B.M.S.

College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
!resentation format"
1. Evaluation of seminars, Phase I Project work (BTP) will be based on oral classroom resentation (!IE
for Project work, "EE for seminar work and #ini Project work).
$. Evaluation of Phase II Project work (BTP) will be based on resentation to e%ternal and internal staff
members alon& with viva'voice e%amination (!IE and "EE for Project work).
#nstructions for oral presentation"
1. The resentation will be for 1( minutes followed b) 1* minutes of +uestion answers.
$. Presentation has to be made usin& P!,-ato and -!. rojector.
/. 0 timer must be included in the t and used durin& the resentation.
1. The resentation should be limited to 1$'1( slides (includin& links).
a) The first slide should &ive the title as shown in 0nne%ure I
b) "econd slide should &ive the objectives of the roject.
c) 2ot more than $ slides should be devoted to the state of the art.
d) The last slide should be on conclusion and scoe of future work.
(. 0ll fonts on the slides should be between font si3es 1$ for the bod) and 14 for titles and Times
5oman 6ont.
4. 6ollowin& oints are to be strictl) followed in resentation
a) 0ll the oints conve)ed in the resentaion should not e%ceed 1 line. ("trictl) no ara&rahs and
essa)s)
b) 0ll the &rahs, fi&ures, content borrowed from other sources should be dul) acknowled&ed.
c) The resentation slide should have a referbl) li&ht back &round and with letters in dark color.
d) 2o cra3) animations
7. 8sea&e of onl) sentence case is allowed (.o not write entire sentence in !aitals).
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
Structure$St%le$&ormat instructions$guidelines for all te reports
to 'e su'mitted in te department
!ream'le"
These instructions al) to all reorts to be submitted in the deartment like seminar, #ini Project
work, ")nosis and final) )ear B.E Project reort.
"ome of these instructions are mandator) (obvious from the conte%t.) and others are in the nature of
&uidelines. 9verall these instructions are written with reference to the novice who is writin& her,his
first technical reort and has all sorts of +uestions re&ardin& what such a reort looks like or how it is
to be st)led,formatted.
The instructions are therefore detailed and almost all elements are included. "tudents should strictl)
adhere to these &uidelines other wise the reort will be discarded.
Badl% formatted and$or nonstandard st%led reports are irritants to reading and distract
attention from te main contents of te report (tat is, te (or) done).
Besides lea*ing an unsatisfactor% impression on te reader+s mind, te% also lead to using up a
significant part of te e,amination (*i*a -*oce) time in pointing out suc omissions indi*iduall%,
affecting %our grade.
These instructions are written lar&el) with the #":ord st)le software in mind since it is tar&eted at
students from all sorts of back&round who ma) not have had e%erience with or access to -ate%.
;owever, those with such e%erience should be able to imlement them in -ate% also.
.eneral"
1. /um'er of copies to 'e su'mitted " 8nless secified otherwise b) the roject coordinator or facult)
advisor for )our batch, number of students in a &iven batch lus $ coies need to be submitted (one
for the each student in the batch dul) si&ned b) the &uide and e%ternal e%aminer, one for the &uide,
one for the deartment). If )ou have more than one &uide, submit an additional co) for the
co'&uide.
$. Ma,imum page limit" 8nless secified otherwise for )our batch, the ma%imum limit is /( a&es for
the bod) of the reort, that is, from a&e 1 of chater 1 to last a&e of last chater (that is, e%cludin&
cover a&e, certificate a&e, abstract, contents and all other lists, acknowled&ment and anne%ure).
0e*erse printing (tat is, on 'ot sides of te paper) is encouraged to sa*e paper. ;owever, in
that case use thicker aer, minimum 7* &sm, to avoid the reverse side contents interferin& with
readin&. !lease note tat tic)er reports do not necessaril% mean 'etter grades. 0lthou&h no
minimum limit is secified, a bod) len&th lower than $* a&es is not e%ected normall).
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
1. !age si2e" A3.
1. Binding" "tale bindin& or stitchin& the sheets sandwiched between two lastic sheets (to rovide
rotective cover) is recommended. 8se a heav)'dut) staler aroriate to the number of sheets. To
lastic sheet must be transarent so that cover a&e is clearl) seen.8se a lastic sine to cover the
stales to avoid the ossibilit) of the ins hurtin& the reader. .o not use sine bindin& alone without
stalin& or stitchin&.
(. T%pesetting" 8se of word rocessin& software such as #":ord, 9en'9ffice or -ibre9ffice or
-ate% is a must.
4. Summar%" 0lon& with the reort, submit a $'a&e e%tended abstract of the reort. This will be
distributed to all members of the e%amination anel.
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
0eport Structure"
The reort should normall) have the followin& comonent structure in the &iven order. Each comonent
should start on a new a&e.
1. Co*er page" <ivin& the title of the reort, the name and roll number of the student, the name of the
&uide. The e%act format as a samle a&e is &iven in 0nne%ure I. The title should be reresentative of
the matter contained in the reort. 0void titles that are too &enerali3ed or cr)tic like =!omosites,>
=!omutational 6luid .)namics,> =Bucklin& of Plates.> 0lso avoid ver) lon& titles.
$. Certificate " 0 certificate as er format shown in 0nne%ure II si&ned b) the &uide.
/. A'stract" 0 sin&le ara&rah describin& in concise terms, the technical contents of the reort. This
should not be a la)out of the reort in terms of chater titles. 5ather it should be able to clearl)
conve) to the reader what matter is covered b) the reort as its scoe. Indicate subject dealt with,
objectives of the investi&ation, ar&uments discussed,newl) observed facts,conclusions of the stud) in
summar) form. 0 &ood &uideline is to restrict the abstract to about half a a&e. In an) case it should
not e%ceed one a&e. The abstract should be followed b) a set of ('4 ke)words related to the reort.
1. Ta'le of Contents" !hater, section titles and references with their corresondin& a&e number.
(. 4ist of &igures" <ivin& fi&ure number, fi&ure title, a&e number
4. 4ist of Ta'les" <ivin& table number, table title, a&e number. If there are ver) few fi&ures and
tables, then the list of fi&ures and list of tables ma) be ut on the same a&e. 9therwise the) ma) be
ut on different a&es.
7. /omenclature" 0ll acron)ms and s)mbols used in the reort must be defined here . 9rder is
acron)ms first (in alhabetical order) followed b) s)mbols (En&lish alhabets in alhabetical order,
followed b) <reek and other mathematical s)mbols) followed b) subscrits,suerscrits.
?. Bod% of te report" In the form of !haters 1 to 2. !hater 1 is usuall) an introductor) chater
introducin& the reort toic throu&h its imortance, back&round, histor), motivation, overall
statement of status,maturit) of the field, scoe of the stud), etc. 0bout $'/ a&es. 6ollowed b) the
secific matter ertainin& to the toic, or&ani3ed as several chaters. Each chater must be at least
$'/ a&es lon&. 0void ver) small chaters. "imilarl) all the matter should not form a hu&e chater of
sa) 1('1? a&es. "lit the contents. 0 &ood &uideline would be about / '1 chaters e%cludin& the
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
introductor) and the concludin& chaters. The bod) of the reort must end with a small chater (1'$
a&es ma%.) with comments or conclusions reached sa) on the resent state'of'art,ro&ress achieved,
future of the field, technolo&) summar), hi&hli&hts, contributions, etc. !onsult )our &uides. !ontents
of all chaters must be written in )our own wa). @erbatim co)in& of contents from other sources is
not ermissible, even if references are ade+uatel) cited a&ainst such contents (even in seminar
reorts). E%cetions are fi&ures,tables, which ma) be reroduced with correct citation. "hort
+uotations with citation are ermissible, where necessar), for emhasis. @erbatim reroduction will
attract severe &rade enalt).
A. 0eferences" -ist all aers, books, mono&rahs, 85-s of Internet archives or of ermanent
information sources, strictl) as er secific format &iven in 0nne%ure III.
1*. Ac)no(ledgments" 0cknowled&e &uidance,advice,hel received from eole )ou have interacted
with durin& the c ourse of the seminar, restrictin& it to technical discussions associated with the
contents of the reort.
11. Appendices" 0n) details re+uired for the sake of comletion but not essential in the overall flow of
information and readabilit) of the main te%t can be ut in 0endices at the end of the reort.
2ormall) seminar reorts are not e%ected to have aendices.
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
St%le 5 &ormat"
1. 8se 01 a&e si3e (?.$7 % 11.4A in.,$1 % $A.7 cm) with 1B mar&in on all sides for all a&es. 0ll
te%t'includin& footnotes and illustrations must aear within this area.
$. 8se one and half sacin& for all te%t. 6ormat ara&rahs with 4t sacin& after ara&rah end. 2ew
ara&rahs to start on ne%t line (that is, there is no need of an e%tra line between ara&rahs if
ara&rahs are formatted as su&&ested). 2o ara&rah indent necessar).
/. 8se Times 5oman font for all te%t. In ara&rahs use boldface or italic for emhasis onl). The
roer fonts recommended (all Times 5oman) for various elements areC
6. Capter title 67 pt 'old title case
8. Section 9eading 68 pt 'old title case
1. Su'section eading 68 pt italic title case
3. Bod% te,t 68 pt normal, :ustified to 'ot margins
;. &igure$Ta'le captions 68 pt normal
7. &ootnote te,t < pt normal
9ther fonts that could be used are 0rial, !ourier 2ew. ;owever, choose an aroriate oint si3e to
rou&hl) match the letter si3es indicated above.
1. Eac capter must start on a ne( page.
1. Capter title centered in Title Case.
$. Capter num'er centered on separate line a'o*e capter title.
-eave one line below chater title before startin& chater bod). "ection,"ub'section number with title
must be on a searate line b) itself, flush left, in Title !ase and should not be centered,indented. 6ormat
these title lines as ara&rahs with 4t sace after ara&rah end (that is, section,subsection title lines
should have a little e%tra sace above and below the title). Dee titles brief and descritive. 0void
startin& with articles or reositions, e.&., BThe stud) of ...,BE B9n the ....B. "ell out acron)ms in titles
unless the) are widel) known. 2umber sections se+uentiall) ineach chater (that is , /.1, /.$, /./, and so
on in chater / followed b) 1.1, 1.$ ... in chater 1). 2umber subsections accordin& to the followin&
e%amleC "ec. /.1.1 is the first subsection of "ec. /.1E "ec. /.$.$ is the second subsection of "ec. /.$.
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
(. If it is necessar) to use a bulleted list in the reort, restrict it to one le*el onl%. 8se F as bullet t)e.
Indent the bullet list b) *.$(>.
4. T)eset all e+uations as disla)ed e+uations (that is, on searate line,lines), Donot cut paste cop%
te e=uations. A*oid inline e=uations in sentences. T)e disla) e+uation numbers in 0rabic
numerals in arentheses flush with the ri&ht mar&in. 2umber disla) e+uations consecutivel) in each
chater (that is, as /.1, /.$ ... in chater /E 1.1, 1.$ ... in chater 1 , etc.). If usin& #":ord, use the
e+uation editor, instead of tr)in& to comose them throu&h te%t mode. Because of a&e limitations
&ive e+uations onl) where the) are essential to the understandin& of the oint under discussion.
7. 0ll s)mbols,notation used in te%t,e+uations in the chaters must be defined roerl), wherever the)
occur for the first time in the reort (insite of this also bein& done in nomenclature). "imilarl) all
acron)ms must be elaborated at first occurrence in the chaters. S%m'ols$notation oter tan
.ree) and matematical s%m'ols, referred to inline in te te,t must 'e empasi2ed (use
italics). 6or e%amle use 5 in te%t to refer to this as a s)mbol for radius rather than =5>. 2ever refer
to this as siml) 5 in te%t.
?. 9ne t)e of matri%,vector notation often used is B9-. !0P" for matrices and bold small case for
vectors. In this case all scalars must be in normal font. Alternati*el% matri, s%m'ols ma% 'e
enclosed in > ? and *ectors in @ A.
A. 0s far as ossible fi&ures (articularl) block dia&rams, simle line drawin&s, simle &rahs) and all
tables must be comuter &enerated. Also as far as possi'le &igures and ta'les must 'e placed
(itin te te,t close to (ere te% are first referred to. 6i&ures and tables should be clear and
le&ible but si3ed to make economical use of sace, and must fit entirel) within the te%t area ( that is,
not sill over into the mar&in sace). 0 &ood idea would be to lace the fi&ure or table at either the
bottom or to of the a&e without breakin& a&e and allow the te%t to flow around it. "imilar or
related fi&ures should be of uniform si3e with uniform letterin&. 0ll fi&ures,tables included must be
called out (referred) in the te%t as well as roerl) labeled and cationed. -abel fi&ure,table numbers
chater'wise similar to e+uation numbers or section numbers. #n case of figures teir la'els and
captions sould 'e placed 'elo( te figure, (ereas in case of ta'les te% sould 'e at te ead
of te ta'le. 6i&ures,Tables which are not comuter &enerated (-ine art) should be scanned from
ori&inal artwork (en'and'ink) and the ima&e, scaled to si3e, must be clearl) readable. T)e in )our
own cations below the scanned ima&es.
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
1*. 9nl) if it is not ossible to comuter &enerate or scan fi&ures seciall) those from literature, as in the
case of seminar reorts, then a &ood +ualit), clear le&ible hotoco) of the fi&ure , of the correct si3e,
can be asted at the ositioned location in the final rintout, after takin& care of re+uirements as
stated in A above. Provide and block the ri&ht amount of sace usin& a frame or bo% to allow the
astin& to be done later. Take ade+uate care of correct orientation while astin&. .o not hotoco)
the ori&inal cation. T)e in )our own cations below the asted fi&ure. 9nl) &ood +ualit)
hotocoies of such a&es should be art of the submitted coies of the reort. .o not submit reort
coies havin& a&es with the asted fi&ures.
66. A*oid 'uncing of figures$ta'les on separate pages at te end of te capters. Altoug tis is
not disallo(ed, it is discouraged.
1$. 0djust,edit fi&ures,tables and te%t so that most a&es are otimall) used. The last a&e of a chater
should not end u as a a&e with onl) two'three lines. 0void formattin& a&es that will leave lar&e
areas of wasted white sace, e%cet where it is necessar) to avoid startin& new sections at the bottom
of the a&e.
1/. :hile t)esettin&, take care that e%tra hard saces are not inserted between words or before,after
commas and full stos. This is a common roblem seen with first time users of word'rocessin&
software. ;)henate lar&e words where necessar) to avoid lar&e white saces in the justified te%t.
#ost software have this facilit) alon& with h)hen hel.
11. 0void ara&rahs that are too short (less than /'1 lines). "o also avoid ara&rahs that are too lar&e,
such as those fillin& u almost the whole a&e.
1(. 0eferencing. 5eference numbers should be cited within the te%t as well as fi&ure,table cations
either as suerscrits or enclosed in s+uare brackets . 0ll references should be numbered (0rabic
numerals) in the order in which the) are first cited in the reort. "trictl) avoid citin& references in
chater,section,subsection titles. In seminar reorts, which are almost entirel) based on e%istin&
literature, references must be ade+uatel) cited. ;owever, do not overdo this. 5eferences are cited to
conve) to the reader that the idea, concet, formulation, data, inference or information bein&
discussed is attributable to the cited literature. !itin& references is not to be taken as acknowle
d&ement of verbatim statement or ara&rah as belon&in& to a articular source. In fact the reort
must not have such verbatim co) of matter from literature . 0ll fi&ures,tables, which are taken from
literature, must be acknowled&ed b) citin& the reference number at the end of the cation.
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
14. 0eference sources" The main reference sources include books,mono &rahs,handbooks, archived
journal aers, conference aers in ublished roceedin&s, institutional technical reorts, theses,
dissertations and other archived reorts and standards. 5eferences to less formal sources includin&
amhlets, ma&a3ines, manuals, ersonal communication, etc., are &enerall) to be used onl) for
citin& data, secifications, hardware,software, work in ro&ress, restricted information. !onsult )our
&uide about correct use of such sources. Internet websites are also increasin&l) becomin& an
imortant source. ;owever, it should be noted that Internet references should not form the entire list
of references. 0llowin& 85-s as references must not be misunderstood to mean that all Internet
material is accetable. Internet material ma) be transitor), ma) not be technicall) reviewed and ma)
have +uestionable authenticit), that is, it ma) not be roer archival material. It ma) be used as
secondar) information source to sulement the main sources.
17. !allin& of fi&ures,tables,e+uations,sections,subsections in the te%t is to be done as 6i&. /.$E Table
1.1E E+n. $.(E "ec. 1.$. E "ec. 1.$.$ resectivel).
1?. 5eference -istC -ist references at the end of the aer in numerical order. Include the followin&
information (as alicable). "ee 0nne%ure III for samle.
6or a bookC author(s), book title (italici3ed), a&e or chater numbers, ublisher, cit),
)ear. G 6or a journal aerC author(s), Baer titleB (in +uotes), journal name (italics),
volume number, issue number, )ear, a&e numbers (inclusive).
6or a roceedin&s aer or chater in an edited bookC author(s), Baer or chater titleB
(in +uotes), volume title (italici3ed), editor(s), volume number (if alicable), a&e
numbers (inclusive), ublisher, cit), )ear.
6or an internet sourceC author(s), =weba&e Institution,9r&anisation name, 85- in
italics.
Units" Use onl% S# units in te report.
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(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
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Department of Mecanical Engineering,
B.M.S.College of Engineering, Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
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B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
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Certificate
!ertified that this B.Tech. "eminar,Project 5eort titled =Title of the reort> b) =2ame of the students> is
aroved b) me for submission. !ertified further that, to the best of m) knowled&e, the reort reresents
work carried out b) the student.
Date"
Signature and /ame of .uide
B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
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Sample 0eference 4ist (Tis line not to appear)
Sample 'oo) reference"
1.Hack . #attin&l)., Elements of <as Turbine Proulsion, $nd ed., !ha. ?, $$*'$$(, Edward 0rnold,
-ondon, 1AA*.
Sample :ournal paper reference"
$. "alunkhe 0.". and #ujumdar P.#.,>Identification aroach to estimation of bucklin& load of dama&ed
comosite lates,> 0I00 Hournal, @ol. /4, 2o. ?, 1AA?, . %%')).
Sample Conference !aper reference
/. -akkad ".!. and #ujumdar P.#., =E%erimental investi&ation of the effect of droed lies on the
stren&th of &rahite,eo%) laminates>, in 0dvances in Testin&, .esi&n and .eveloment of 0erosace
"tructures, Proc. of the (th 2ational "eminar on 0erosace "tructures (20"0"), Eds. #ujumdar P.#.
and Hoshi 0., . %%')), 0llied Publishers -td., 2ew .elhi, Han. 1AA4
1. "ankar #.5., Issacs 0., #ujumdar P.#. and "udhakar D., =#.9 6ramework develoment F a case
stud) with an elementar) model of 0irborne Earl) :ar nin& ")stem otimi3ation>, 0I00 Paer
$***'((1*, Proc. 9f A th 0I00,I""#9 ")mosium on #ultidiscilinar) 0nal)sis and 9timi3ation,
0tlanta, <eor&ia, "etember 1 '4, . I%')), 0I00, $**$
Sample internet source reference"
(. =!urrent 5esearch>, !entre for .)namics and !ontrol of "mart "tructures,
httC,,www.isr.umd.edu,!.!"",cra.html
2oteC 5eferences to be listed not as shown above but in se+uence 1, $, /... as shown
below
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B.M.S.College of Engineering,Bangalore
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Department of Mecnical Engineering
6 Capter title 67 pt 'old title case
Chapter 1
Introduction to Finite Volume method
2 Section Heading 12 pt bold title case
2.1 Gauss Divergence Theorem
2.1.1
2.1.1.1
3 Subsection heading 12 pt italic title case
4 Body text 12 pt normal, justified to both margins
The actual content of the material should be t)ed here. The si3e of the font should not e%ceed 1$ oints
and the content should be justified
; &igure$Ta'le captions 68 pt normal
Table $.1 C !ation of the table to be t)ed here
&igure 8.1.6 Caption for te figure