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ME271 WORKSHOP PRACTICE (0-0-3) 2
Lathe Work and sheet metal work, Use of Power tools.
ME300 ENERGY ENGINEERING (3-1-0) 4
Conventional Energy Sources: Hydel, Steam, Gas turbine, Diesel and Nuclear Power Plant, Layout,
function of different components and types, Power plant Economics, Non-conventional or Renewable
energy sources: Solar energy, application of solar energy, Wind, Ocean, Geothermal, Biomass Energies,
Energy Conversion Principles and types.
Sukathme S.P., Solar Energy Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage, 2nd ed., TMC New Delhi.
M.M.El.Wakil, Power Plant Techniques, McGraw Hill.
G.D. Rai, Non-Conventional Energy, Dhanpat Rai & Sons.
ME301 DESIGN OF MECHANICAL DRIVES (3-1-0) 4
Belt, rope and chain drives, theory of gearing and forces on gears design of gears, design of industrial
gear drives, Design standards, Optimisation and reliability principles in Engineering Design. Human
factors in Engineering design.
Shegley J.E. and Vicker J.J., Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, McGraw Hill, 1981
Rajendra Karwa, A text book of Machine Design, Laxmi Publications 1989
Sanders and McCormick, Human factors in Engineering Design, McGraw Hill book company, 7 th
edition(1993)
ME302 MEASUREMENTS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS (3-0-0) 3
General concept, application of measurement instrumentation, monitoring of process and operations,
control of process and operations. Configurations, functional elements of the instruments. Definitions and
terminology of calibration, accuracy, Precision, Sensitivity, Threshold, Resolution, Hysteris, Dead space,
Range, Span. Errors of measurements. Transducer elements, Detectors, Telemetry, Terminating devices,
recording techniques.
Complete study of strain measuring instrument, Measurement of Force, torque, temperature and pressure.
Dynamic characteristics of instruments, open loop and closed loop systems, Basic concept of Zeroth, first
and second order transfer function and time response analysis for step function, Modes of control.
Vibration measuring instruments, seismeic instruments. Sensors in Automation, Machine vision, Image
processing and analysis, cone sight, gray scaling.
Ernest O. Doebelin, “ Measurement Systems – Application Design” , McGraw Hill International Edition-
1990.
Buck and Beckwith, “ Mechanical Measurements” , Addition – Wesley publishing.
D. V. S. Murty, “ Transducers & Instrumentation” , Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, 1995.
Harrison H.L. and Bollinger J.G., Automatic controls. International Text Book Co., 1970.
ME303 METROLOGY AND CAD LAB (0-0-2) 1
Metrology Lab: Linear and angular measurement, measurement using slip gauges, Calibration, Screw
thread and gear tooth parameter measurement, Tool makers microscope, surface measurement,
comparators, acceptance test on lathe.
CAD Lab: Graphics programming, drafting techniques, solid modeling practices.
ME310 MEASUREMENTS IN THERMAL SCIENCES (3-0-0) 3
Measurement of specific heat, Viscosity, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal diffusivity, Heat flux, Calorific
value, Thermal and solar radiation measurements, Gas composition analysis by Orsat apparatus, Gas
Chromatograph, Infra-red analyzer, Mass Spectrometer, Turbulence measurements using hot wire
anemometer, laser Doppler anemometer. Measurements in controlled environments, Mass transfer
measurements, Shadowgraph, Schlieren and Interferometer, High speed Photography. Data acquisition
and processing, Analysis of experimental data.
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