD Environment: Stages of FEA in CAD environment – Preprocessor - Solver and postprocessor.
Demonstration of the above using any one commercial packages. Brief outline of kinematic analysis Manufacturability analysis and simulation (Basic treatment only).

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TEXTBOOKS
1. Ibrahim Zeid, CAD / CAM – Theory and Practice, Tata Mcgraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2001.
2. Radhakrishnan. P., CAD / CAM / CIM - New age international, 2000.
3. Chairs Mcmahon and Jimmie Browne, CAD/CAM, Addision Wesly, New York, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Chandupatla and Belagundu, Introduction to Finite Element Methods in Engineering, Prentice Hall of
India Private Limited, New Delhi, 1997.
2. Newman and Sproull R. F., Principles of interactive computer graphics, Tata Mcgraw-Hill, New
Delhi,1997.
3. Mikell P. Groover, CAD/CAM, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 1997.

PD 0202

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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT - IV
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Nil

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Motivation II - Interpretation of Visuals of I & II
Humor in real life - Body language - Collage and poster designing and slogan writing
Brain Teasers – JAM - Current News Update I
Current News Update II - Enactment (SKIT –I) - Enactment (SKIT – II)
Survey and Reporting (heroes, sports persons etc.) - Quiz III – Review
EVALUATION:
1. Activities assessed by both group and individual participation
2. Continuous assessment based on daily participation
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION
Marks allocated for regular participation in all oral activities in class
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Complete Internal evaluation on a regular Basis

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ME0222

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STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
To familiarize the students with the use of stress, strain measuring instruments.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. The students will be able to understand procedures for conducting tensile, torsion tests on mild steel
specimens.
2. Determine the Young’s modulus using deflection test on beams and tensile test on rods, tension and
compression test on springs, bricks, concrete, and impact tests on steel.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Tensile test on mild steel rod.
2. Torsion test on mild steel rod.
3. Deflection test on steel and aluminium specimen.
4. Charpy and Izod impact test on steel specimen.
5. Double shear test on steel rod.
6. Compression test on brick and concrete blocks.
7. Tension and compression test on helical springs.
8. Brinell and Rockwell hardness test.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Kazimi, S. M. A., Solid Mechanics, First Revised Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Limited, New Delhi, 1994.
2.
Laboratory Manual

ME0224

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

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PURPOSE
To provide hands-on training to the students on various software in mechanical engineering
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarise with
1.
Drafting practice using computer.
2.
Modeling of 2D and 3D parts.
3.
Assembly of modeled parts.
4.
Analysis of modeled parts.
COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING OF MACHINE ELEMENTS
Orthographic views - Isometric views - Sectional views. Dimensioning - Annotations - Symbols - WeldingSurface finish - Threads. Text - Bill of Materials- Title block.
Exercise: Knuckle, Gib and Cotter Joint - Screw Jack - Foot step bearing.
GEOMETRIC MODELING OF MACHINE COMPONENTS
Protrusion - cut – Sweep – Revolve - Draft and loft - Modify/edit – Pattern – Transformation - Boolean
operation.
Exercise: Individual parts of Universal Joint - Flange Coupling - Piston and Connecting rod.
CONVERSION OF 3D TO 2D
Conversion of 3D to 2D and Mass property calculations for parts created in Units I and II.
ASSEMBLY OF MACHINE PARTS
Exercise: Assemble from parts created in Unit II.

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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
FEA of simple structural members - Cantilever beam - Simply supported beam and a plate with a hole.
REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual.

ME0226

MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY DRAWING
Prerequisite
Nil

L
1

T
0

P
3

C
2

PURPOSE
To enable the engineering students to draw a detailed production and assembly drawing for given components
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course the student should be able to understand.
1.
Indian codes and standards for engineering drawing.
2.
Representation of Fits and Tolerances in technical drawing.
3.
Assembly drawing of machine elements.
4.
Production drawing of components.
TECHNICAL DRAWING STANDARDS
Indian Standard Code of practice for Engineering Drawing: General principles of presentation, conventional
representation of dimensioning and sectioning, conventional representation of threaded parts, gears, springs and
common features. Abbreviations and symbols used in technical drawings. Symbols and method of indication on
the drawing for surface finish, welding and riveted joints.
FITS AND TOLERANCES
Tolerance types and representation on the drawing – Fits types and selection for different applications – Basic
hole systems - Basic shaft systems – Allowances. Geometric tolerances – Form and positional. Datum and
datum features symbols used to represent geometric tolerances.
ASSEMBLY DRAWING OF JOINTS, COUPLING AND BEARINGS
Preparation of drawing for keys and keyways, cotter joints, pin joints and screwed fasteners. Preparation of
drawing for Couplings - Flange coupling and universal coupling, Bearings: Plummer block - Foot step bearing.
Representation of tolerances in drawing.
PRODUCTION DRAWING
Preparation of production drawing for simple components, interpretation of production drawings.
ASSEMBLY DRAWING OF MACHINE ELEMENTS
Preparation of assembled views given parts details - Lathe tail stock - Lathe chuck - Connecting rod - Screw
jack, Machine vice, Tool head of shaper and Stop valve. Representation of tolerances in drawing.
NOTE:
Examination must include an assembly drawing of machine elements.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Gopalakrishnan, K.R., Machine Drawing, Subash Publishers, Bangalore, 2000.
2. Narayana, K.L., Kanniah, P. and Venkata Reddy, K., Production Drawing, New Age International,
New Delhi, 2002.
REFERENCES
1. Sidheswar Kannaiah, N., Sastry, P.V.V.V., Machine Drawing, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1997.
2. Bhatt, N. D., Machine Drawing, Charotar publishing house, Anand, 1999.
3. Junnarkar, N. D., Machine Drawing, First Indian print, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd.,
2005.
4. P.S.G. Design Data Book, Coimbatore, 2001.
5. Revised IS codes: 10711, 10712, 10713, 10714, 9609, 1165, 10715, 10716, 10717, 11663, 11668,
10968, 11669,
8043, 8000.

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SEMESTER V
ME0301

L
3

FUNDAMENTALS OF VIBRATION AND NOISE
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
To familiarize the students with the sources of vibration and noise in machines and make design modifications
to reduce the vibration and noise and improve the life of the components
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
1. Know the concepts of vibration and noise
2. Analyze the Single Degree, Two Degree and Multi degree of Freedom Systems
3. Understand the case studies on the field of Vibration
4. Identify the sources of noises and the ways to control it.
SIMPLIFICATION OF VIBRATION PROBLEMS TO ONE DEGREE OF FREEEDOM
Basic equation of motion for various vibration problems – Torsional, Free damped and Forced vibration
problems, critical speed, nature of exciting forces, vibration isolation, vibration instruments.
TWO AND MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS
Two degree – Formulation of solution - Coupling between rotating and translation - Applications.
Multi degree – Governing equation for close coupled systems - Lateral vibration, Geared systems - Effect of
gyroscopic acceleration.
SOLUTION OF VIBRATION PROBLEMS
Approximate methods (or) Numerical methods – Holzer’s method, Myklestadt’s method, Sturn sequence
Energy methods – Rayleigh’s Approach – Close coupled systems. For coupled systems – Dunkerley’s method,
Rayleigh Ritz method.
DIAGNOSTICS AND FIELD MEASUREMENT
Diagnostic tools - Condition monitoring in real time - Balancing of rotors - Field measurements on various
compressors, fans, machine foundation.
MACHINERY NOISE AND CONTROL
Basics of noise - Introduction, amplitude, frequency, wavelength and sound - Pressure level, noise dose level Measurement and analysis of noise. Methods for control of noise - Mechanical noise - Predictive analysis,
Sound in enclosures - Sound energy absorption - Sound transmission through barriers.
TEXT BOOK
1. Ramamurti, V., Mechanical Vibration Practice with Basic Theory, 1st edition, Narosa Publishing
House, Chennai, 2000.
2. Kewel Pujara., Vibration and noise for engineers, Dhanpat rai & Sons, 1992.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Rao, J. S. and Gupta, K., Introductory course on theory and practice of mechanical vibrations, Wiley
Eastern, New Delhi, 1984.
2. Rao, S. S., Mechanical vibrations, 3rd Edition, Addison Wesley publishing company, New York, 1995.
3. Thomson, W. T., Theory of Vibration and its Applications, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 1982.
4. Meirovitch, L., Elements of Vibration Analysis, Mc Graw-Hill Book Co., New York,, 1986.
5. Keith Mobley, R., Vibration Fundamentals, Plant Engineering Maintenance Series, Elsevier, 2007.

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ME0303

L
3

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Prerequisite
Nil
(Use of approved data book permitted)

T
2

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
To study the basic design principles and apply the principles to the design of various elements encountered in
Mechanical machines and structures.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
On completion of this course the student is expected
1. To design simple joints, fasteners, levers and springs.
2. To determine the strength of the components
3. To determine the failure conditions and apply them to real life problems
FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL DESIGN
Basic Definitions - Phases of Design - Types of Loads. Types of stresses: Normal, shear, and combined stresses.
Criteria for Design: strength, contact fatigue, stiffness, wear resistance, vibration resistance, heat resistance,
reliability. Brief outline of engineering materials and theories of failure. Exhaustive problem solving in Basic
Design with members subjected to simple stresses and combined stresses under uniform loading.
DESIGN OF JOINTS (without eccentric loading)
Design of cotter joints and knuckle joints. Design of bolted joints. Design of riveted joints, welded joints and its
application to pressure vessels.
PARTS SUBJECTED TO ECCENTRIC LOADING
Eccentric loading on rivets and bolts. Eccentric loading on welds. Curved beams – crane hook - Frames, clamps.
DESIGN OF LEVERS AND SPRINGS
Design of levers - Design of springs - Helical and leaf springs.
OTHER TYPES OF LOADING
Members subjected to variable stresses. Failure and endurance limit - Factors affecting endurance limit. Stress
concentration - Methods of reducing stress concentration - Notch sensitivity.
Combined steady and Variable stresses - Soderberg, Gerber and Goodman methods for combination of stresses
and their application in design problems. Members subjected to impact loads and dynamic loads.
Design Project: (Not for Examination) Real life problems in Mechanical Engineering.
TEXT BOOK
1. Prabhu, T. J., Design of machine elements, Kasthuri Publication, Chennai, 2003.
2. Patel, R. C., Sikh, S. S. and Pandya, Machine Design, Volume I, C. Jamdan & Co., 1999.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Norton, R. L., Design of Machinery, McGraw Hill, 1999.
2. Robert C. Juvinall, Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, John Wiley & sons, 3rd Edition,
2002.
3. Spots, M. F., Design of Machine Elements, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 1983.
4. William Orthwein, Machine Component Design, Vol. I and II, Jaico Publising House, Chennai, 1996.
5. Maitra, Handbook of Gear Design, Tata Mcgraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1986.
6. Design Data, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2006.

ME0305

L
3

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
This course provides the necessary background for an engineer to under take the thermal design and analysis of
different types of heat exchange equipment

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students with
1. Conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer.
2. Applications of heat transfer in Heat exchangers, insulations etc.
3. Mass Transfer.
CONDUCTION I
Fourier’s Law of Conduction – General equation in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical co-ordinates - One
dimensional steady state conduction in plane wall, composite wall, composite cylinder, composite sphere with
convection boundaries - Conduction with heat generation - Thermal contact resistance - Overall heat transfer
coefficients - Critical thickness of insulation.
CONDUCTION II
Fins or Extended surfaces: Pin fins, annular fins, longitudinal fins - Unsteady state conduction - Lumped heat
capacity system - Biot number, Fourier number - Semi infinite, infinite solids – Multi - Dimensional systems,
Conduction shape factor - Numerical solutions of two dimensional steady and unsteady state conduction.
CONVECTION
Hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer: Principles and governing equations - Dimensional analysis of free
and forced convection heat transfer.
Forced convection: External flow over a flat plate, cylinder, sphere and non-circular ducts, Internal flow
through pipe, annular spaces and non-circular conduits. Natural convection: vertical, horizontal, inclined
surfaces. Heat exchangers: Types, fouling factor, log mean temperature difference and number of transfer
units method – Simple problems on double pipe heat exchanger.
RADIATION
Electromagnetic spectrum - Black body emission, emissive power, laws of radiation - Nature, black, grey
bodies, concepts, radiation shape factor - Thermal resistance and electrical analogy - Radiation heat transfer
between two surfaces - Reradiating surface - Radiation shield - Solar radiation - Radiation properties of gases
and vapors.
HEAT TRANSFER WITH PHASE CHANGE AND MASS TRANSFER
Film wise and drop wise condensation. Film wise condensation outside vertical and horizontal tubes. Boiling
heat transfer, regimes of boiling - Nucleate boiling, film boiling - Peak heat flux. Fick’s law of diffusion,
Equimolal counter diffusion, Stefan’s law, Evaporation in atmosphere- problem, Non-dimensional numbers in
mass transfer - Mass transfer coefficients - Forced convective mass transfer - Introduction to Energy
conservation.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Sachdeva, R.C., Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2nd Edition, New Age International (P) Ltd.,
New Delhi,1998.
2. Kothadaraman, C. P., Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th Edition, New Age International
(P) Ltd., New Delhi, 1998.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Franker, P. and David, P., Introduction to Heat Transfer, 4th edition, John Wiley, New York, 2002.
2. Holman, J. P., Heat Transfer, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill book Company, New York, 1989.
3. Nag, P.K., Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, New Delhi, 2006.
4. Ozisik. M., Heat Transfer, McGraw Hill book Company, New York, 1998.

ME0307

L
3

MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
On completion of the course the student will have knowledge about the technology of different materials and
their applications.

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
This course will enable the students to know more about
1. Different materials with their properties,
2. Various production techniques and applications,
3. Fracture analysis for different metals,
4. Strengthening mechanisms and
5. Applications of metallic and non metallic materials.
ELASTIC AND PLASTIC BEHAVIOUR
Elasticity in metals and polymers – Mechanism of plastic deformation – Role of yield stress, shear strength of
perfect and real crystals – Strengthening mechanisms, work hardening - Solid solutioning, grain boundary
strengthening, particle, fibre and dispersion strengthening - Effect of temperature, strain and strain rate on plastic
behaviour – Super plasticity – Deformation of non-crystalline material.
FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR
Griffith’s theory, stress intensity factor and fracture toughness – Ductile to brittle transition – High temperature
fracture, creep – Deformation mechanism maps – Fatigue, Low and high cycle fatigue test crack initiation and
propagation mechanisms - Fracture of Non-metallic materials – Failure analysis, Sources of failure, procedure of
failure analysis.
PHASE DIAGRAMS
Introduction - Solid solutions - Intermediate phases – Phase rules – Free energy in intermediate phases – Phase
diagrams – Phase changes in alloys – Determination of phase diagrams - Ternary phase diagrams – Cooling
curves – Equilibrium diagrams of Iron and Iron –Carbide diagram – Definition of structures.
MODERN METALLIC MATERIALS
Dual phase alloys - Micro alloyed steels, High Strength Low alloy (HSLA) steel - Transformation induced
plasticity (TRIP) steel, Maraging steel – Intermettalics, Ni and Ti aluminides – Smart materials - Shape memory
alloys – Metallic glasses – Quasi crystals and nano crystalline materials.
NON METALLIC MATERIALS
Polymeric materials – Formation of polymer structure – Production techniques of fibre, foams, adhesives and
coating – structure and properties and applications of engineering polymers – Advanced structure ceramics, WC,
TIC, Al2 O3, O2, SiC, SI2N4, CBN and Diamond – Properties, processing and applications. Composite materials:
Types, production techniques, structure, properties and applications.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Dieter, G. E., Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 2001.
2. Thomas H. Courtney, Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering materials, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Flinn, R. A. and Trojan, P. K., Engineering Materials and their applications, Jaico, Bombay, 1989.
2. Budinski K.G. and Budinski, M. K., Engineering Materials Properties and selection, Prentice Hall of
India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2004.
3. ASM Metals Hand book, Failure analysis and prevention, Vol: 10, 14th edition, New York, 2002.

PD0301

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT - V
Prerequisite
Nil

L
1

T
0

P
2

C
2

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to build confidence and inculcate various soft skills and to help Students to identify
and achieve their personal potential
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course the students will be able to
1. Acquire the important soft skills for employment
2. Take part in group discussions and job interviews confidently

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3. Appear for placement aptitude tests confidently
4. Gain self confidence to face the placement process
METHODOLOGY
The entire program is designed in such a way that every student will participate in the class room activities. The
activities are planned to bring out the skills and talents of the students which they will be employing during
various occasions in their real life.
1. Group activities + individual activities.
2. Collaborative learning.
3. Interactive sessions.
4. Ensure Participation.
5. Empirical Learning
Syllogism - Binary Logic [cause & effect] - Assertive & Counter Argument - Simple Interest - Time & Work Time & Distance
Upstream &Downstream Reasoning - Verbal Comprehension I - Verbal Comprehension II- Compound Interest
Logarithms - Surds & Indices
Verbal Reasoning I - Verbal Reasoning II - Verbal Reasoning III – Percentage – Test – Averages
Deductive Reasoning I - Deductive Reasoning II - Language Usage I - Decimal Fractions - Profit & Loss –
Probability
Language Usage II - Logic Games I - Logic Games II – Area - Pipes & Cisterns – Test
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION
Marks allocated for regular participation in all oral activities in class
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Complete internal evaluation on a regular Basis

ME0321

L
0

MACHINE DYNAMICS LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

PURPOSE
To study the static and dynamic behaviour of machines.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
1.
Understand and use various measurement methods
2.
Understand and verify the laws governing the dynamics of machines
3.
Understand the case studies on the field of Vibration
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Measurement of amplitude, velocity and acceleration using vibration pick-ups.
2. Measurement of strain.
3. Measurement of cutting forces using Drill, Lathe and Milling Dynamometers.
4. Determination of moment of inertia of systems.
5. Study of gear parameters
6. Kinematics of gear trains – simple, compound, epicyclic, differential.
7. CAM Analysis – angle Vs displacement and jump phenomenon.
8. Governors - determination of characteristics and sensitivity.
9. Vibration analysis of mechanical systems.
10. Tensional vibration rotor systems.
11. Balancing of rotating masses.
12. Whirling of shaft.
13. Diagnostics and field measurement of vibrations.
14. Gyroscope.

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C
1

REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual

ME0323

HEAT POWER LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

L
0

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
This laboratory course is intended to give the students, experimental knowledge on the performance and
operations of I.C. Engines and steam generators
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To impart knowledge about
1. Testing the engines, lubricants and fuels used for IC engines.
2. Using various dynamometers used for testing IC engines,
3. Operating boilers and conducting performance test on boilers.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
IC ENGINES AND FUEL
1. Valve and port timing diagrams on four and two stroke engines.
2. Performance test on twin-cylinder diesel engine with electrical dynamometer.
3. Performance test on single cylinder high speed diesel engine with rope brake dynamometer
4. Performance test on single cylinder slow speed diesel engine with belt brake dynamometer.
5. Retardation test to find frictional power of a diesel engine.
6. Heat balance test on four stroke diesel engine.
7. Determination of viscosity- Redwood and Saybolt viscometers.
8. Determination of flash point and fire point
STEAM
1. Performance and energy balance test on steam generator.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Laboratory Manual

ME0325

MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

L
0

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
To acquire the knowledge of identifying the metals and understanding the metallurgical concepts.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
The course will help the student to
1. prepare different metal specimen for identification.
2. Study the microstructure of metals.
3. Understand the treatment procedures.
4. Become familiar with SEM and TEM typical microstructures.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Specimen preparation for metallographic examination.
2. Study of metallurgical microscope, different types and their operations.
3. Microstructural study of different materials such as Plain carbon, high carbon steels, quenched and
tempered steel, Stainless steel, S.G. Iron, Malleable iron, Grey CI, White CI, Al, Brass, Bronze, Cold
worked and recrystallised specimens
4. Microstructural study of steel weldment.
5. Study of Hardness values before and after heat treatment.
6. Hardenability test using Jominey end test apparatus.

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7.
8.
9.

Grain size measurement by comparison with ASTM Charts.
Wear analysis using Pin-on-Disc machine and Dry Abrasion tester.
Study of a typical SEM and TEM microstructures.

REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual

ME0327

L
0

COMPREHENSION I
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

C
1

ME0329

L
0

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING - I
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
To expose the students to the industry working environment.
IMPLEMENTATION
A minimum of 2 weeks in-plant training has to be undergone by the student during winter / summer
vacation following III / IV semester. A certificate from the company to the effect that he has undergone the
training successfully has to be produced. The student is required to present a report on the observations and
knowledge gained during the training which will be evaluated by a panel of faculty members.

ME0331

L
0

COMPUTER SKILL
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
4

C
2

PURPOSE
To acquire extramural knowledge on the computer implementation of various engineering solutions.
IMPLEMENTATION
The students are expected to undergo at least two computer courses from a list of courses provided
from time to time by all the departments of engineering and technology. Resources for conducting the courses
will be found from in-house talents and outside professionals with expertise in the particular course.
Certification will be done by both the university and the bodies drafted for the purpose.
SEMESTER VI
ME0302

GAS DYNAMICS AND TURBOMACHINERY
Prerequisite
Thermodynamics and Fluid mechanics

L
3

T
2

P
0

C
4

PURPOSE
On completion of this course - the students will be in a position to apply their knowledge to solve problems in
basic compressible flow, and all fluid machines working under the same principle. Only flow aspects of these
Machines are considered and mechanical and material aspects are not included.

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
The course aims at analysis of
1. Flow through nozzle and diffuser with and without shock.
2. Flow through contact area duct using friction and heat transfer.
3. Design calculations of all types of turbines and their operations are covered.
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPRESSIBLE FLOW AND FLOW THROUGH VARIABLE AREA DUCTS 9
Energy equation for compressible fluid flow, various regimes of flow, reference velocities stagnation states,
velocity of sound derivation, critical states, Mach number, Crocco number, critical Mach number, types of
waves, Mach cone, Mach angle, effect of Mach number on compressibility, equivalent of Bernoulli’s equation
for compressible flow.
Isentropic flow through variable area ducts, T-S and h-s diagrams for nozzles and diffusers, area ratio as a
function of Mach number, impulse function (no derivation), mass flow rate through nozzles and diffusers, nondimensional mass flow rate in terms of pressure ratio (Flienger’s formula).
FLOW WITH NORMAL SHOCK
Development of shock wave, governing equations, variation of flow parameters like static pressure, static
temperature, density, stagnation pressure and entropy across the shock (no derivations), Prandtl - Meyer
equation, impossibility of shock in subsonic flows, strength of a shock wave, flow through nozzles and diffusers
with shock, normal shock in Fanno and Rayleigh flows, (elementary treatment only).
FLOW THROUGH CONSTANT AREA DUCTS
Flow in constant area ducts with friction (Fanno flow), Fanno curves and Fanno flow equations, variation of
flow properties (no derivation), variation of Mach number with duct length. Flow in constant area duct with heat
transfer (Rayleigh flow), Rayleigh curves and Rayleigh flow equations, variation of flow properties (no
derivation), maximum heat transfer.
PRINCIPLES OF TURBOMACHINERY
Classification - specific work - representation of specific work in T-s and h-s diagrams – internal and external
loses – Euler’s equation of turbo Machinery – ideal and actual velocity triangles – slip and its estimation –
impulses and reaction type Machines – degree of reaction – effect of outlet blade angles on blade shape – model
laws, specific speed and shape number – special features of hydro, steam and gas turbines – performance
characteristics of turbo Machines – cavitation, surge and stall – thin aerofoil theory.
STUDY OF TURBOMACHINES
Compressors – Axial and centrifugal type, Axial flow Turbines – Velocity triangles, performance (Elementary
treatment only).
TEXT BOOKS
1. Yahya, S. M., Fundamentals of Compressible Flow with Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion, Wiley
Eastern, New Delhi, 1993.
2. Yahya, S. M., Turbines, Fans and Compressors, Tata McGraw Hill Publications, New Delhi, 1996.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Shapiro, A. H., The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid flow - (Vol I and II),
Ronald Press, New York, 1953.
2. Gopalakrishnan, G. and Prithvi Raj, D., Treatise on Turbo Machines, Scitech Publications, Chennai,
2002.
3. Dixon, S. L., Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbo Machinery, Pergomen Publications,
1998.

ME0304

L
3

ELEMENTS OF MECHATRONICS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

PURPOSE
To present the concept and components of mechatronics systems in a structured way.

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C
3

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To Study
1. Combination of mechanical, electrical, electronics and information engineering
2. The understanding ability of microelectronics to reduce the demand on mechanical systems
3. To have cognizance of performance of commonly used sensors and actuation system
4. The PLC and design application
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Mechatronics systems, Mechatronics system components - Measurement Systems, Control
Systems, Open and Closed Loops Systems, Sequential Controllers with examples – Water level controller, Shaft
speed control, Washing machine control, Automatic camera and Engine management systems.
MICROPROCESSOR IN MECHATRONICS
Development of microprocessor systems, 8085 – Architecture, Pin diagram, Input and Output peripheral
circuits, communications – Input, Output and Memory with timing diagrams, A/D and D/A convertors.
Introduction to design and recent developments in microprocessors and controllers.
ELECTRICAL DRIVES AND CONTROLLERS
Introduction, Electromagnetic Principles, Solenoids and Relays, Electrical drives - stepper motors, servo motors.
Programmable logic controller - Programming units - Memory - Input - Output Modules - Mnemonics - Timers
- Internal relays - Counters - Shift Registers - Programming the PLC using Ladder diagram - Simple example of
PLC application.
SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS
Resistive, capacitive and inductive transducers, Electric Position Sensors, Limit Switches, Optical encoders –
Absolute and Incremental, Proximity Sensors, Solid State Sensors and Transducers, Temperature and pressure
sensors.
MECHATRONICS SYSTEM DESIGN AND APPLICATION
Mechatronics in Engineering Design, Traditional and mechatronics design, Applications – Pick and Place
robots, Car park barriers, Bar code reader, Wind screen wiper wing stepper motor control. Case studies – Coin
counters, Robot walking machine.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Bolton, W., Mechatronics, Addison Wesley, 2nd Edition, New Delhi, 1999.
2. Bradley, D.A., Dawson D., Dawson, D. Burd N.C.and Loader A.J.,Mechatronics, Chapman and Hall
Publications, New York, 1993.
3. Galop Visoy, A., and Devries, W.R., Microcomputer Applications in Manufacturing, John Wiley, New
York, 1989.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
James Harter, Electromechanics, Principles and Concepts and Devices, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
2.
David W. Pessen, Industrial Automation Circuit Design and Components, John Wiley, New York,
1990.
3.
Rohner, P., Automation with Programmable Logic Controllers, Macmillan / McGraw Hill, New York,
1996.
4.
Brian Morris, Automatic Manufacturing Systems Actuators, Controls and Sensors, McGraw Hill, New
York, 1994.
5.
Goankar, R. S., Microprocessor Architecture Programming and Applications, Wiley Eastern, New
Delhi, 1997.
6.
Godfrey C. Onwuvolu, Mechatronics Principles and applications, Butterworth-Heinemann, New
Delhi, 2006.

ME0306

L
3

FLUID POWER CONTROL
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To expose the learner to the fundamentals of hydraulic and pneumatic power control and their circuits with
industrial applications

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students with
1. The fundamentals of fluid power
2. Principles and characteristics of the fluid power components
3. Circuit building and interpretation
4. Logic controls and trouble shooting
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
Introduction to fluid power system - Hydraulic fluids - functions, types, properties, selection and application.
Construction, operation, characteristics and graphical symbols of hydraulic components – pumps,
actuators/motors, valves, switches, filters, seals, fittings and other accessories.
PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS
Introduction, comparison with hydraulic systems and electrical systems. Construction, operation, characteristics
and symbols of pneumatic components. Air treatment – principles and components. Sensors – types,
characteristics and applications. Introduction to fluidics and MPL.
HYDRAULIC / PNEUMATIC CIRCUITS
Reciprocating circuits, pressure dependant circuits, speed control circuits, pilot operated circuits, simple
sequencing circuits, synchronizing circuits, circuits using accumulator, time delay circuits, logic circuits,
cascading circuits, feedback control circuits.
DESIGN OF FLUID POWER SYSTEMS
Speed, force and time calculations, Calculation of pressure and pressure drop across components, size of
actuators, pumps, reservoirs and accumulators. Calculations of Heat generation in fluids.
APPLICATION, MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLE SHOOTING
Development of hydraulic / pneumatic circuits applied to machine tools, presses, material handling systems,
automotive systems, packaging industries, manufacturing automation. Maintenance in fluid power systems –
preventive and breakdown. Maintenance procedures. Trouble shooting of fluid power systems – fault finding
process, equipments / tools used, causes and remedies. Safety aspects involved.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Anthony Esposito, Fluid Power with applications, Prentice Hall International, 1997.
2. Majumdar S.R., Oil Hydraulics, Tata McGRaw Hill, 2002.
3. Majumdar S.R., Pneumatic systems – principles and maintenance, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi,
1995.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Werner Deppert / Kurt Stoll, Pneumatic Application, Vogel verlag, 1986.
2. John Pippenger, Tyler Hicks, Industrial Hydraulics, McGraw Hill International Edition, 1980.
3. Andrew Parr, Hydraulics and pneumatics, Jaico Publishing House, 2003.
4. FESTO, Fundamentals of Pneumatics, Vol I, II and III.
5. Hehn Anton, H., Fluid Power Trouble Shooting, Marcel Dekker Inc., NewYork, 1984.
6. Thomson, Introduction to Fluid power, Prentcie Hall, 2004.

ME0308

L
2

OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

PURPOSE
To enlighten the students with the various optimization techniques
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course the students will be able to know
1. Concepts of Linear programming technique
2. Applications and use of Assignment, Transportation and Replacement models
3. Techniques of PERT, CPM

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4.
5.

Detailed knowledge of Inventory control and queing theory
Decision theory and game theory techniques.

LINEAR PROGRAMMING
Operations research and decision making - Types of mathematical models and constructing the model Formulation of linear programming problem - Simplex method (Analytical & Graphical) - Two phase and Big
M methods.
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION MODELS
Assignment models - Transportation problem – North west corner method – Least cost method – Vogel’s
approximation method – Modi method, Unbalance and degeneracy in transportation model - Replacement
model – Replacement of items that deteriorate, gradually, fail suddenly, group replacement policy analysis.
SCHEDULING AND NETWORK ANALYSIS
Problem of sequencing – Processing ‘n’ jobs through two machines and three machines - Processing two jobs
through ‘m’ machines. Network analysis – PERT and CPM, Total slack, free slack, Probability of achieving
completion date - Cost analysis
INVENTORY CONTROL AND QUEING THEORY
Variables in an inventory problem - Inventory models with penalty - Storage quantity discount, Safety stock Inventory models with probability - Demand, Multi item deterministic model.
Queing Theory : Poisson arrivals and exponential service times - Waiting time and idle time cost - Single
channel, multi channel problem, Monte Carlo technique applied to Queing problems - Poisson arrivals and
Service time.
DECISION THEORY AND GAME THEORY
Steps in decision theory approach – Decision making conditions – Decision trees – Decisions under uncertainity
conditions.
Game Theory: Optimal solution of two person zero sum games mixed strategies, graphical solution of (2xn)
and (mx2) games – solution of (mxn) games by linear programming.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Handy, A. Taha, Operations Research, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1995.
2. Philip and Ravindran, “Operational Research ", John Wiley, 1992.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Premkumar, Gupta and Hira, Operation Research, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi, 1986.
2. Fredric S. Hilleer and Gerold J. Lieberman, Introduction to Operation Research, 2nd Edition, CBS,
1974.

PD0302

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT VI
Prerequisite
Nil

L
1

T
0

P
2

C
2

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to build confidence and inculcate various soft skills and to help Students to identify
and achieve their personal potential
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course the students will be able to
1. Acquire the important soft skills for employment
2. Take part in group discussions and job interviews confidently
3. Appear for placement aptitude tests confidently
4. Gain self confidence to face the placement process
METHODOLOGY
The entire program is designed in such a way that every student will participate in the class room activities. The
activities are planned to bring out the skills and talents of the students which they will be employing during
various occasions in their real life.

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1. Group activities + individual activities.
2. Collaborative learning.
3. Interactive sessions.
4. Ensure Participation.
5. Empirical Learning
Self Introduction- Narration - Current News Update – Numbers - Height & Distance - Square & Cube Roots
Current Tech Update - Verbal Aptitude Test I - GD –I - Odd man out series - Permutation & Combination Problems on ages
GD –II - Resume Writing - Mock Interview I / reading comprehension - Problems on trains – Allegation of
Mixtures – Test
Mock Interview II / reading comprehension - Mock Interview III/ reading comprehension - GD – III - Ratio &
Proportion - Clocks - H.C.F & L.C.M
GD – IV - Verbal Aptitude Test II – Review – Partnership – Puzzles – Test
SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION
Marks allocated for regular participation in all oral activities in class
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Complete Internal evaluation on a regular Basis

ME0322

L
0

AUTOMATION LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

PURPOSE
1. To train the students in hydraulic and pneumatic circuit design.
2. To train the students in handling different control devices.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To practice the students in
1. Design of Hydraulic and Pneumatic circuits for low cost automation
2. Control of stepper and servo motors using microprocessor kit
3. Control of photo and ultrasonic, positional and velocity sensors
4. To practice in Programming of PLC, Pick and place robot and Machine vision systems.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Design and formation of different Hydraulic circuits and Pneumatic circuits
Speed control of stepper and servo motors using microprocessor kit
Photo sensors and Ultrasonic sensors
Positional and velocity sensors
PID controller
Writing program for pick and place operation of a robot.
Exposure to Machine vision System
Experiments using PLC
Programming through virtual instrumentation.

REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual

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ME0324

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

L
0

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
This course provides the necessary background for an engineer to understand the fundamental modes of heat
transfer by doing experiments in various heat transfer equipment, observing data and analyzing the results. This
makes the students gain confidence before entering the actual arena
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To experimentally analyze conduction, convection and radiation.
2. Performance study on fins, heat exchanger, refrigeration and air conditioning systems are included.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Thermal Conductivity of a specimen by guarded hot plate apparatus.
Heat transfer from pin fin by natural convection / forced convection.
Heat transfer through lagged pipe and composite lagged pipe.
Heat transfer by natural and forced convection.
Analysis of Parallel flow / Counter flow Heat exchanger
Determination of emissivity and Stefan – Boltzman’s constant
Heat transfer through a composite wall.
Performance analysis on a Refrigeration Test Rig.
Performance analysis on an Air conditioning Test Rig.

REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual

ME0328

L
0

COMPREHENSION II
Prerequisite
Nil

T
2

P
0

C
1

PURPOSE
The students will be vigorously tested on the understanding of all the concepts in engineering that they have
learnt so far in the Mechanical Engineering programme. This will enable the students gain the confidence and
competence to solve real life engineering problems.
IMPLEMENTATION
Class room exercises, group discussions, case studies and topics on how the stuff works are assigned to students
on an individual basis and evaluation done by a panel of teachers. The students are required to take-up an end
semester examination and obtain a minimum mark for gaining the required credit.
TOTAL 30
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ME0332
COMPUTER SKILL
0 0 4
2
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
To acquire extramural knowledge on the computer implementation of various engineering solutions.
IMPLEMENTATION
The students are expected to undergo at least two computer courses from a list of courses provided
from time to time by all the departments of engineering and technology. Resources for conducting the courses
will be found from in-house talents and outside professionals with expertise in the particular course.
Certification will be done by both the university and the bodies drafted for the purpose.

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SEMESTER VII
ME0401

L
3

ECONOMICS AND PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To become familiarized about Engineering Economics and Principles Management.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
The course will enable the students to become familiar with
1.
The different engineering economic principles and strategies
2.
Principles of organizational management
3.
Behaviour of human at organizations with modern management concepts.
ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
Introduction – Economics – Scope and Definition – Importance of Economics in Engineering - Economic
optimization- Demand and Revenue Analysis – Law of Demand - Demand Forecasting –Methods of Demand
Forecasting - Demand curves – Factors affecting Demand – Demand Elasticity - Production Analysis - simple
problems.
SUPPLY, COST AND OUTPUT
Supply – Supply schedule – Law of Supply – Elasticity of Supply - Cost and Supply Analysis – Types of Costs Price and output Determination – Price Fixation – Pricing methods - Pricing Policies – Factors governing
Pricing Policies – Break-Even analysis – Estimation of Break-Even Point - Usefulness of BEP – Limitations –
simple problems.
MANAGEMENT AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
Management – Definition – Functions – Evolution of Modern Management movement – Different Schools of
Management - Types and Forms of Business Organization - Designing effective organizations - Individual
ownership – Partnership – Joint stock companies – Cooperative enterprises – Public Sector Undertakings.
MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN AT WORK
Human Resource Development – Motivating individuals and workgroups – Leadership for Managerial
Effectiveness – Team working and Creativity – Managerial Communication – Time Management – Performance
Appraisal– Career Planning.
MODERN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
Management by Objectives (MBO) – Principles and Steps – Advantages and Disadvantages - Management by
Exception (MBE) – Strategic management – SWOT analysis - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Supply
Chain Management (SCM) – Activity Based Management (ABM).
TEXT BOOKS
1. Murphy W. R. and Mc Kay. G., Energy Management, Butterworths, London.
2. Chandran, J. S., Organizational Behaviours, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1994.
3. Ernest Dale, Management Theory and Practice, International Student Edition, McGraw Hill Publishing
Co., New Delhi.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Richard Pettinger, Mastering Organizational Behaviour, Macmillan Press, London, 2000.
1. Chaiger, N. A., Energy Consumption and Environment, McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi,
1981.
2. Gail Freeman - Bell and Janes Balkwill, “Management in Engineering – Principles and Practive ",
Prentice Hall of India Pvt.Ltd., 1998.
3. R.R. Barathwal, “Engineering Economics ", McGraw Hill, 1997.

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ME0403

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3

METROLOGY AND QUALITY CONTROL
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To highlight the basics of metrology and SQC.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To make the student to understand
1. Various comparative measurements.
2. Fundamentals of gears, thread measurements and measurements of surface finish.
3. Principle of light wave interference and applications of light wave interference for measurements.
4. Control chart techniques in quality control.
5. Purpose and use of sampling and its benefits.
INTRODUCTION TO METROLOGY
Basic Concepts - Legal Metrology - Precision - Accuracy - Types of errors - Linear and Angular Measurements
- Standards of Measurements - Slip gauges - Calibration - Interchangeability and selective assembly.
Introduction to Comparators - Types of Comparators - Mechanical, Mechanical – Optical, Electrical and
Electronic, pneumatic, Fluid Displacement - Automatic gauging machines. Co ordinate Measuring Machine.
SCREW THREAD – GEAR MEASUREMENTS – SURFACE FINISH
Internal and External screw threads : Measurements of various elements of thread - Best size wire - Two and
three wire method. Gear: Measurements of various elements - Constant chord method - Base tangent method.
Surface Finish: Surface topography definitions - Measurement of Surface Texture - Methods - Evaluation of
Surface finish.
INTERFEROMETRY
Principle of light wave interference - Light sources - Types of Interferometers - Michelson, Twyman Green
Specialisation of Michelson, NPL flatness Interferometers, The Pitter NPL gauge - laser interferometer.
Measurement of straightness - Flatness - squareness - parallelism - circularity - and Rotation.
STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
Introduction - Definition of Quality - Chance Causes and assignable Causes - SQC Benefits and Limitations.
Fundamental concepts in probability - Normal curve - Measures of Dispersion - Distributions - Binomial,
Poisson, Geometric, Hyper geometric, Poisson as an approximation to Binomial, Normal as an approximation to
Binomial.
Theory of Control Charts: Control Charts for Variables - X bar and R charts, Standard deviation charts - run
up - run down - Process capability studies. Control Charts for attributes - Fraction defectives - And number of
defects - chart sensitivity - Control charts for Non Conformities - C and U chart.
ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING
Basic Concepts and OC curve - AQL - LTPD - AOQL - Sampling Plans - Simple - Double - Multiple and
sequential sampling plans - stratified sampling plans for variables. Related problems using BIS code books.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Jain. R. K., Engineering Metrology, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1987.
2.
Gupta. R. C., Statistical Quality Control, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Doeblin, E. O., Measurement System Applications and Design,1st Edition McGraw Hill, London, 1990.
2.
Grant E. L., Statistical Quality Control, McGraw Hill, New York, 1984.
3. Gaylor, Shotbolt and Sharp, " Metrology for Engineers ", O.R.Cassel, London, 1993.

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ME0405

L
2

DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
Prerequisite
Nil
(Use of approved data book permitted)

T
2

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To study the design of various mechanical transmission systems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students with the design of:
1. Friction drives
2. Gears
3. Speed reducers
4. and other transmission systems
DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE DRIVES
Design of flat belt, V-Belt, rope and chain drives.
DESIGN OF GEAR DRIVES – I
Design of Spur Gear & Helical gear. Lewi’s and Buckingham’s method also to be introduced.
DESIGN OF GEAR DRIVES – II
Design of Bevel & Worm gear, Lewi’s and Buckingham’s method also to be introduced. Design of Power
Screws.
SIMPLE TRANSMISSION MEMBERS
Design and selection of sliding contact bearing, rolling contact bearing. Design of axles, shafts and keys.
DESIGN OF GEAR BOX
Design of Multi speed gear box for machine tool – Structural diagram, ray diagram, speed diagram, No. of teeth
calculation, Meshing arrangement.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Prabhu, T. J., Design of Transmission Systems, Private Publication, 1999.
2. Mehtha, N. K., Machine Tool Design,
3. Shigley J., Mechanical Engineering Design, Mc Graw Hill, 2001.
.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Norton R.L., Design of Machinery, McGraw Hill, 1999.
Spots, M. F., Design of Machine Elements, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd., New Delhi, 1983.
William Orthwein, Machine Component Design, Vol. I and II, Jaico Publising house, Chennai,1996.
Maitra, Handbook of Gear Design, Tata Mcgraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1986.
Design Data, PSG College of Technology, 2006.

ME0407

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To familiarize the components of computer aided manufacturing and to introduce CNC machines and computer
aided process planning.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students
1. Basics of manufacturing automation
2. CNC machines and its constructional features and part programming
3. Basics of computer aided inspection

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4. Automated material handling systems
5. Computer aided production planning.
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND CNC MACHINE
Manufacturing systems – types, current trends, automation in manufacturing. Group technology - part families,
coding and classification - Production Flow Analysis, FMS - principle, CIM – principle. Fundamentals of CNC
machines- principles of operation - features - Classification - Developments, Machining Centers.
ELEMENTS OF CNC MACHINE
Interpolations - Open loop and closed loop control systems - CNC controllers - Direct Numerical Control,
Adaptive Control - Machine structures, slide ways, linear bearings, Recirculating ball screws, Drives – spindle
and feed drives - Feed back devices, ATC and automatic pallet system.
PART PROGRAMMING
Types of part programming – Manual part programming – Fixed cycle, Subroutines, DO LOOP, MACROS,
NC codes-NC programming of simple turning and milling parts, Computer Aided Part Programming Introduction to CAM Software’s - NC Programming with interactive graphics.
COMPUTER AIDED INSPECTION AND HANDLING SYSTEMS
Computer Aided Inspection and Quality Control - Non contact inspection - Computer aided testing - Automated
material handling systems (conveyor, automated guided vehicle, pallets etc.) - Automated storage and retrieval
systems.
COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
Introduction to Computer aided production planning - Application of computers - Shop floor monitoring Materials requirement planning and Case study - Inventory control and Case study, JIT approach and Case
study.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Rao, P. N., Tewari N. K. and Kundra, T.K., Computer Aided Manufacturing, Tata McGraw-Hill, New
Delhi, 2001.
2. Mikell P. Groover, Emory W. Zimmers Jr., Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Prentice Hall
of India Private Ltd., New Delhi, 1996.
3. Mikell P. Groover, Automation, Production systems and computer integrated manufacturing, Prentice
Hall of India Private Ltd., New Delhi, 2001.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Ibrahim Zeid, CAD/CAM Theory and Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi,
2001.
2. James Madison, CNC Machining Hand Book, Industrial Press Inc., New York, 1996.
3. Barry Hawkes, The CAD/CAM Process, Wheeler Publishing, 1992.
4. Hans B. Kief and Frederick Waters, T., Computer Numerical Control - A CNC Reference Guide,
Macmillan / McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992.

ME0421

METROLOGY AND QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

L
0

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
To help the students understand the need of measurement and how to use linear and angular measuring
instruments, gauges, etc
OBJECTIVE
1. To know the standards of measurement
2. To know about calibration
3. Use geometrical relations to find out the different measurements of different
parameters.

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LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Use of Precision Measuring Instrument (Linear Measurement)
2. Use of Angle Measuring Instrument (Sine bar, Sine Center)
3. Measurement of tooth thickness by gear tooth vernier
4. Calibration of Dial gauge, Micrometer etc.
5. Taper and Bore Measurement using Spheres
6. Measurement of Angles between centerlines of holes drilled radially on a shaft
7. Process capability study using mechanical Comparator
8. Checking the dimension of a part using slip gauge.
9. Measurement using Pneumatic Comparator
10. Fundamental dimension of a gear using profile projector.
11. Testing the square ness of a try square using slip gauge.
12. Study Experiments:
•
Checking the straightness using auto collimator
•
Measurement of thread parameters using floating carriage micrometer
•
Measurement of surface roughness using roughness tester
REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual

ME0423

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING LABORATORY
Prerequisite
Nil

L
0

T
0

P
2

C
1

PURPOSE
To familiarize programming techniques in CNC part programming and the machining procedure in CNC
machines .
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students in
1.
Part programming for Lathe operations and milling operations
2.
Canned cycles for different operations
3.
Machining of components using CNC Lathe and CNC milling machine
4.
CAM software.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1.
Manual part programming for CNC machines using standard G and M codes.
a. CNC LATHE
Part programming for Turning, Facing, Chamfering, Grooving, Step turning, Taper turning,
Circular interpolation, Combination of few operations.
b. CNC MILLING MACHINE
Part programming for Point to point motions, Line motions, Circular interpolation, Contour
motion, Pocket milling- circular, rectangular, Mirror commands.
2.
Part Programming using Fixed or Canned Cycles for Drilling, Peck drilling, Boring, Tapping,
Turning,
Facing, Taper turning Thread cutting.
3.
Simulation of Tool Path for different operations
4.
Machining of small components using CNC Lathe & CNC Milling Machine.
5.
Exposure to component modeling and CL data generation using CAM software.
6.
Exposure to numerical control wire-cut EDM
REFERENCE
Laboratory Manual

ME0425

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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING - II
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
2

PURPOSE
To expose the students to the industry working environment.

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IMPLEMENTATION
A minimum of two weeks in-plant training has to be undergone by the student during summer / winter
vacation following IV / V semester. A certificate from company to the effect that he has had undergone the
training successfully has to be produced after the training. The student is required to present a report on the
observations and knowledge gained during the training which will be evaluated by a panel of faculty members.
SEMESTER VIII
ME0422

L
0

PROJECT WORK

T
0

P
17

C
8

Hardware/ Numerical /Theoretical research and development work is to be allotted. A maximum number of
three students may be involved in each project. However the contribution of the individuals in the project should
be clearly brought out. The combined project report is to be submitted as per the university regulations. A
seminar has to be presented on the allotted topic. All the students involved in the project will be examined for
their contribution.
ELECTIVES
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ME0001
FINITE ELEMENT METHODS
3 0 0
3
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
To understand the basics of finite element analysis and its applications in engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarise the
1. Basics of Finite Element analysis
2. Rayleigh-Ritz method for static analysis
3. Different elements like truss, beam, triangular, quadrilateral and brick elements.
4. Analysis of one dimensional and two dimensional problems with the help of softwares.
INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Basics of FEA, historical comments, FEM applications. General field problems in engineering- Modeling –
Discrete and continuous models – Characteristics - Difficulties involved in solution - The relevance and place of
FEM. Boundary and initial value problems concepts.
CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS
Variational formulation in FEM, weighted residual methods – Galerkin method, sub domain method, method of
least square and collocation method - The Ritz Method - Simple numerical problems.
STATIC ANALYSIS
General procedure of FEM, skeletal and continuum structures, descritization of domain, basic types of elements
- truss, beam, triangular, quadrilateral and brick elements - shape functions, Rayleigh-Ritz method, formulation
of element stiffness matrices - Isoparametric elements.
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ONE DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS
One dimensional second order equations -Generalized coordinate approach, derivation of element equation Assembly of element equation - Imposition of boundary conditions - Solution of equation - Cholesky method Extension of the method to fourth order equation - Time dependent problems from heat transfer and solid
mechanics - Heat transfer through simple fins, composite wall, bending of beams.
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF TWO DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS
Global and natural coordinates - second order equations involving scalar valued function - model equation Variational formulation - Finite element formulation through generalised coordinate approach – Convergence
criteria for chosen models - Interpolation functions - Element matrices - Problems on bending of plates and heat
transfer in two dimensions.

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INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED TOPICS
(Only preliminaries to be covered. Not included for examination )
Three dimensional problems, use of software packages.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Chandrupatla and Belegundu, Finite Elements in Engineering, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1997.
2.
Reddy, J. N., An Introduction to Finite Element Method, McGraw Hill International Editions, 1993.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Rao, S. S., The Finite Element Methods in Engineering, Pregamon Press, 1989.
2.
Krishnamoorthy, C. S., Finite Element Analysis -Theory and Programming, Tata McGraw
publishing Co., 1987.
3.
Zienkiewicz, O. C., The Finite Element Method in Engg. Science, McGraw Hill, London, 1977.

ME0002

L
3

ROBOTICS ENGINEERING AND APPLICATIONS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

Hill

C
3

PURPOSE
To impart knowledge about the engineering aspects of Robots and their applications
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the
1. Basics of robots
2. Control system and end effectors
3. Sensor technology
4. Industrial application of robot
INTRODUCTION
Basic concepts - Robot anatomy - Manipulators - kinematics: Forward and inverse kinematics - Precision
movement, robot specifications and Work volume, Types of Robot drives - Basic robot motions - Point to point
control, continuous path control.
END EFFECTORS
End effectors - classification – mechanical, magnetic, vacuum and adhesive gripper - gripper force analysis and
design. Robot control - unit control system concept – servo and non-servo control of robot joints, adaptive and
optimal control.
SENSORS
Sensor devices, Types of sensors - contact, position and displacement sensors, Force and torque sensors Proximity and range sensors - acoustic sensors - Robot vision systems - Sensing and digitizing - Image
processing and analysis.
.
ROBOT PROGRAMMING
Robot language classification – programming methods - off and on line programming - Lead through method Teach pendent method - VAL systems and language, simple program.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Application of robots - Material handling - Machine loading and unloading, Assembly, Inspection, Welding,
Spray painting, Mobile robot, Microbots – Recent developments in robotics- safety considerations.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Deb, S. R., Robotics technology and flexible automation, Tata McGraw Hill publishing company limited,
New Delhi, 1994
2. Mikell P. Groover, Industrial Robotics Technology Programming and Applications, McGraw Hill Co.,
Singapore, 1995.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Klafter, R. D, Chmielewski, T. A. and Noggins, Robot Engineering : An Integrated Approach, Prentice
Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1994.
2.
Fu, K. S., Gonzalez, R. C., & Lee, C.S.G., Robotics control, sensing, vision and intelligence, McGraw
Hill Book Co., Singapore, 1987.
3.
Craig, J. J., Introduction to Robotics mechanics and control, Addison-Wesley, London, 1999.

ME0003

L
3

MECHANISM DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To study how various mechanisms can be designed.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To Study of kinematics of various mechanisms and kinematic synthesis of linkages.
2. To Study of various graphical constructions of acceleration analysis.
3. To study Static and dynamic force analysis of linkages.
4. To study Kinematic analysis and kinematic synthesis of spatial mechanisms.
KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF MECHANISMS
Review of Fundamentals of Kinematics - Mobility Analysis - Classifications of Mechanisms - Kinematic
Inversion - Grashoff’s law - Mechanical Advantage - Transmission Angle - Position Analysis - Vector loop
Equations for four bar, Slider Crank, Six bar linkages - Analytical and Graphical methods for velocity and
acceleration analysis - Four bar linkage jerk analysis. Plane complex mechanism.
KINEMATIC SYNTHESIS OF LINKAGES
Type, Number and Dimensional Synthesis - Function Generation - Path Generation and Motion Generation. Graphical Methods: Two Position, Three Position and Four Position synthesis of four bar Mechanism, Slider
crank Mechanism, Precision positions Over lay Method. Analytical Methods: Blotch’s Synthesis Freudestien’s Method - Coupler curve Synthesis - Cognate linkages - The Roberts - Chebyshev theorem.
PATH CURVATURE THEORY
Fixed and moving centrodes. - Hartmann’s Construction - Inflection Points, The Inflection Circle - The Euler Savary Equation - The collination axis and Bobiller’s theorem - Conjugate points and inverse motion - The
cubic Stationary curvature - Ball’s Point.
DYNAMICS OF MECHANISMS
Static force analysis - Inertia force analysis - Combined static and inertia force Analysis - Shaking force Kinematic analysis - Introduction to force and moment balancing of linkages.
SPATIAL MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS
Introduction: Mobility of mechanisms – Description of spatial motions - Kinematic analysis of spatial
mechanism - Kinematic sythesis of spatial mechanisms: position, velocity and acceleration analysis. Eulerian
Angles - Introduction to Robotic Manipulators - Topological arrangements of robotic arms - Kinematic analysis
of spatial mechanism - Devavit - Hartenberg Parameters, Forward and inverse kinematics of robotic
manipulators.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Shigley, J. E., and Uicker J. J., Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, McGraw Hill,1980.
2. Rao, J. S., and Dukkipatti, R.V., Mechanisms and Machine Theory, 2nd Edition, New Age international (P)
Ltd., 1995.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Sandor, G. N. and Erdman A. G., Mechanism Design, Analysis and Synthesis Vol: I and Vol: II, Prentice
Hall, 1984.
2. Norton, R. L., Design of Machinery, McGraw Hill, 1999.
3. Hamilton H Mabie and Charles F. Reinhofz, Mechanisms and Dynamics of Machinery, John Wiley & Sons,
1987.

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Amitabha Ghose and Ashok Kumar Malik, Theory of Mechanisms and Machines, EWLP, Delhi, 1999.

ME0004

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND MACHINE VISION
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

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0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To study the basic concepts of image processing techniques and machine vision techniques.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize
1. Basic concepts of digital image processing
2. Various steps involved in digital image processing
3. Techniques involved in machine vision
DIGITAL IMAGE FUNDAMENTALS
Elements of digital image processing systems - Elements of visual perception - Image sampling and
quantization, - Matrix and singular value representation of discrete images.
IMAGE TRANSFORMS AND EDGE DETECTION
Transformation-1D DFT, 2D DFT, Cosine, Sine, - Hadamard, Haar, Slant, KL, SVD transforms and their
properties.
Edge detection - Roberts operator, - Sobel operator - Prewitt operator.
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
Histogram modification and specification techniques - Image smoothing - Image sharpening - Generation of
spatial masks from frequency domain specification - Nonlinear filters, Homomorphic filtering - False color,
Pseudocolor and color image processing.
IMAGE RESTORATION AND COMPRESSION
Image degradation models - Unconstrained and constrained restoration - Inverse filtering - Least mean square
filter, Pattern classes - Optimal statistical classifiers.
Runlength - Huffman coding - Shift codes - Arithmetic coding, bit plane coding, transform coding, JPEG
Standard, - Wavelet transform - Predictive techniques - Block truncation coding schemes - Facet modeling.
MACHINE VISION
Machine Vision – Sensing - Low and higher level vision - Image acquisition and digitization - Cameras,
CCD,CID, CPD, etc., - Illumination and types - Image processing and analysis - Feature extraction Applications
TEXT BOOKS
1. Anil K. Jain, Fundamentals Of Digital Image Processing, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1997.
2. Rafel C.Gonzalez and Richard E.Woods, Digital Image Processing, Addison Wesley, New York, 1993.
3. Vernon, D., Machine Vision - Automated Visual Inspection and Robot Vision, Prentice Hall International Ltd.,
New York, 1991.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. William K. Pratt, Digital Image Processing, John Wiley, New York, 1987.
2. Sid Ahmed M. A., Image Processing Theory, Alogorithms and Architectures, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995.
3. Umbaugh. S. E., Computer Vision and image processing – Practical approach using CVIP tools, Prentice
Hall of India, New Delhi, 1998.
4. Ramesh Jain, Rangachar Kasturi and Brain G. Schunk, Machine Vision, McGraw Hill International Editions,
Computer Science Series, Singapore, 1995.

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ME0005

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To study how a design can be made suitable for various manufacturing and assembly process requirements.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To study the various factors influencing the manufacturability of components and the use of
tolerances in manufacturing
2. Application of this study to various forging, casting, welding and machining processes
3. To study about the various assembly methods and processes and design for assembly guidelines
INTRODUCTION TO DFM
Qualities of a designer - Systematic working plan - Factors influencing choice of materials - Manufacturing
methods. Process capability. Tolerances – Relevant to manufacturing, assembly. Tolerance stack – effects on
assembly – Methods of eliminating tolerance stack.

FORM DESIGN – CASTING AND WELDING
Influence of loading, materials, production methods on form design. Casting considerations – Requirements and
rules. Welding considerations – Requirements and rules. Redesign of components for castings. Redesign of
components for welding. Case studies.
FORM DESIGN – FORGING AND MACHINING
Forging considerations – Requirements and rules. Choice between casting, forging and welding. Machining
considerations – Requirements and rules. Redesign of components for forging. Redesign of components for
machining. Case studies.
INTRODUCTION TO DFA
Distinction between assembly methods and processes. Factors determining assembly methods and processes.
Design factors independent of methods and processes. Design factors dependent on methods. Design factors
dependent on processes.
DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY METHODS
Approaches to design for assembly – Approaches based on design principles and rules - Qualitative evaluation
procedures, knowledge based approach, Computer aided DFA methods. Assemblability measures. Boothroyd –
Dewhurst DFA method – Redesign of a simple product. Case studies.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Harry Peck., Design for Manufacture, Pittman Publication, 1983.
2.
Alan Redford and Chal, Design for Assembly – Principles and Procedures, McGraw Hill International
Europe, London, 1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Robert Matousek., Engineering Design – A Systematic Approach, Blackie & Sons Ltd., 1963.
2.
James G. Bralla, Hand Book of Product Design for Manufacturing, McGraw Hill Co., 1986
3.
Swift, K. G., Knowledge Based Design for Manufacture, Kogan Page Ltd., 1987.

ME0007

NEURAL NETWORK AND FUZZY SYSTEMS
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

PURPOSE
To study the basic concepts of neural networks techniques and fuzzy logic
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize

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1.
2.

Techniques involved in neural networks
Techniques involved in fuzzy systems

INTRODUCTION TO NEURAL NETWORKS
Biological foundations - ANN models - Types of activation functions - Introduction to network architectures :
Multi layer feed forward network (MLFFN), Radial basis function network (RBFN), Recurring neural network
(RNN)
LEARNING ALGORITHMS
Learning process – Supervised and unsupervised learning – Error-correction learning - Hebbian learning Boltzmaen learning - Single layer and multiplayer percepturs - Least mean square algorithm - Back propagation
algorithm. - Applications in forecasting and pattern recognition and other engineering problems.
INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY LOGIC
Fuzzy sets – Fuzzy relations – Fuzzy conditional statements – Fuzzy rules – Fuzzy algorithm.
FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL SYSTEM
Fuzzy logic controller – Fuzzification interface – Knowledge base – Decision making logic – Defuzzification
interface – Design of fuzzy logic controller – Case study.
NEURO-FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL
Optimisation of membership function and rules base of fuzzy logic controller using neural networks – Genetic
algorithm – Fuzzy neuron – Adaptive fuzzy systems – Case study.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Jacek M. Zurada, Introduction to artificial Neural Systems, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai, 1997.
2.
Simon Haykins, Neural Networks – A comprehensive foundation, Macmillan College, Proc. Con. Inc.
New York, 1994.
3.
Zimmermann H. J., Fuzzy set theory and its applications, Allied Publication Ltd., Chennai, 1996.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Tsoukalas L. H. and Robert E. Uhrig., Fuzzy and Neural approach in Engineering, John Wiley and
Sons, New York, 1997.
2.
Klir, G. J. and Yuan, B. B., Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1997.
3.
Driankov, D., Hellendron, H. and Reinfrank, M., An Introduction to Fuzzy control, Narosa publishing
House, New Delhi, 1996.
4.
Millon, W. T., Sutton, R. S. and Webrose, P. J., Neural Networks for control, MIT University Press,
1992.

ME0008

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INDUSTRIAL TRIBOLOGY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

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0

C
3

(Approved Hand Book may be used in the Examination)
PURPOSE
To present the engineering concepts of friction, its effects and different lubrication theories and types used in
industries.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To make the students familiar with
1. The friction and wear in materials
2. The lubricants and their properties.
3. The preparation of bearing materials
SURFACES AND FRICTION
Topography of Engineering surfaces- Contact between surfaces - Sources of sliding Friction – Adhesion
ploughing- Friction characteristics of metals - Friction of non metals- Friction of ceramic materials and
polymers - Rolling friction - Source of rolling friction -Stick slip motion - Measurement of friction.

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WEAR
Types of wear - Simple theory of sliding wear mechanism -Abrasive wear – Materials for adhesive and abrasive
wear situations - Corrosive wear - Surface fatigue wear situations - Corrosive wear- Surface fatigue wear - Wear
of ceramics and polymers - Wear measurements.
FILM LUBRICATION THEORY
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Fluid film in simple shear - Viscous flow between very close parallel plates - Shear stress variation Reynolds
equation for film lubrication - High speed unloaded journal bearings - Loaded journal bearings –The Somerfield
diagram.
LUBRICANTS AND LUBRICATION TYPES
Types and properties of Lubricants - Testing methods - Hydrodynamic Lubrication - Elasto hydrodynamic
lubrication- Boundary Lubrication - Solid Lubrication Hydrostatic Lubrication..
SURFACE ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS FOR BEARINGS
Surface modifications - Transformation hardening - Surface fusion - Thermo chemical processes – Surface
coatings - Plating and anodizing - Materials for rolling element bearings - Materials for fluid film bearings Materials for marginally lubricated and dry bearings.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Hutchings, I. M., Tribology, Friction and Wear of Engineering Material, Edward Arnold, London,
1992.
2.
Williams, J. A., Engineering Tribology, Oxford University Press,1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Stolarski T. A., Tribology in Machine Design, Industrial Press Inc., 1990.
2.
Bowden, E. P., and Tabor. D., Friction and Lubrication, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 1974.
3.
Cameron, A., Basic Lubrication theory, Longman, U.K., 1981.
4.
Neale, M. J., (Editor), Tribology Handbook, Newnes Butter worth, Heinemann, U.K., 1975.

ME0021

MODERN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To develop the ability to understand the advanced manufacturing techniques evolved in manufacturing scenario.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course the student should be able to understand
1. Advanced techniques in casting
2. Recent developments in forming and powder metallurgy
3. Fabrication of micro electronic devices
4. Precision machining techniques
5. Rapid prototyping and tooling
ADVANCES IN CASTING
Newer casting techniques - Expandable pattern casting - Plaster mold and ceramic mold casting - Vacuum
casting - Squeeze casting and semisolid metal forming - Rapid solidification for amorphous alloys - Casting
techniques for single crystal components.
ADVANCED FORMING AND P/M PROCESSES
High speed forging machines - Die materials - Peen forming of sheet metals - Super plastic forming - Forming
and shaping glass. Design consideration for P/M forming - Production of metal powders – Compaction –
Sintering – Selective laser Sintering - Finishing of sintered parts - Economic of P/M forming.
FABRICATION OF MICRO ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Semiconductors and silicon - Crystal growing and wafer preparation - Film deposition, Oxidation, Lithography,
Etching, Metallization and testing - Bonding and packing.

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PRECISION MACHINING
Precision and Micro-machining - Diamond turning of parts to nanometer accuracy - Stereo microlithography
machining of micro-sized components.
RAPID PROTOTYPING AND TOOLING.
Definition, evolution, CAD for RPT. Product design and rapid product development - Fundamentals of various
RPT technologies - Creation of STL or SLA file from a 3D solid model - Principles and typical processes for
quick batch production of plastic and metal parts through quick tooling.
TEXT BOOK :
1. Serope Kalpakjian., Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley
Publishing Co., Boston, 1995.
2. Madou, M. J., Fundamentals of micro fabrication, CRC Press, Boca ration, USA, 1997.
REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Amstead, B. H., Ostwald Phylips and Bageman.R.L., Manufacturing Processes, John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1987.
2. Jaeger, R.C., Introduction to microelectronic Fabrication, Addision-Wesley, Boston, 1988.
3. Chua, C. K., Rapid Prototyping, John Wiley, New York, 1997.
4. Hilton., P. D. and Marcel Dekker, Rapid Tooling, New York, 2000.

ME0022

L
3

PRECISION ENGINEERING
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To impart knowledge about basics of precision machining and different Manufacturing technique in precision
engineering
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. The basics of precision engineering
2. The various techniques of precision engineering like Nano technology etc,
3. The accuracy, influence of static stiffness, vibration accuracy etc
ACCURACY
General concept of accuracy – Spindle rotation accuracy – Test methods-Displacement accuracy – Dimensional
wear of cutting tools - Accuracy of NC systems - Clamping errors - Setting errors - Errors due to Location Location of rectangular prism, cylinder.
ACCEPTANCE TESTS FOR MACHINE TOOLS
Basic type of tests – Measuring instruments used for testing machine tools - Alignment tests-Straightness,
Flatness, Parallelism, Squareness, Circularity, Cylindricity.
INFLUENCE OF STATIC STIFFNESS, THERMAL EFFECTS
Static stiffness – Nature of deformation in a machine tool – Overall stiffness of a lathe – Compliance of work
piece-Errors due to the variation of the cutting force and total compliance – Inaccuracies due to thermal effects –
Methods of decreasing thermal effects-Influence of vibration on accuracy.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Introduction - Top down and bottom up approach - Development of Nanotechnology - Precision and micromachining - Micro EDM. Diamond turning of parts to nanometer accuracy - Stereo microlithography. Carbon
nanotubes - Production methods, applications. Nanomanufacturing.
NANOMEASURING SYSTEMS
In - Process measurement of position of processing point - Post process and on line measurement of dimensional
features - Mechanical measuring systems - Optical measuring systems - Electron beam measuring systems SEM and TEM - pattern recognition and inspection systems.
Applications of Nanotechnology: Nano – Lithography – Photolithography - Electorn beam lithography – Ion Beam lithography - Nanocoatings - AFM applic

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TEXT BOOKS
1. Murthy R. L., Precision Engineering in Manufacturing, New Age International, New Delhi, 1996.
2. Norio Taniguchi, Nanotechnology, Oxford university press, Cambridge, 1996.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Lee Tong Hong, Precision Motion control, Design and Implementation, Springer Verlag, U.K., 2001.
2. Liangchi Zhang, Precision Machining of Advanced Materials, Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Switzerland,
2001.
3. Hiromu Nakazawa, Principles of precision engineering, Oxford university press,1994.

ME0023

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3

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To get acquainted with the basic aspects of Production Management.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. The course attempts to discuss various important planning, organizing and controlling aspects of
Operations Management.
2. Through text and case studies, this course prepares for a study of different operational issues in
manufacturing and services organizations.
INTRODUCTION
History and overview of production management - Capacity planning, Location planning - Types of production
processes. Layout planning - Productivity management.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Deterministic and Probabilistic inventory management models - Purchasing and warehousing, Methods study,
Motion study and Work measurement - Simple problems.
SCHEDULING
Job Evaluation - Wage incentive schemes - Value analysis – Forecasting - Aggregate planning - Scheduling:
Gantt charts and Sequencing - Simple problems.
MRP
Project Management with PERT/CPM - Material requirements - Planning (MRP) - Manufacturing - Resources
planning (MRP II) - Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
TQM
Total Quality Management - Quality management systems - Statistical process control (SPC) - Maintenance
management - Reliability and maintenance, Replacement techniques, Logistics and supply chain management.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ahuja, K. K., Production Management, CBS Publishers, New Delhi, 1993.
2. Goel, B. S., Production management, Pragathi & prakasam publishers, Meerut, 1984.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Hajra Nirjhar Roy, Production management, MP Publishers, New Delhi, 1990.
2. Narang, G. B. S. and Kumar, V., Production management, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 1989.
3. Agarwal and Jain, Production management, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 1998.
4. Levin and Richard, Production and operation management, Tata McGraw Hill publications, New Delhi,
1990.

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ME0024

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To study the basic concepts of artificial intelligence and neural networks techniques
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize
1. Basic concepts of artificial intelligence
2. Various steps involved in artificial intelligence
3. Basic concepts of expert systems
INTRODUCTION
History - Definition of A.I., - Emulation of human cognitive process. - The knowledge search tradeoff - Stored
knowledge - Semantic nets - An abstract view of modeling - Elementary knowledge - Computational logic Analysis of compound statements using simple logic connectives - Predicate logic - Knowledge organization
and manipulation - Knowledge acquisition.
PROBLEM SOLVING AGENTS
Problem Definition - Formulating problems - Searching for solutions - Measuring problem, Solving
performance with examples. Search / Strategies - Uninformed or Blinded search - Breadth first search - Uniform
cost search - Depth first search, Depth limited search - Iterative deepening - Depth first search – Bi - directional
search - Comparing uniformed search strategies - Informed search strategies - Heuristic information - Hill
climbing methods – Best First Search, Branch – and - Bound Search - Optimal search and A* and iterative
deepening A*
KNOWLEDGE ORGANISATION, COMMUNICATION
Matching Techniques - Need for matching - Matching problem - Partial matching - Fuzzy matching - RETE
matching algorithm - Knowledge organization - Indexing and Retrieval techniques – Integration of knowledge
in memory organization systems – Perception - Communication and Expert System - Overview of linguistics Basic semantic analysis and representation structures - Natural language generation.
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Introduction to Programming Language of AI and its advantages - Introduction to Lisp and its syntax - Lisp
syntax - Numeric function - Difference between Lisp and Prolog - Lisp syntax – Input statements- Output
statements and declaration of local variables - Interaction and recursion functions - Property list and arrays.
EXPERT SYSTEMS
Expert System- Introduction - Difference between expert system and conventional programs - Basic activities of
expert system – Interpretation – Prediction – Diagnosis – Design – Planning – Monitoring – Debugging – Repair
– Instruction – Control - Basic aspect of expert system - Acquisition module frames - Knowledge base,
Production rules - Semantic net, Inference engine - Backward chaining and forward chaining - Explanatory
interface.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Elaine Rich and Kelvin Knight, Artificial Intelligence, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1991.
2. Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A modern approach. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1995.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Nilson, N. J., Principles of Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1980.
2. Patterson, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert systems, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1990.
3. Eugene Charniak and Drew McDermot, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Addison Wesley Longman
Inc., 1998

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ME0025

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PROCESS PLANNING AND COST ESTIMATION
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

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0

C
3

PURPOSE
To impart clear knowledge about process planning, costing and estimation of machining time.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To understand the basic concepts of
1. Process planning
2. Different methods of cost estimation in different manufacturing shops.
PROCESS PLANNING
Process planning: - Selection and analysis – Manual, Experience based planning – CAPP – Variant - Generative
- Processes analysis – Types of Production.
COSTING, ESTIMATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES
Aims of costing and estimation – Functions and procedure – Introduction to costs, Computing material cost,
Direct labor cost, Analysis of overhead costs - Factory expenses, Administrative expenses, Selling and
distributing expenses – Cost ladder - Cost of product - Depreciation – Analysis of depreciation.
ESTIMATION OF COSTS IN DIFFERENT SHOPS
Estimation in foundry shop – Pattern cost - Casting cost - Illustrative examples. Estimation in Forging shop –
Losses in forging – Forging cost - Illustrative examples.
ESTIMATION OF COSTS IN FABRICATION SHOPS
Estimation in welding shop – Gas cutting – Electric welding - Illustrative examples. Estimation in sheet metal
shop – Shearing and forming - Illustrative examples.
ESTIMATION OF MACHINING TIMES AND COSTS
Estimation of machining time for lathe operations - Estimation of machining time for drilling, boring, shaping,
planning, milling and grinding operations - Illustrative examples.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Adithan, M. S., and Pabla, Estimating and Costing, Konark Publishers Pvt., Ltd, 1989.
2. Chitale, A. K., and Gupta, R. C., Product Design and manufacturing, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi, 1997.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Nanua Singh, System Approach to Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing, John Wiley &
Sons, New York, 1996.
2. Joseph G. Monks, Operations Management, Theory and Problems, McGraw Hill Book Company, New
Delhi, 1982.
3. Narang, G. B. S. and Kumar, V., Production and Planning , Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.
4. Banga, T. R. and Sharma, S. C., Estimating and Costing, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 1986.

ME0026

TOOL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

PURPOSE
To develop in the engineering student the ability to design cutting tools and press tools for given condition.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course the student should be able to understand
1. Tool materials and their properties
2. Design of single point cutting tools and twist drills
3. Design of various types of dies

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4.
5.

Blank development for different components
Design of jigs and fixtures for simple components

TOOL DESIGN
Different tool materials: cemented carbides, coated carbides, cermets, ceramics and polycrystalline tool
materials – compositions - properties of tool materials - Selection and treatments - Plastics as tooling materials New tooling materials Design of single point turning and threading tools - Selection of tool holders and inserts
for turning - Chip breakers - Design of twist drill and reamers.
PRESS TOOL DESIGN
Press working terminology - Presses and press accessories - Computation of capacities and tonnage
requirements - Strip layout - Types of dies – Design and development of various types of cutting, forming,
bending and drawing dies - Progressive dies, Combination dies and compound dies - Blank development for
cylindrical and non cylindrical shells, Simple problems.
DESIGN OF JIGS
Principles of jigs and fixtures - Locating elements - Drill bushes - Different types of jigs - Plate, latch, channel,
post, angle plate, turn over, and pot jigs - Automatic drill jigs, Design and development of jigs for given
components.
DESIGN OF FIXTURES
Design principles of fixtures - Design of fixtures for milling, boring. Design of fixture for assembly, inspection
and welding. Design and development of fixtures for given components.
TERM PROJECT
Submission of an industrial report on observation training in Jigs, fixture and press tools. (A group comprising
of 3 or 4 students should identify a component from an industry and should design jig and fixture or press tool
as per the requirement).
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Sadasivan, T. A., and Sarathy, D., Cutting tools for Productive machining , 1st edition, Widia (India)
Ltd, Bangalore, 1999.
2.
Donaldson, C., Lecain, G. H. and Goold, V. C., Tool Design, Tata McGraw Hill publishing company
limited, New Delhi, 2002.
3.
Edward G. Hoffman, Jigs and Fixture design, 2nd edition, Galgotia publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
1987.
REFERENCE
1.
Hiram E. Grant, Jigs and Fixtures - Non standard clamping device, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,
1971.
2.
Prakash H. Joshi, Press tool design and construction, 1st edition, Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi,
2000.
3.
Kempster, M. H. A., An Introduction to Jig and tool design, 3rd edition, ELBS, 1987.
4.
Prakash H. Joshi, Cutting tools, 1st edition, Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 1997.
5.
Prakash H. Joshi, Tooling Data, 1st edition, Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 2000.
6.
ASTME, Fundamentals of Tool design, 11th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1987.
ME0027

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FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

PURPOSE
To provide the knowledge about different manufacturing concepts like GT and FMS.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Study of different types of production
2. Knowledge of group technology(GT)
3. Introduction and need of FMS
4. Detailed study of flexible manufacturing cells and systems
5. FMS software

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PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Types of production-Job Shop, Batch and Mass production - Functions in manufacturing - Organization and
information processing in manufacturing - Plant layout - Batch production – Work in progress inventory Scheduling, problems.
GROUP TECHNOLOGY
Formation of part families - Part classification - Coding system optiz, Multi Class - Production flow analysis –
Machine cells design - Clustering methods - Modern algorithms - Benefits of GT - System planning - Objective,
guide line, system definition and sizing - Human resources - Objective, staffing, supervisor role.
FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Introduction – Evolution – Definition - Need for FMS - Need for Flexibility - Economic Justification of FMSApplication Criteria - Machine tool Selection and Layout - Computer control system - Data files – Reports Planning the FMS - Analysis Methods for FMS - Benefits and limitations.
FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS
Introduction - Cell description and classifications - Unattended machining – Component handling and storage
system - Cellular versus FMS – System - Simulation, Hardware configuration – Controllers - Communication
networks - Lean production and agile manufacturing.
FMS SOFTWARE
Introduction - General Structure and requirements - Functional descriptions - Operational overview - Computer
simulation - FMS installation – Objective - Acceptance testing - Performance goals – Expectations - Continued
support.
TEXT BOOKS
1. William W. Luggen, Flexible Manufacturing Cells and Systems, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1991.
2. Mikell P. Groover, Automation Production Systems &Computer Integrated manufacturing, Prentice
Hall of India, New Delhi, 1989.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. David J. Parrish, Flexible Manufacturing, Butterworth-Heinemann, Newton, MA, USA, 1990.
2. Buffa, E. S., Modern Production and Operation Management, New York, 1985.
3. Jha, N.K. " Handbook of Flexible Manufacturing Systems ", Academic Press Inc., 1991.

ME0028

NON TRADITIONAL MACHINING TECHNIQUES
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To impart clear knowledge about different unconventional processes and the latest developments to the students.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To enable the students to understand the
1. Basic concepts of non traditional machining techniques
2. Factors influencing the processes and their applications
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to non traditional machining methods – Need for non - traditional machining - Sources of metal
removal – Classification on the basis of energy sources – Parameters influencing selection of process.
MECHANICAL ENERGY TECHNIQUES
Abrasive Jet Machining (AJM): Operating principles – Equipment – Parameters influencing metal removal –
Benefits – Applications – Advantages and Limitations.
Water Jet Machining (WJM): Operating principles – Equipment – Parameters influencing metal removal –
Benefits – Applications – Advantages and limitations.
Ultra Sonic Machining (USM): Operating principles – Equipment and sub systems – Parameters influencing
metal removal – Benefits and Applications – Advantages and limitations

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ELECTRICAL ENERGY TECHNIQUES
Electro Chemical Machining (ECM): Operating principles – Equipment and sub systems – Parameters
influencing metal removal – Benefits and applications – Advantages and limitations – Current developments in
ECM.
Electro Chemical Grinding (ECG): Operating principles – Equipment and sub systems – Parameters
influencing metal removal – Benefits – Applications – Advantages and limitations
THERMO ELECTRICAL ENERGY TECHNIQUES
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Wire Cut Electrical Discharge Machining (WCEDM):
Operating principles – Equipment and sub systems – Parameters influencing metal removal – Benefits –
Applications – Advantages and limitations.
Electrical Discharge Grinding (EDG): Operating principles – Equipment and sub systems – Parameters
influencing metal removal – Benefits – Applications – Advantages and limitations
THERMAL ENERGY TECHNIQUES
Operating principles – Equipment and sub systems – Parameters influencing metal removal – Benefits –
Applications – Advantages and limitations of Electron beam machining (EBM), Plasma ARC Machining (PAM)
and laser beam machining (LBM).
TEXT BOOKS
1. Mishra, P. K., Non-Conventional Machining, The Institution of Engineers (India), Text Book Series, New
Delhi, 1997.
2. Garry F. Benedict, Unconventional Machining Process, Marcel Dekker Publication, New York, 1987.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Bennedict, G. F., Non Tradtional Machining Techniques, Marcel Decker, New York, 1990.
2.
Sharma, P. C., A Text book of Production Engineering, New Delhi, 1995.
3.
Pandey and Sha, Modern Manufacturing Process, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

ME0029

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FOUNDRY ENGINEERING
Prerequisite
Nil

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C
3

PURPOSE
To impart the students clear knowledge about foundry engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To understand the Basic concepts of
1. patterns and pattern making
2. different methods of moulding, casting processes
3. modernization of foundry shop.
PATTERNS AND PATTERN MAKING
Introduction to foundry – Steps involved in casting, advantages, limitations and applications of casting processes.
Pattern types, allowances for pattern - Pattern materials colour coding and storing of patterns.
MOULDING
Moulding methods and process – Materials, equipment moulding, Sand ingredients, Essential requirements - Sand
preparation and control testing,Cores and core making.
Design considerations in casting gating and risering and directional solidification in castings.
CASTING PROCESS
Sand casting – Pressure die casting – Permanent mould casting – Centrifugal casting – Precision investment casting
– Shell moulding – CO2 moulding, continuous casting – Squeeze casting – Electroslag casting – Fettling and
finishing – Defects in castings – Near Net Techniques.

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MELTING, POURING AND TESTING
Foundry remelting furnaces – Selection of furnaces – Crucibles oil fired furnaces – Electric furnaces – Cupola
furnace, Calculation of cupola charges – Hot blast cupola – Degasification – Inoculation – Pouring equipment –
Inspection of castings.
MODERNIZATION AND MECHANIZATION IN FOUNDRY SHOP
Need – Areas for mechanization – Typical lay out – Sand reclamation techniques – Material handling, Pollution
control in foundry shop – Computers in castings.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Banga, T. R. and Agarwal, R. L., Foundry Engineering, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 1992.
2.
Jain, P. L., Principles of Foundry Technology, Dhanpat Rai & sons, New Delhi, 1996.
REFERENCES
1.
Taylor, H. F., Flemings, M. C. and Wulff, J., Foundry Engineering, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1993.
2.
Gupta, R. B., Foundry Engineering, Sathyaparkasam, New Delhi, 1989.
3.
ASM Metals, Hand Book on Castings, Vol. 15, 14th Edition, 2002.

ME0041

COMBUSTION ENGINEERING
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To study the concepts of combustion of fuel and flames.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize
1. Chemistry of combustion.
2. Types of flames.
3. Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines.
COMBUSTION OF FUELS
Combustion equations - Theoretical air, excess air - Air fuel ratio, Equivalence ratio - Exhaust gas composition Air fuel ratio from exhaust gas composition and heating value of fuels.
THERMODYNAMICS OF COMBUSTION
Thermo-chemistry, First law analysis of reacting systems - Adiabatic combustion temperature - Second law
analysis of reacting systems - Criterion for chemical equilibrium - Equilibrium constant for gaseous mixtures Evaluation of equilibrium composition - Chemical availability.
KINETICS OF COMBUSTION
Rates of reaction - Reaction order and molecularity complex reactions - Chain reactions - Arrhenius rate
equation, Collection theory - Activated complex theory - Explosive and general oxidative characteristics of
fuels.
FLAMES
Laminar and turbulent flames - Premixed and diffusion flames - Burning velocity and its determination - Factors
affecting burning velocity - Quenching, Flammability and ignition - Flame stabilization in open burners.
ENGINE COMBUSTION
Combustion in SI and CI engines - Stages of combustion in SI and CI engines, Normal combustion and
abnormal combustion - Emissions from premixed combustion - Emission from non premixed combustion Control of emissions
TEXT BOOKS
1. Stephen R. Turns, An Introduction to Combustion concepts and applications, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill
Book Company, Boston, 2000

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Lewis, R.N., Pease and Taylor, H.S., Combustion Process Vol. II, Princeton University Jet Propulsion
series, Princetons Univ. Press, New Jessely, 1959.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Irwin Glassman, Combustion, 3rd Edition, Academic Press, New York, 1996.
2. Sharma, S. P. and Chandramohan, Fuels and Combustion, Tata McGraw Hill Book Co., New Delhi,
1984.
3. Samir Sarkar, Fuels and Combustion, 2nd Edition, Orient Longman, Bombay, 1990.
4. Kuo, K. K., Principles of Combustion, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1984.
5. Heywood, J. B., Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill Book Co., New
York, 1988.

ME0042

L
3

GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To familiarize various working principle of Gas Turbine Power plant.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
2.
3.
4.

To study basic equation of power cycles
To study flow through centrifugal compressor and axial flow compressor
To study flow through Turbines and combustion systems
To study flow through Performance predictions

INTRODUCTION
Open cycle single shaft and twin shaft multi speed arrangement – Closed cycle – Aircraft propulsion – Industrial
application – Environmental issues - Future – Possibilities
POWER CYCLES
Ideal cycles method of accounting – Component losses – Design point performance calculations – Comparative
performance of practical cycles – Combined cycle – Cognation schemes – Closed cycle - Gas turbine - Reheat –
intercooling – Regenerator cycles.
CENTRIFUGAL AND AXIAL FLOW COMPRESSORS
Centrifugal compressor – Principle of operation – Work done – Pressure rise – The diffuser – Compressibility
effects – Non dimensional quantities - Computerized design procedure. Axial flow compressor basic operation –
Elementary theory – Factors effecting stage pressure ratio – Blockage in compressor annulus – Degree of
reaction – Blade fixing details - Sealing materials – Material selection for compressor blades – Stage
performance – Design and off design performance characteristics.
TURBINES AND COMBUSTION SYSTEMS
Operation requirements, type of combustion – Factors affecting combustion process – Combustion chamber
performance.Turbine construction – Performance – Impeller blade fixing – Cooling of turbine blades – Blade
vibration – Protective coating – Gas turbine turbo chargers - Power expanders – Vortex theory – Estimation of
stage performance.
PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS
Prediction performance of gas turbines component characteristics – Off design operation – Equilibrium running
of gas generator – Off design operation of free turbine – Methods of displacing of the equilibrium running line –
Incorporation of variable pressure losses – Matching procedure for two spool engines – Principle of control
systems.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Cohen–HEFC Rogers and Saravanamutto, H. W., Gas turbine theory, Long man scientific
technical, Singapore, 1997.
2. Lefebvre.A.W., Gas Turbine Propulsion, McGraw Hill, New York, 1983.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Horlock J. H., Axial flow turbine, 4th Edition, Butterworth Publishers, London, 1966.
2. Gopalakrishnan, G. and Prithvi Raj D., Treatise on Turbomachines, Scitech Publications, Chennai,
2002.
3. Kerrebrock J.C., Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines, Cambridge, Mass MIT Press, 1977.

ME0043

BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To gain knowledge of boundary layer concepts of fluid.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To study basic governing equation of fluid flow
2. To study behavioral change of laminar boundary layer
3. To study behavioral change of turbulent boundary layer
4. To study behavioral change of compressible boundary layer
INTRODUCTION
Description of flow along a solid surface – Development of Boundary layer along a flat plate - Definition of
Boundary layer thickness – Displacement thickness, momentum, energy thickness-Boundary layer at inlet
length of pipes – Flow separation - Flow through diffuser – Motion pivot symmetrical and bluff obstacles Form drag and skin friction – Turbulence in boundary layer – Sharp fall in drag coefficient - Hot wire and Laser
– Doppler Anemometers.
BASIC EQUATIONS OF FLUID FLOW
Equation of continuity, momentum and energy applied to system and control volume – Concept of flow fields –
Boundary conditions.
LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER
Simplified form of Boundary layer equation-Blasius solution for flat plate – Boundary layer temperature profiles
for constant plate temperature – Faulkner Sknon wedge flow – Von - Karman integral method – Momentum
equation – Energy equation - Application to flow past a flat plate and a circular cylinder – Dohlsausen method –
Thermal boundary layer calculations – One parameter and two parameter integral methods.
TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER
Two dimensional turbulent boundary layer equations – Integral relations – Eddy viscosity theories - Velocity
profiles – The law of the wall – The law of the wake – Turbulent flow in pipes and channels – Turbulent
boundary layer on a flat plate – Boundary layer with pressure gradient.
COMPRESSIBLE BOUNDARY LAYER
Compressible boundary layer equation – Recovery factor – Similarity solutions laminar supersonic cone rule Shock - boundary layer interaction.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Schlichting, H., Boundary layer Theory, VI edition, McGraw Hill Publication, New York, 1991.
2. White, F. M., Viscous Fluid Flow, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill Publication, New York, 1991.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
2.

Reynolds, A. J., Turbulent flow in Engineering, John Wiley & sons, New York, 1980.
Anderson, J. D., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw hill Book co., New York, 1985.

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ME0044

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3

FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To introduce the technology of fuel cells and to familiarize with the research and developmental challenges in
fuel cell technology.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the basic principles involved fuel cell operation,
2. Gain knowledge of various fuel cells and their specific operating principles,
3. Design simple fuel cell systems and
4. Get exposed to research and development challenges involved in various types of fuel cells.
INTRODUCTION AND THERMODYNAMICS
Introduction: Basic operating principles – Historical highlights – Classification. Thermodynamics:
Electrochemical energy conversion – Theoretical efficiency – Factors affecting electrochemical energy
conversion
ELECTRODE KINETICS
Electrode double layer – Electrolyte double layer – Double layer models (Helmoltz model, Gouy-Chapman
Model, Stern model, Grahame model – Bockris, Devenathan and Muller model, and chemical models) – Solid
metallic electrode – Semiconductor electrode – Specific adsorption – Zero potential.
ALKALINE FUEL CELLS AND PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS
Alkaline Fuel Cells: Working principle – Components – Modules and stacks – Performance characteristics
(power density, space applications, atmospheric pressure cells) – Limitations and Research and Development
challenges – System issues – Ammonia as fuel. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells: Cell reactions – Electrodes
(stability of catalysts, electrode fabrication – fuel cell performance) – Stacks and systems.
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Principle of operation - Benefits and limitations – Cell components (electrolytes,
zirconia systems, ceria based electrolytes, perovskite-based systems) – Cathode materials – Anode materials –
Interconnects – Fuel reactions –Configurations and performance (tubular, monolithic, planar) – Environmental
impact – Applications. Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell: General principle – Components (electrolyte and matrix,
cathode and anode materials) – Electrode reactions – Life time
DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS AND PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: Operating principle – Noble metal issue – Electro-oxidation of methanol
(catalysts, oxygen electro-reduction, electrolyte, non-catalytic aspects) - Methanol crossover – Catalyst
optimization – Vapor feed versus liquid feed cells. Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Operating
principle (membranes, electrodes and electrolysis, optimization of membrane and electrode assembly,
impurities) – Technology development (single cell and stacks, composite plates) – Fuel processing – Modeling
studies (membrane, electrode, membrane-electrode assembly, fuel cell, stack and system) – Technology
development and applications.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Viswanathan, B. and Aulice Scibioh, M., Fuel Cells Principles and Applications, Universities Press
(India) Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, 2006.
2. Hoogers, G. Edr., Fuel Cell Technology Handbook, CRC Press, Washington D.C., 2003.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Larminie, J. and Dicks, A., Fuel Systems Explained, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., New York, 2001.
2. O’Hayre, R., Suk-Woncha, Whitney Colella, Prinz, F.B., Fuel Cell Fundamentals, John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 2006.
3. Pukushpan, J.T., Stctanopoulon, A.G., Peng, H., Fuel Cell Power Systems, Springer, 2006.

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ME0045

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ELEMENTS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Prerequisite
Nil

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0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
This course is designed to provide a broad overview of the space technology with regard to rocket propulsion.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. To develop a basic knowledge about the solar system and the earth’s atmosphere.
2. To learn the different cases of satellite orbit transfer, different satellite injection errors
BASIC CONCEPTS
The solar system - Reference frames and coordinate systems - The celestial sphere -The ecliptic - Motion of
vernal equinox - Sidireal time - Solar time - Standard time - The earth's atmosphere.
THE GENERAL N-BODY PROBLEM
The Many body problem - Lagrange - Jacobi identity - The circular restricted three body problem – Libration
points - Relative Motion in the N-body problem - The two - body problem - Satellite orbits - Relations between
position and time - Orbital elements.
SATELLITE INJECTION & SATELLITE ORBIT PERTURBATIONS
General aspects of satellite injections - Satellite orbit transfer - Various cases - Orbit deviations due to injection
errors - Special and general perturbations - Cowell's Method - Encke's method - Method of variations of orbital
elements - General perturbations approach.
INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORIES BALLISTIC MISSILE- TRAJECTORIES
Two-dimensional interplanetary trajectories - Fast interplanetary trajectories - Three dimensional interplanetary
trajectories - Launch of interplanetary spacecraft - Trajectory about the target plant. The boost phase - The
ballistic phase - Trajectory geometry - Optimal flights - Time of flight - Re-entry phase -The position of the
impact point - Influence coefficients.
MATERIALS FOR SPACECRAFT
Space environment - Peculiarities -Effect of space environment on the selection of materials of spacecraft.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Sutton, G. P., Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993.
2. Van de Kamp, P., Elements of Astromechanics, 2nd Edition, Pitman, London, 1979.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Cornelisse, J.W., Rocket Propulsion and Space Dynamics, W.H. Freeman & Co., New York, 1984.
2. Parker, E. R., Materials for Missiles and Spacecraft, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1982.
3. Rudolph X. Meyer., Elements of Space Technology, Acadamic press, London, 1999.

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ROCKET PROPULSION
Prerequisite
(First courses on Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics)

T
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C
3

PURPOSE
To introduce the principles of rocket propulsion and teach simple design procedures.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. Understand the basic principles involved in rocket propulsion,
2. Have knowledge of different types of rocket propulsion systems,
3. Learn the basic design principles involved and
4. Get exposed to research and development challenges.
PERFORMANCE OF ROCKET VEHICLES
Introduction – Static performance (thrust, specific impulse) – Vehicle acceleration (gravity, drag, single stage
sounding rocket, burning time) – Chemical rockets (single stage rockets, multistage rockets)

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CHEMICAL ROCKET THRUST CHAMBERS
Introduction – Performance characteristics (characteristic velocity, thrust coefficient) – Nozzles (conical
nozzles, contoured nozzles, nozzle length, effects of friction, effect of back pressure, plug and expansion
deflection nozzles) – Rocket heat transfer (regenerative cooling, convective heat transfer, radiative heat transfer,
solid propellant rockets – heat sinks) - Liquid propellant rocket performance data.
COMBUSTION AND EXPANSION
Liquid propellants – Equilibrium composition – Non equilibrium expansion – Liquid propellant combustion
chambers (fuel and oxidant injection, chamber length, chamber cross sectional area) – Solid propellants
(burning rates, metal powders, two-phase flow) – Solid propellant combustion chambers (combustion pressure,
burning stability, erosive burning) – Combustion instabilities.
TURBOMACHONERY FOR LIQUID ENGINES
Feed systems and engine cycles (gas-pressure feed and turbopump feed, gas-generator cycle, stagedcombustion, cycle, expander cycle, typical examples) – Centrifugal pumps – Inducers and axial pumps
(inducers, cavitation, axial pumps) – Axial turbines.
ELECTRICAL ROCKET PROPULSION
Introduction – Electrostatic propellant accelerator – Bombardment ionization – The plane diode – Electrostatic
thruster performance – The arcjet – Pulsed-magnetoplasma accelerators.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Hill, P. and Peterson, C., Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, 2nd Edition, AddisonWesley Publishing Company, Singapore, pp. 467-685, 1992.
2. Oates G.C., Aero Thermodynamics of Gas Turbines and Rocket Propulsion, AIAA Educational
Series,1988.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Sutton, G. P. and Biblarz, O., Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Singapore, 2001.
2. Barrere, M., Jaumotte, A., De Veubeke, B. F. and Vandenkerckhove, J., Rocket Propulsion,
Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, 1960.
3. Zincow, Aircraft and Missile Propulsion,

ME0047

REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
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C
3

PURPOSE
This course provides the knowledge about refrigeration and air conditioning system, and enables them to do
simple design calculations and analysis of these systems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. Vapour compression and vapour absorption system operation,
2. Cycle analysis and method for improving performance,
3. Various components of refrigeration systems,
4. Design of air conditioning systems by cooling load calculations and
5. Application of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
VAPOUR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
Review of thermodynamic principles of refrigeration-Simple vapour compression system – analysis-Method for
improving COP – Multistage and multiple evaporator system - Cascade system – COP comparison.
ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
Absorption refrigeration cycle - Water lithium bromide systems – ammonia absorption refrigeration system –
COP calculation of single effect absorption system – Refrigeration absorbent combinations-comparison of
absorption system with vapour compression systems

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REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENTS & CONTROL
Compressors – Condensers and Cooling towers-Evaporators-Expansion devices. Refrigerants: properties –
selection of refrigerants-alternate refrigerants. Refrigeration plant controls- Testing and charging of refrigeration
units.
DESIGN OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Different heat sources - Conduction and radiation load-occupants load - Equipment load-fresh air loadinfiltration-air load- estimation of total load, bypass factor consideration-effective sensible heat factor (ESHF)cooling coils and dehumidifier air washers.
APPLICATION OF REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Preservation of different products-ice factory-dairy plant refrigeration systems-air conditioning of hotels and
restaurants-air conditioning of theatres and auditorium-air conditioning of hospitals.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Arora, S. C. and Domkundwar, S., A course in Refrigeration and Air conditioning, Dhanpat Rai (P)
Ltd., New Delhi, 1997.
2. Khurmi R.S., and Gupta, J. K., A text book of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Eurasia Publishing
housing (P) Ltd, New Delhi, 2002
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Manohar Prasad, Refrigeration and Air conditioning, New Age International (P) Ltd, New Delhi, 1999.
2. Stoecker, W. F. and Jones J. W., Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,
1986.
3. Roy J. Dossat, Principles of Refrigeration, Pearson Education Asia, 4th edition, 2001.
4. Arora, C. P., Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2002.

ME0048

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

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0

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C
3

PURPOSE
To familiarize the students with the concept of Biomass, Solar Energy, Wind Energy OTEC, Fuel cells and
MHD systems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. To analyze the various renewable energy sources like wind, solar, biomass, Ocean energy, Fuel cells
and MHD systems.
2. Exposure on biomass gasification and combustion, Theory of flat plate collectors, photo voltaic,
thermal applications and limitations of solar energy are also provided.
BIOMASS
Biomass, sources of biomass - Fermentation, pyrolysis, gasification and combustion - Biogas, calorific value Power generation, biogas plant design and operation. Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass - Energy balance,
conversion to solid, liquid, and gaseous fuel.
SOLAR ENERGY
Solar radiation and its measurements. Flat plate collectors - Photovoltaic and thermal applications - Limitation
of solar energy - Theory of flat plate collectors - Solar water heating, solar drying, solar stills, solar cooling and
refrigeration.
WIND ENERGY
Basic principle of Wind energy conversion – Wind data and Energy Estimation – Site selection considerations –
components of WECS – Advantages and disadvantages of WECS – Design consideration of horizontal axis
Machines – Analysis of aerodynamic forces acting on the blade – Performance of wind Machines.
OCEAN ENERGY
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - Wave and tidal energy - Availability, geographical distribution - Power
generation using OTEC - Scope and economics - Geothermal energy, availability.

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FUEL CELL AND MHD SYSTEMS
Fuel cell – principle – types – Advantages and disadvantages – conversion efficiency – application.
MHD - Power Generation Principle – Open cycle and Closed cycle – Design problems and developments –
Advantages.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Rai, G. D., Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Khanna Publishers, 4th edition, New Delhi, 2005.
2. Wakil, M. M. EL., Power Plant Technology, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1984.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Soreyson, B., Renewable Energy, Academic Press, 1989.
2. Twidell, J. W. and Weir, A. D., Renewable Energy Resources, ELBS Publication, 1986.
3. Martin Kaltschmitt, Wolfgang Streicher and Andreas Wiese, Renewable Energy: Technology,
Economics and Environment, Springer, 2006.

ME0049

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3

ENERGY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To familiarize the students with the concept of Energy Conservation.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, the student will get the knowledge about
1. Environment aspects of energy utilization.
2. Energy conservation and Energy Technologies.
3. Optimization of Energy use.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Introduction -World energy consumption - Green house effect - Global warming -Renewable energy sources Environment aspects utilization - Energy prizes - Energy policies.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
Energy conservation schemes – Industrial energy use – Energy surveying and auditing – Energy index – Energy
cost – Cost index – Energy conservation in engineering and process industry, in thermal systems, in buildings.
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
Fuels and consumption –Boilers – Furnaces – Waste heat recovery systems – Heat pumps and refrigerators –
Storage systems – Insulated pipe work systems – heat exchangers.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Energy management principles – Energy resource management – Energy management information systems –
Instrumentation and measurement – Computerized energy management.
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Costing techniques – Cost optimization – Optimal target investment schedule – Financial appraisal and
profitability – Project management.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Murphy, W. R. and Mc KAY, G., Energy Management, Butterworths, London, 1982.
2. Ray, D. A., Industrial Energy Conservation, Pergamon Press, 1981.
REFERENCES BOOKS
1. Callaghn, P. W. O., Design and Management for Energy Conservation, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1981.
2. David Merick and Richard Marshal, Energy, present and future options, Vol. I and II, John Wiley &
Sons, 1981.
3. Chaigier, N. A., Energy Consumption and Environment, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1981.
4. Ikken, P.A., Swart R. J. and Zwerves, S., Climate and Energy, 1989.

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Jose Goldemberg, Thomas Johanson, B., Amulya, K. N., Reddy and Robert H. Williams, Energy for a
Sustainable World, Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1990.

ME0050

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DESIGN OF PUMPS AND TURBINES
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To introduce to the students the basic design aspects, working and operation principle of pumps and hydraulic
turbines.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To do hydraulic design of simple radial flow pumps impellers.
1. To Know design principles of various hydraulic turbines.
2. To use computers in design and layout of impeller.
3. To appreciate effects of cavitation in hydraulic machines.
4. To solve problems in pumping systems.
DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC IMPELLER PUMP
Design of impellers using slip power method, design of inlet and outlet elements for pumps.
TURBINE DESIGN
Design principles of various turbine and draft tubes - Developments in bulb turbines and fully reversible axial
flow turbines.
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
Introduction to computer aided design and layout of impellers
CAVITATION
Cavitation in pumps and turbines. Its effect on performance, damage to various elements.
APPLICATIONS
Pumps application engineering – Performance and system characteristics – Regulation – Selection - Operation
and maintenance - Pumping system economies - Pumps for different services.
TEXT BOOKS
1.
Raabe, J., Hydraulic Turbomachines, VDI – Verlag, 1970.
2.
Dixon S.L., Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, 5th edition, BulteruorthHeinemann, U.K., 2005.
3.
Shepherd, D.G., Principles of Turbomachinery, MacMillan, New York, 1956.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Igor J. Karassik and Terru McGuire, Centrifugal pumps, Chapman and Hall, International
Thomson publishing, 2nd Edition, 1996.
2.
Lazarkiewicz, S. and Troskolanski, T., Impeller pumps, 1967.
3.
Stepanoff, A. J., Centrifugal and axial flow pumps, John Wiley & Sons, 1957.
4.
Grigori Krivchenko, Hydraulic machines turbines and pumps, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press,
1994.
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ME0051
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
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3
Prerequisite
Nil
PURPOSE
To impart knowledge about various computational methods for fluid flow and make.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Will be exposed to governing equations required for CFD and their mathematical behaviour.
2. Knows grid generation principles and types of grids required for different problems.

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Made aware of solution techniques and computer codes.

GOVERNING EQUATIONS
Introduction – Various applications, Governing equations: – continuity, momentum, energy equations, boundary
conditions – Conservation and Non conservation form.
MATHEMATICAL BEHAVIOUR OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Mathematical Behavior of Partial differential equations – Hyperbolic, Parabolic, Elliptic equations, Well posed
problems, Difference equations, Explicit and Implicit approach, Errors and analysis of stability.
GRID GENERATION
Grid generation: general transformation of the equations, Metrices and Jacobians - Stretched and compressed
grids - Boundary fitted coordinate systems - Modern developments in grid generation – Finite volume mesh
generation, unstructured meshes and Cartesian meshes.
SOLUTION TECHNIQUES
Simple CFD Techniques: The Lax-Wendroff Technique - MacCormmack’s Techinique - The relaxation
technique and its use with low speed invicid flow - Artificial viscosity - Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI)
technique - Pressure correction techniques.
EXAMPLES WITH DIFFERENT METHODS
Solved problems- Finite Volume Techniques.
TEXT BOOK
1. Anderson, J. D., Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw Hill International, New York, 1995.
2. Flecher,C.A., Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Vol. I to III, Springer-Verlag
publications, Berlin, 1988.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Versteeg, H. K. and Malalasekera, W., An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics and the
Finite Volume Method, Addison Wesley Longmen Limited, 1995.
2. Patankar, S. V., Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1980.
3. Hirsch and Charles, Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flow, Vol. I and II, Wiley, New
York, 1988.

ME0052

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
Prerequisite
Nil

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3

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3

PURPOSE
On completion of this course, the students are expected to understand the fundamental principle, operation, and
performance IC Engines.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
The students will acquire knowledge of
1. Engine components, auxiliary systems and combustion aspects of SI and CI Engines
2. The latest developments in the field of IC engines like lean burn engines, MPFI, Catalytic converters.
BASIC STUDY
Internal Combustion Engine types and classification - SI and CI engines-components, function, operation and
comparison - Two-stroke and Four-stroke engines – Description, comparison. Inlet and exhaust manifolds Basic concepts of supercharging and scavenging - Power output of different types of engines – Efficiency –
Specific fuel consumption – IMEP determination – Simple calculations – Performance characteristics – Heat
balance calculations- application of IC engines.
ENGINE AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
Desirable air-fuel ratio for starting, warm-up, acceleration, idling and normal operation. Carburetors – Necessity
and function, types. Gasoline injection system – MPFI.

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Fuel injection system for diesel engines – Necessity and function, types, injection pump – Nozzle type. Basic
study Lubrication system – Need, types, oil properties. Basic study of cooling system – Need, types, air and
liquid cooling – Coolant and antifreeze solutions . Ignition system – Conventional and electronic types.
COMBUSTION IN SI ENGINES
Initiation of combustion– Flame velocities – Normal and abnormal combustion - Knocking in combustion – Preignition – Knock and engine variables – Knock reduction – Features and design consideration of combustion
chamber– Stratified charge and lean burn engines.
COMBUSTION IN CI ENGINES
Various stages of combustion – Vaporization of fuel drops and spray formation – Air motion – Swirl – Squish –
Delay period - Diesel knock – Factors influencing diesel knock – Features and design considerations of
combustion
ENGINE POLLUTION
Atmospheric pollution from reciprocating engines – Formation of oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide,
hydrocarbons, aldehydes, smoke, and particulates. Emission control techniques.
Exhaust gas analysis – Non dispersive infra red gas analyzer, gas chromatography, chemiluminescent analyser –
Flame ionisation detector. Emission standards – National and international limits.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ramalingam, K. K., Internal Combustion Engines- Theory and practice, Scitech publications India Pvt.
Ltd., Chennai, 2000.
2. Ganesan, V., Internal Combustion Engines, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1994.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Heywood, J.B., Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, McGraw Hill International, New York,
1988.
2. Obert, E. F., Internal Combustion Engines and Air Pollution, Harper International Ltd., 1973.
3. Stone, R., Introduction to Internal Combustion Engines, Macmillan Press, 1999.
4. Mathur, M. L., and Sharma, R. P., A course in Internal Combustion Engines, Dhanpat Rai & Sons,
New Delhi, 1993.

AE0012

L
3

AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To provide knowledge about application of electronics in Automobile engineering.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, students will be able to know
1. Fundamentals of automotive electronics
2. Sensors and actuators for various engine applications
3. Electronic fuel injection and ignition systems
4. Automobile control system
5. Electronics application to security and warning systems
FUNDAMENTALS OF AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS
Current trend in Automobiles - Open loop and closed loop systems - Components for electronic engine
management. - Electronic management of chassis system.
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS
Introduction, basic sensor arrangement, types of sensors such as: - Oxygen sensors, crank angle position sensors
- Fuel metering, vehicle speed sensor and detonation sensor - Altitude sensor, flow sensor. Throttle position
sensors, solenoids, stepper motors, relays.

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ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION AND IGNITION SYSTEMS
Introduction - Feed back carburetor systems (FBC) - Throttle body injection and multi point fuel injection - Fuel
injection systems - Injection system controls - Advantages of electronic ignition system - Types of solid-state
ignition systems and their principle of operation - Contact less electronic ignition system - Electronic spark
timing control.
DIGITAL ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM
Open loop and closed loop control systems - Engine cranking and warm up control - Acceleration enrichment Deceleration leaning and idle speed control - Distributor less ignition - Integrated engine control system Exhaust emission control engineering.
VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL AND STABILIZATION SYSTEMS
Vehicle motion control - Adaptive cruise control - Electronic transmission control - Vehicle stabilization system
- Antilock braking system - Traction control system - Electronic stability program - Onboard diagnosis system.
TEXT BOOKS
1. William B. Riddens, Understanding Automotive Electronics, 5th Edition, Butterworth, Heinemann Woburn,
1998.
2. Tom Weather Jr. and Cland C. Hunter, Automotive Computers and Control system, Prentice Hall Inc., New
Jersey.
3. BOSCH, Automotive Handbook, 6th Edition, Bentley publishers.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Young, A. P. and Griffths, L., Automobile Electrical Equipment, English Language Book Society and New
Press.
2. Crouse, W. H., Automobile Electrical equipment, McGraw Hill Book Co. Inc., New York, 1955.
3. Robert N Brady, Automotive Computers and Digital Instrumentation, A Reston Book, Prentice Hall, Eagle
Wood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1988.
4. Bechtold, Understanding Automotive Electronics, SAE, 1998.

ME0061

L
3

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To provide the basic features of Industrial Engineering like work study, material handling, production planning
control, wages and incentives etc.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
After completion of this course the students will learn
1. The technique and procedures of work study
2. To analyse to planning procedures Human effectiveness
3. To know the methods of wage payment.

WORK MEASUREMENT AND WORK STUDY
Work measurement, Techniques- Production study, Time study, Standard time-Rating factors- Work sampling,
Work study, Techniques- Human factors- Work study and productivity-method study, Techniques and
procedures- charging Techniques- Motion economy principles- SIMO chart-Ergonomics' and Industrial design.
PLANT LAYOUT AND MATERIAL HANDLING
Plant location, site selection- Plant layout types, need, factors influencing the layout - Tools and techniques for
developing layout, process chart, flow diagram, string diagram, Template and Scale models- Layout Planning
procedure- Assembly line balancing. Material Handling, scope and importance- Types of material handling
systems-factors influencing material handling- methods of material handling.
WORK DESIGN ERGONIMICS, PRODUCTION & PRODUCTIVITY
Introduction to work design-Work design-for increased productivity, the work system design. Introduction to
job design- Effective job design-Environmental factors, organizational factors & behavioral factors. Ergonomics

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-Objectives’ system approach of ergonomic model-Man-machine system Production and productivity-Definition
of production, function and type of production- Definition of productivity- Productivity measurement.
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
Objectives of PPC- Functions of PPC- Aspects of product development and design- Process Planning-Principles
of Standardization, specialization, Simplification-Group Technology- Optimum Batch size- ABC analysisValue Engineering.
WAGES AND INCENTIVES
Wages and salary administration- Meaning principles- Techniques of wage fixation- Job evaluation- Merit
rating- Methods of wage payment. Incentive scheme, Types, Advantages and disadvantages-Productivity base
incentives, Case Example- Evaluation of incentive scheme.
TEXT BOOKS
l. Khanna O. P., Industrial Engineering and Management, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 1999.
2. Samuel Ellen, Elements of Production Planning and Control, McMillan and Co., 1971.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Kumar B., Industrial Engineering, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1998.
2. James M. Apple, Principles of Layout and Material Handling, Ronald press, 1997.
3. Maynard, H., Industrial Engineering Hand Book, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, l999.

ME0062

L
3

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To expose the students to the different components and functions of material management
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
• Inventory control procedures
• Codification of materials
• Purchase policies and procedures
INTRODUCTION
Objectives of materials-the function of purchasing and material management- significance of specificationsstandardization-make or buy decision, buying process.
MATERIALS PLANNING AND CONTROL
Material forecasting-selection inventory control-Spare parts management-Inventory systems-lead time analysis,
administrative lead time, supplier lead time, transport lead time and inspection lead time-flow charting
techniques to reduce various types of lead time- materials requirement planning- aggregate inventory
management.
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
Codification of materials-storage design-stores layout-storage systems and equipment-stores preservation-stores
procedures-stock valuation and verification-ware housing and distribution management.
PURCHASE FUNCTION
Purchasing policies and procedures-legal aspects of purchasing-selection of sources of supply-vendor evaluation
and rating, vendor development-price, cost analysis.
MATERIALS ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING
Evaluation of materials management performance-Information systems and computer in materials management.
TEXT BOOK
1. Gopalakrishnan, P., Purchasing And Materials Management, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1990.
2. Learnerr Lee Jr. And Donald .M.Dobbler, " Purchasing And Material Management ", Tata Mcgraw
Hill,1996.

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REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Camer Lee and Donald M Dubbler, Purchasing and Materials Management, Text and cases, Tata
McGraw Hill, 1997.
2. Mark, J. V., Operations Management, McGraw Hill Publishers,1984.
3. Westing, J. K., Fine, E.V. and Zone, C.T., Purchasing Management Principles, John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1986.

ME0063

L
3

HUMAN RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To expose the students to the functions of Human Relations Management.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
After completion of this course the students will be able to
1. Understand the human relations
2. Understand the recruitment procedures
3. Acquire the knowledge of Career development and counseling.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Meaning – Strategic framework for HRM and HRD – Vision, Mission and Values – Importance – Challenges to
Organisations – HRD Functions - Roles of HRD Professionals - HRD Needs Assessment - HRD practices –
Measures of HRD performance – Links to HR, Strategy and Business Goals – HRD Program Implementation
and Evaluation – Recent trends – Strategic Capability , Bench Marking and HRD Audit.
E-HRM
e- Employee profile–
e- selection and recruitment - Virtual learning and Orientation – e - training and
development – e- Performance management and Compensation design – Development and Implementation of
HRIS – Designing HR portals – Issues in employee privacy – Employee surveys online.
CROSS CULTURAL HRM
Domestic Vs International HRM - Cultural Dynamics - Culture Assessment - Cross Cultural Education and
Training Programs – Leadership and Strategic HR Issues in International Assignments - Current challenges in
Outsourcing, Cross border M and A- Repatriation etc. - Building Multicultural Organisations - International
Compensation.
CAREER & COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT
Career Concepts – Roles – Career stages – Career planning and Process – Career development Models– Career
Motivation and Enrichment –Managing Career plateaus- Designing Effective Career Development Systems –
Competencies and Career Management – Competency Mapping Models – Equity and Competency based
Compensation.
EMPLOYEE COACHING AND COUNSELING
Need for Coaching – Role of HR in coaching – Coaching and Performance – Skills for Effective Coaching –
Coaching Effectiveness– Need for Counseling – Role of HR in Counseling - Components of Counseling
Programs – Counseling Effectiveness – Employee Health and Welfare Programs – Work Stress – Sources Consequences – Stress Management Techniques.- Eastern and Western Practices - Self Management and
Emotional Intelligence.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jeffrey A Mello, Strategic Human Resource Management, Thomson, Singapore, Southwestern, 2003.
2. Randy L. Desimone, Jon M. Werner and David M. Marris, Human Resource Development, Thomson
Southwestern, Singapore, 2002.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Robert L. Mathis and John H. Jackson, Human Resource Management, Thomson Southwestern,
Singapore, 2003.

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2. Rosemary Harrison, Employee Development, University Press India Ltd., New Delhi, 2003.
3. Srinivas Kandula, Human Resource Management in Practice, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004.

ME0064

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
This course provides the basic knowledge on aspects of entrepreneurship and supports extended to
entrepreneurs.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
On completion of this course the student is expected to
1. Understand the broad spectrum of entrepreneurship.
2. Know about the prelims of setting up of a business unit.
3. Understand the purchasing and marketing basics of the business.
4. Aware of various supports extended by banks and institutions.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Historical perspective of entrepreneurship - Traits of Entrepreneurs - Types of Entrepreneurs – Intrerpreneur Difference between entrepreneur and intrepreneur - entrepreneurship in Economic growth - Factors affecting
entrepreneurial growth, Major motives influencing entrepreneur.
BUSINESS
Small Enterprises: - Definition Classification - Characteristics Web and e business - Ownership structure Project formulation - Sources of information - Steps involved in setting up a business – Identifying, selecting a
good business opportunity - Market survey and research - Techno economic feasibility assessment - Preliminary
Project report – Project appraisal – Project implementation - Network analysis - Techniques of PERT/CPM
FINANCING AND ACCOUNTING
Sources of finance - Institutional Finance - Term loans - Capital structure - Management of working capital Costing, Break even analysis – Taxation - Income Tax, Excise Duty - Sales Tax - Purchasing Policies and
procedures - Methods of purchasing - Stores management - Book keeping
MARKETING & GROWTH STRATEGIES
Principles of marketing - Assessment of market needs - Demand forecasting, Product life cycle - Sales
promotion Strategies - Product mix – Advertising - Distribution Channels - Growth strategies – Expansion –
Diversification - Joint venture, Merger - Sub-contracting
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO ENTREPRENEURS
Institutional support to entrepreneurs - Government policy for small scale industries - Institutions for
entrepreneurial growth – Various schemes - Self Help Group - Sickness in industry – Causes - Steps for
correction and rehabilitation
(Field work-Collection of information on schemes of Entrepreneurial Support and Presentation)
TEXT BOOKS
1. Khanka, S. S., Entrepreneurial Development, S.Chand and Co Ltd, New Delhi, 1999.
2. Philip Kotler, Principles of Marketing, Prentice Hall of India, 1995.
3. Lamer Lee and Donald W. Dobler, Purchasing and Materials Management, Tata McGraw Hill, 1996.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. EDII–Faculty and External Experts, A Hand Book of new Entrepreneurs, Published by
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, 1986.
2. Saravanavel, P., Entrepreneurial Development, Ess Pee Kay Publishing House, Chennai, 1997.
3. Gopalakrishnan, P., Hand book of Materials Management, Prentice Hall of India, 1996.

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ME0065

L
3

FACILITIES PLANNING
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
On completion of the course the students are expected to design facilities for an industry to meet specific
requirements.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
To familiarize the students with
1. Facilities planning process
2. The strategies adopted for designing a facility
3. Evaluate the existing facility and modify to meet the requirements
INTRODUCTION
Significance and objectives of facilities planning - Facilities planning process - Developing facilities planning
strategies - Influence of product - Process and schedule design - Facilities design.
REQUIREMENTS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Department planning, activity relationship, flow – patterns - Planning and measuring - Space requirements Personnel requirements - Employee-facility interface - Restrooms, food services, health services - Office facility
planning.
ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES
Material Handling: Principles and classification. - Designing material handling systems - Estimating material
handling costs - Safety consideration.
Layout Planning Models: Basic layout types - Layout procedures - Algorithmic approaches - Pair-wise
exchange method, graph based approaches – CRAFT, BLOCPLAN, LOGIC, MULTIPLE. Multi floor facility
layout. Developing layout alternatives - Computer assisted layout planning – ALDEP, CORELAP, CRAFT Commercial facility layout packages.
FACILITY DESIGN
Facility design for various functions – Warehouse operation - Manufacturing systems - Services.
EVALUATING, SELECTING AND MAINTAINING
Facilities plan - Evaluating, selecting, preparing, presenting, implementing and maintaining.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Tompkins J. A., White J. A., Bozer Y. A., and Tan Choco J. M. A., Facilities Planning, 3rd Edition,
John Wiley & sons, India, 2003.
2. James M. Apple, Principles of layout and material handling, Ronald press, 1977.
REFERENCES
1. Francis R. L., McGinnis L. F., and White J. A., Facility Layout and Location: An analytical approach,
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1992.
2. Gupta and Patel, Work study, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Kanna O.P, Industrial Engineering and management, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.

ME0066

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
On completion of the course the student will be familiarized with the safety issues in design, handling and
industrial environment.

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OBJECTIVES
1. The students will be able to conduct basic safety inspections using strategies that they have developed.
2. The students will be able to identify and demonstrate a working knowledge of the domain of
occupation health and safety.
3. The students will be able to create a document addressing the principles for developing and
implementing a successful occupational health and safety program and evaluation of a work site.
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
Definitions and theories.- Accident – Injury – Unsafe act – Unsafe condition – Dangerous occurrence –Theories
and principles of accident causation – Cost of accidents – Accident reporting and investigations – Safety
committees – Need – Types – Advantages. Safety education and training - Importance - Various training
methods – Accident prevention – Motivating factors – Safety suggestion schemes. Safety performance –
Definitions connected with measuring safety performance as per Indian and International standards .
SAFETY IN MATERIAL HANDLING
General safety consideration in material handling - Ropes, Chains, Sling, Hoops, Clamps, Arresting gears –
Prime movers.Ergonomic consideration in material handling, design, installation, operation and maintenance of
conveying equipments, hoisting, traveling and slewing mechanisms. Selection, operation and maintenance of
industrial trucks – Mobile cranes – Tower crane.
SAFETY IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
Safety in the design process of chemical plants - Safety in operational and maintenance – Exposure of personnel
- Operational activities and hazards – Safety in storage and handling of chemicals and gases – Hazards during
transportation – Pipeline transport – Safety in chemical laboratories. Specific safety consideration for cement,
paper, pharmaceutical, petroleum, petro - chemical, rubber, fertilizer and distilleries.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Evolution of EIA – Concepts – Methodologies – Screening – Scoping – Checklist - Rapid and Comprehensive
EIA – Legislative and environmental clearance procedure in India – Prediction tools for EIA. - Assesment of
Impact – Air – Water – Soil – Noise- Biological. Socio cultural environment – Public participation –
Resettlement and Rehabilitation. - Documentation of EIA .
REGULATIONS FOR HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Factories act and rules; - Indian explosive act - Gas cylinder rules - Environmental pollution act - Indian
petroleum act and rules - Oil industry safety directorate (OISD) - Indian Electricity act and rules. - Mines act
and rules - Indian motor vehicles act and rules.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Handlin, W., Industrial Hand Book, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
2. Anton, T. J., Occupational safety and health management, (2nd Edition). New York, McGraw Hill,
1989.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
Heinrich, H. W., Industrial Accident Prevention, McGraw-Hill, 1980.
2.
Rudenko, N., Material Handling Equipments, Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1981.
3.
Lees, F. P., Loss Prevention in Process Industries, Butterworths, NewDelhi, 1986.
4.
Canter, R. L., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill.
5.
IS CODES: IS 5903, IS 807, IS 2760, IS 14469, IS 13367-1, IS 5324, IS 7167, IS 7155, IS 1800.1, IS
3521 of Oil Industry Safety Directorate, Govt. of India.

ME0067

L
3

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

PURPOSE
To expose the students to the logistics approaches of supply chain management.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
After completion of this course the students will be able to

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1.
2.
3.

Understand the role of logistics.
Understand the phases of supply chain
Understand the models and activities of SCM

INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS
Logistics - concepts, definitions and approaches, factors influencing logistics - Supply chain: basic tasks,
definitions and approaches, influencing supply chain – a new corporate model.
PHASES OF SUPPLY CHAIN
The new paradigm shift - The modular company - The network relations - Supply processes - Procurement
processes – Distribution management.
EVOLUTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MODELS
Strategy and structure – Factors of supply chain – Manufacturing strategy stages - Supply chain progress –
Model for competing through supply chain management – PLC grid, supply chain redesign – Linking supply
chain with customer.
SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES
Structuring the SC, SC and new products, functional roles in SC - SC design frame- work - Collaborative
product commerce (CPC)
SCM ORGANISATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
The management task - Logistics organization - The logistics information systems – Topology of SC application
- Product Data Management - Warehouse management system MRP- I, MRP - II, ERP,. – Case study, ERP
Software’s
TEXT BOOKS
1. Shari, P. B. and Lassen, T. S., Managing the global supply chain , Viva books, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Ayers, J. B., Hand book of supply chain management, The St. Lencie press, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Nicolas, J. N., Competitive manufacturing management – continuous improvement, Lean production,
customer focused quality, McGrawHill, New York, 1998.
2. Steudel, H. J. and Desruelle, P., Manufacturing in the nineteen – How to become a mean, lean and
world class competitor, Van No strand Reinhold, New York, 1992.

ME0068

TQM AND RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To provide knowledge about Total Quality Management (TQM), TQM tools and techniques applied to
Manufacturing and also about reliability and maintainability of different systems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course students will be able to know
1. Meaning of TQM and Theories about TQM
2. Planning and manufacturing for quality its tools and techniques
3. Human involvement to improve quality and the development and transformation due to such
involvement.
4. About failure models, component reliability & system reliability
5. About mean down time, maintainability of systems & condition monitoring.
BASIC CONCEPTS
Evolution of total quality Management - Definition of quality - Comparison between traditional approach and
TQM, Deming – Crosby – Juran - Taguchi, Ishikawa theories - Quality costs - Product quality Vs Service
quality Strategic planning - Goal setting - Steps involved in strategic planning - TQM implementation.

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TQM PRINCIPLES & BASIC TOOL
Customer Satisfaction – Types of customers, customer supplier chain, Customer perception of quality customer
feed back - Customer complaints - Customer retention - Service quality.
Employee involvement – Employee motivation - Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - Herzberg theory Empowerment and team work.
Basic Tools: Introduction to seven basic tools – Check sheets, histograms - Control charts, Pareto diagram Cause and effect diagram – Stratification - Scatter diagrams.
NEW SEVEN MANAGEMENT TOOLS & ADVANCED TOOLS
Affinity diagram - Relations diagram - Tree diagram - Matrix diagram - Matrix data analysis diagram - Process
decision program chart - Arrow diagram.
Advanced QC tools: Advanced QC tools like QFD - Root cause analysis - Taguchi method - Mistake proofing
(poka-yoke) - Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEAs), failure mode and effects criticality analysis
(FMECAs) and Fault tree analysis (FTAs) etc. - Quality Management Systems.
RELIABILITY
Definition - Probabilistic nature of failures - Mean failure rate - Meantime between failures - Hazard rate Hazard models, Weibull model - System reliability improvement – Redundancy – Series - Parallel and Mixed
configurations.
MAINTAINABILITY
Introduction - Choice of maintenance strategy - Mean time- to repair (MTTR) - Factors contributing to Mean
Down Time (MDT) - Fault diagnosis, and routine testing for unrevealed faults - Factors contributing to Mean
Maintenance Time - (MMT) on condition maintenance - Periodic condition monitoring - Continuous condition
monitoring - Economics of maintenance.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Joel E. Rose, Total Quality Management, 2nd Edition, Kogan Page Ltd., USA 1993.
2. Srinath, L. S., Reliability Engineering, Affiliated East West Press, New Delhi 1995.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Balagurusamy, E., Reliability Engineering Tata McGraw Hill publishing Co., New Delhi, 1984.
2. Greg Bound, et.al, Beyond Total Quality Management towards the emerging paradigm, McGraw Hill
Inc., 1994
3. Zeiri, Total Quality Management for Engineers, Wood Head Publishers, 1991.

ME0069

MARKETING AND SALES MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
The students will be exposed to the hardcore and advance concepts of both marketing and sales management
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course the students will get a good understanding of
1. Marketing management
2. Customer behavior
3. Sales management
INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING
Market - definition, types - Kinds of goods, marketing role, characteristics - Marketing interface with other
functional areas - Marketing management forces.
UNDERSTANDING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Consumer values, buyer behaviour - influencing factors, models - Consumer and industrial buyers-identifying
target customers - market segmentation - positioning

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MARKETING MIX ELEMENTS
Marketing mix- Product: – What is product – Consumer and industrial products – New product development –
Design – Branding - Packaging-labeling - Product life cycle - Sales forecasting and demand estimation – Price:
Pricing – Place: Nature of distribution channel - Channel design decisions – Retailing – wholesaling.
Promotion: Advertising and personal selling - Direct selling
SALES MANAGEMENT
Marketing management Vs. Sales management - Sales management and business enterprise - The role of
personal selling - Skills for successful sales persons – Designing the sales force strategy and structure –
Recruitment – selection – training – Compensation - Motivation of sales people.
CURRENT TRENDS IN MARKETING
Information technology and its impact in marketing decisions – e – commerce - Multilevel marketing Consumer protection: awareness of consumer rights, laws and consumerism
TEXT BOOKS
1. Kotler, P. and Armstrong, Principles of Marketing, 11th edition, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Zikmund d’ Amico, Marketing, South Western, Thomson Learning, 2000
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Still, R. R., Cundiff, E. W., and Govoni, N.A.P., Sales Management, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Sherlekar, S. A., Marketing Management, 3rd Edition, Macmillan India,
3. Michael R Czinkota and Masaki Kotabe, Marketing Management, Vikas Thomson Learning, 2001.

MH0307

PLC AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To provide students the fundamentals of PLC and Data acquisition system
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course the students will be able to
1. Understand the basic of data conversion and data acquisition
2. Understand the fundamental of PLC.
COMPUTER CONTROL-INTRODUCTION
Need of computer in a control system - Functional block diagram of a computer control system - Data loggers Supervisory computer control - Direct digital control - Digital control interfacing - SCADA.(Elementary
treatment only).
DATA CONVERTERS
DACs-Basic DAC Techniques-Weighted Resistor, R-2R Ladder and Inverted R-2R ladder type DACs- ADCs –
Parallel ADC, Dual slope ADC, Successive approximation ADC-Comparison of A/D conversion techniquesDAC/ADC specifications - Typical IC’s for DAC, ADC – Isolation amplifiers.
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
Sampling theorem – Sampling and digitizing – Aliasing – Sample and hold circuit – Practical implementation of
sampling and digitizing – Definition, design and need for data acquisition systems – Interfacing ADC and DAC
with Microprocessor / Multiplexer - Multiplexed channel operation –Microprocessor/PC based acquisition
systems.
PLC
Evolution of PLCs – Sequential and programmable controllers – Architecture- Programming of PLC – Relay
logic – Ladder logic – Gates, Flip flops and Timers.
COMMUNICATION IN PLC’s
Requirement of communication networks of PLC – connecting PLC to computer – Interlocks and alarms - Case
study of Tank level control system and Sequential switching of motors.

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TEXT BOOKS
1. Petrezeulla, Programmable Controllers, McGraw Hill, 1989.
2. Hughes, T., Programmable Logic Controllers, ISA Press, 1989.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Clayton, G. B., Data Converters, The Mac Millian Press Ltd., 1982.
2. Curtis D. Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Tech, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall, June 2005.
3. Roy Choudhury, D. and Shail B. Jain, Linear Integrated circuits, New age International Pvt .Ltd., 2003.

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INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
Prerequisite
Nil

L
3

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
To enable the students to understand the fundamentals of instrumentation and control available for
monitoring/measuring in domestic / industrial applications.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, the students will be able to:
1. To learn fundamentals of various types of Transducers.
2. To acquire basic understanding of principle & working of Transducers.
3. To Understand the methods to analyze the stability of systems from transfer function forms.
MEASUREMENT OF FORCE, TORQUE VELOCITY
Electric balance – Different types of load cells – Magnets – Elastics load cell – Strain gauge load cell –
Different methods of torque measurement - Strain gauge - Relative regular twist- Speed measurement –
Revolution counter – Capacitive tacho – Drag up type tacho – D.C and A.C. tacho generators – Stroboscope.
MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION, VIBRATION AND DENSITY
Accelerometers – LVDT, piezo-electric, strain gauge and variable reluctance type accelerometers – Mechanical
type vibration instruments - Seismic instruments as an accelerometer and vibrometer – Calibration of vibration
pick ups – Units of density - Specific gravity and viscosity used in industries – Pressure head type densitometer
– Float type densitometer – Ultrasonic densitometer
MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE &TEMPERATURE
Units of pressure – Manometers – Different types – Elastic type pressure gauges – Bourdon tube bellows –
Diaphragms – Electrical methods – Elastic elements with LVDT and strain gauges – Measurement of vacuum –
Different types- McLeod gauge – Testing and calibration of pressure gauges – Dead weight tester. Bimetallic
thermometers – Electrical methods of temperature measurement – RTDs and their - Thermocouples, Pyrometers
– Optical pyrometers – Two colour radiation pyrometer.
TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
Definitions, Transfer function – Mathematical modeling of mechanical (translation and rotational), electrical
systems- Mechanical - Electrical analogies – Block Diagram reduction technique and Signal flow graphs.
RESPONSE AND STABILITY ANALYSIS
Time response of first order and Second order systems - Concept of stability - Necessary conditions for stability
- Routh Stability criterion - Polar and Bode plots – Simple Problems.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ernest O. Doebelin, Measurement systems Application and Design, International Student Edition, IV
Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1998.
2. Jain, R. K., Mechanical and Industrial Measurements, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1999.
3. Katsuhiko Ogata, Modern Control Engineering 2nd ed., Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1995.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Patranabis, D., Principles of Industrial Instrumentation, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Ltd., New
Delhi, 1999.

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2.
3.
4.

IC0464

Sawhney, A. K., A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation – Dhanpat
Rai and Sons, New Delhi, 1999.
Nakra, B.C. and Chaudary, K. K., Instrumentation Measurement and Analysis, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 1985.
Benjamin C Kuo, Automatic Control System, 7th edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1993.
L
3

MICROPROCESSOR BASED SYSTEM DESIGN
Prerequisite
Nil

T
0

P
0

C
3

PURPOSE
This course aims at introducing the need of microcontroller 8 bits and 16 bits in a device/ instrument
development.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course the student will be able to
1. Understand the need of Micro-controller family.
2. Develop the assembly level programs based on Intel 8083, 8096 & PIC microcontrollers.
3. Design the detailed hardware circuits for the given application.
4. Identify the need for I/O and memory expansion methods for an application.
MICROPROCESSOR
Need for microprocessor based system design – Design cycle – Dimensions of the design problem – Hardware
design and software design – System integration.
Structure and Characteristics: 8253 Timer / Counter 8259 interrupt controller – 8279 keyboard / display
controller – 6845 CRT controller 8237 DMA controller – 8272 diskette controller.
INPUT AND OUTPUT ALGORITHMIC PROCESSES
I/O control – I/O timing – Data buffering with FIFOS – Keyboards and switches – Remote instrument
control – Self test hardware. Keyboard parsing – Real time programming – Self test algorithm. Multiplication
and division algorithms.
TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEMS – LOGIC ANALYSERS
Logic state analysers, Logic timing analysers - Display modes - Logic analysers features – Signature analysis Error detection using signature analysis. - Development systems: Basic features – software development aids –
Development system architecture – Emulators, system software – Assembler, linker, loader.
8086 /8088 BASED MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEM
Review of architecture and instruction set of 8086 Processor - Coprocessor configuration, closely coupled Configurations, loosely coupled configurations – 8087 coprocessor: Architecture, instruction set – 8089 I/O
processor.
SYSTEM DESIGN APPLICATIONS
LCR meter – PID controller – DC motor speed control – Digital weighing machine – Temperature control –
Controller for a washing machine.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. John B. Peatman, Microcomputer Based Interfacing, McGraw Hill, 1988.
2. Douglass V. Hall, Microprocessor and Interfacing, McGraw Hill, 1987.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Williams, G. B., Troubleshooting on Microprocessor Based Systems, Pergamon Press 1984.
2. Yu-Cheng Liu and Glenn A. Gibson, Microcomputer systems, The 8086/8088 family, Second edition,
Prentice
Hall of India, 1990.
3. Ramesh S. Gaonkar, Microprocessor Architecture programming and applications with 8085, Fourth
edition, Penram International publications, 2000.

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