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ME421 COMPOSITE MATERIALS (3-0-0) 3
Basic concepts and characteristics: Definition and characteristics of composite materials, overview of
advantages and limitations of composite materials, Significance and objectives, Sciences and technology,
Types and classification of typical composite materials, current status and future prospects.
Micromechanical and Macromechanical Behavior of a Lamina, Macromechanical Behavior of a laminate,
Processing of Polymer Matrix, Metal Matrix and Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials, Testing of
Composite Materials.
R.M. Jones, Mechanics of Composite materials, Mc Graw Hill – Kogakush Ltd., Tokyo, 1975.
Isaac Daniel and Ori Ishai, Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials, Oxford University press,
New York, 1994.
M.W. Hyer, Stress analysis of fiber reinforced composite materials, WCB Mc Graw Hill, Boston, 1998.
P.M. Mallick, Fibre Reinforced composites: Materials, Manufacturing and Design, Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
New York, 1998.
J.W. Wheeton, D.M. Peters and K.L. Thomas, Engineers’ Guide to Composite Materials, ASM
International, Ohio, 1986.
ME422 PROPULSION (2-1-0) 3
Reaction principles, essential features of propulsive devices, momentum theory applied to propulsive
devices, operating performance and equilibrium running conditions, augmentation of thrust, ramjet
engine, rocket engines.
Zucrow, “ Jet propulsion and gas turbine", McGraw Hill book company. New Delhi.
Mathur and Sharma, " Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsions", DanpatRai and Sons.
Nijaguna B.T., Thermal Science/Engineering Data and Book, Allied Pub. Ltd.
ME423 MECHANICAL VIBRATION & ACOUSTICS (2-1-0) 3
Importance and scope, Single DOF systems, Free, damped, forced vibration. Two DOF system, Multi
DOF systems, Eigen values and vectors, numerical solutions. Continuous systems, non linear systems.
Theory of vibration measuring instruments. Vibration reduction methods. Fundamentals of acoustics,
Plane wave, prorogation, radiation and scattering, effect of noise on human. acoustics measurement.
Noise reduction methods
W T Thomson, “ Theory of Vibration with application” , Prentice Hall
Kinslr L E & Fray A R, “ Fundamentals of acoustics” , Jon Wiley
Philip M Morse, “ Vibration and Sound” , McGraw Hill
Lyon R C, “ Machine Noise and Diagnostics” , Butterworths
Leo L Beranek, “ Noise and Vibration control” , McGraw Hill
ME 424 THEORY OF PLASTICITY (3-0-0) 3
A brief review of elasticity, Octahedral stress, spherical and deviatoric stress, representative stress.
Engineering and natural strains, cubical dilation, finite strains coefficients Octahedral strain, strain rate,
tensor, yield criteria for ductile metal, stress space, stress�strain relations, plastic stress-strain relations,
yield locus, symmetry convexity, normality rule, upper and lower bound theorems and corollaries and slip
line theory.
R.A.C.Slater, Engineering Plasticity: Theory and Application to Metal Forming Process, Mc-Millan
Press Ltd.
Sadhu Singh, Theory of Plasticity and Metal forming Process, Khanna Publishers, Delhi.
Chakraborty “ Theory of plasticity” Mc-Graw Hill.
ME425 AUTOMATION SYSTEMS (3-0-0) 3
Introduction to Digital Control Systems, CNC technology, Evolution of Automation, Microcontrollers,
Programmable Logic Controllers, Automated Process Planning, Scheduling and Management systems,
Data Acquisition systems, FMS Elements, Concepts of Agile Manufacturing, STEP-NC systems.
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