B. Tech.

3rd Year Semester V

*Apart from above experiments Numerical problem / assignment may also be taken up during
Lab session.

Course Title : Mechanical Measurement and Metrology Lab

Course Code : MEPC-317 Course Type : Core
Contact Hours : L- 0 T- 0 P- 2 Credit : 1
Program/Semester : B. Tech.
Evaluation Scheme : Lab Work (50%), End Sem Exam/Viva (50%)
(Suggested)
Pre-requisites: None.
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO 1 Understand the working principles of various mechanical instruments.
CO 2 Demonstrate and use the various mechanical instruments for measurement of
length, angle etc.
CO 3 Evaluate and respond to the need for rigorous and formal metrology concepts
in designing and using measurement systems.
List of Experiments:
1. Measurement with the help of Vernier Caliper and Micrometer.
2. Measurement of an angle with the help of Sine bar.
3. Measurement of gear elements using Profile Projector.
4. Three wire method to determine effective diameter of external threads.
5. Preparation of a thermocouple, its calibration and application for the measurement of
temperature.
6. Measurement of flow using (i) Venturimeter (ii) Orifice meter
7. Measurement of power using Dynamometer.
8. Measurement of Load using Load cell.
9. Measurement of strain using Strain meter.

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L T P Credit
MEPC-302 Fluid Machinery Core Course
3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites: None.
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO 1 Impulse momentum theorem, Analysis of Impact of jets on different types
of vanes, Jet propulsion.
CO 2 Study of hydraulic turbines like Pelton, Francis and Kaplan turbines
including their performance analysis, cavitations in turbines, similarity
analysis.
CO 3 Study of different types of pumps like centrifugal pumps and reciprocating
pumps, including its performance analysis.
CO 4 Study of hydraulic devices like hydraulic intensifier, hydraulic press, torque
convertor, hydraulic accumulator, etc.

Detailed Syllabus

General Concepts: Impulse momentum principle, jet impingement on stationary and moving
flat plates, and on stationary or moving vanes with jet striking at the center and tangentially at
one end of the vane, calculations for force exerted, work done and efficiency of jet. Basic
components of a turbomachine and its classification on the basis of purpose, fluid dynamic
action, operating principle, geometrical features, path followed by the fluid, Euler's equation
for energy transfer in a turbomachine and specifying the energy transfer in terms of fluid and
rotor kinetic energy changes.

Pelton Turbine: Components and its operation, velocity triangles for different runners, work
output, Effective head, available power and efficiency; design aspects such as mean diameter
of wheel, jet ratio, number of jets, number of buckets with working proportions. Francis and
Kaplan Turbines: Components and operation, velocity triangles and work output; working
proportions and design parameters for the runner; Degree of reaction, draft tubes – its function
and types. Function and brief description of commonly used surge tanks.

Centrifugal Pumps: Layout and installation; Main elements and their functions, Various types
and classification, Pressure changes in a pump - suction, delivery and manometric heads, vane
shape and its effect on head-capacity relationships, Departure from Euler's theory and losses,
pump output and efficiency, Minimum starting speed and impeller diameters at the inner and
outer periphery, Priming and priming devices, Multistage pumps - series and parallel
arrangement; submersible pumps. Construction and operation, Axial and mixed flow pumps,
Troubleshooting - field problems, causes and remedies. Similarity Relations and Performance
Characteristics: Unit quantities, specific speed and model relationships, scale effect, cavitation
and Thoma’s cavitation number; Concept of Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) and its
application in determining turbine / pump setting.

Reciprocating Pumps: Components parts and working, pressure variations due to piston
acceleration, acceleration effects in suction and delivery pipes, work done against friction,
maximum permissible vacuum during suction stroke, Air vessels.

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Hydraulic Devices and Systems: Construction, operation and utility of simple and differential
accumulator, intensifier, fluid coupling and torque converter, Air lift and jet pumps;
introduction to gear, vane and piston pumps.

Books Recommended
1. Daughaty R L, “Hydraulic Turbines”, McGraw Hill Book Company (1965).
2. Jagdish Lal, “Hydraulic Machines”, Metropolitan Book Company Private Limited, New
Delhi, (2000).
3. Stepanoff A J, “Centrifugal and Axial Flow Pumps”, John Wiley and Sons (1970).
4. Binder R C, “Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery”, Prentice Hall (1966).
5. Nechleba M, “Hydraulic Turbine”, Constable and Company (1957).

L T P Credit
MEPC-304 Industrial Automation Core Course
3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites: None.
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO 1 Characterize the architecture of Hydraulic Systems, Pneumatic Systems,
Mechanization, Industrial Robots.
CO 2 Apply the knowledge gained to design and simulate hydraulic and
pneumatic circuits.
CO 3 Analyze the application of Mechanization systems and Industrial Robots
for various applications.
CO 4 Propose a suitable automation solutions meeting the requirements.

Detailed Syllabus

Introduction: Basic concept of Automation, Types of Automation, Feasibility etc. Industrial

Hydraulics: Introduction, basic concepts, Hydraulic fluids, Classification and properties of

hydraulic fluids, Contaminates in hydraulic system, control and cleanliness standards, Fluid
power generators, i.e. Gear, Vane, Piston pumps, linear and Rotary Actuators, Direction
Control Valves, types, actuation methods, pressure control valves; pressure reducing valves,
pressure relief valve, Unloading valve, Sequence valve, Counterbalance valve, Flow control
valves simple and pressure compensated type. Standard ISO Symbols for Hydraulic
Components. Sealings in hydraulic system, Accumulators, hydraulic hoses and tubing, Design
and analysis and hydraulic circuits, conventional as well as computer aided design.

Pneumatics: Introduction, Basic components, Source, storage and distribution, treatment of

compressed air, linear and Rotary actuators, Direction control valves – types, actuation
methods, pressure control valves, logic devices – twin pressure valve, shutter valve, time delay
valve, Pneumatic circuit design and analysis, conventional as well as computer aided design.

Automatic Assembly System: Development of Automatic Assembly process, Transfer

devices – continuous, Intermittent, synchronous and asynchronous, Vibratory feeders –
Mechanics, effect of frequency, acceleration, track angle, friction, load sensitivity, orientation
of parts – active and passive devices, Mechanical feeders – computation and operational details,

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feed tracks, Escapement devices. Product design for high-speed automatic assembly, examples
of design modifications.

Mechatronics: Introduction mechatronic system design, sensors and transducers for

displacement, proximity, velocity, force, pressure temperature measurement. Microprocessors
– Introduction, structure micro-controllers, application programmable logic controllers – basic
structure, specifications programming of PLC’s, importance of Timers, Counters, marker
relays, analog comparators in PLC programming, Introduction to Data Acquisition and virtual
instrumentation using LABVIEW.

Robotics: Basic concepts, classification based on Geometry, programming, drives, work

volume of robots world and joint coordinates various joints, DOF, end effectors – Types and
uses, Sensors in Robots, programming – Teach pendant and Computer programming,
Introduction to forward and inverse kinematics, Applications of Robots.

Books Recommended
1. Anthony Esposito, “Fluid Power with Application”, 5th Edition, Pearson Education (2003).
2. Majumdar S R, “Oil Hydraulic System”, Tata McGraw Hill (2001).
3. Bolton W, “Mechatronics”, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi (1999).
4. Necsulelscu Dan, “Mechatronics”, Pearson Education, New Delhi (2002).
5. Geoffrey Boothroyd, “Assembly Automation and Product Design”, Marcel Dekker In

Design of Machine L T P Credit

MEPC-306 Core Course
Elements-II 3 0 0 3
Pre-requisites: None.
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.
CO 1 Analysis of Selection of materials for different mechanical component.
CO 2 Design the individual component for the mechanical system.
CO 3 Practical approach for designing and analysis of component of machine.

Detailed Syllabus

Spur Gears: Terminology, Forces analysis, Beam strength of spur gear tooth. Lewis Equation
and form factor, Design for strength, Dynamic Load and wear load.

Helical Gears: Terminology, Forces analysis, formative/virtual number of teeth, Beam

strength of helical gear tooth. Lewis Equation and form factor, Design for strength, Dynamic
Load and wear load.

Worm Gears: Terminology, Forces analysis, efficiency of worm and worm gear, worm gear
strength, Thermal capacity of worm gear sets.

Bevel Gears: Terminology, Forces analysis, formative/virtual number of teeth, Beam strength
of straight tooth Bevel gear, Design for strength, Dynamic Load and wear load.
Springs: Types of Springs, terminology – Stresses in Helical coil springs of circular and non-
circular cross sections. Concentric springs, springs under fluctuating loads, - Energy stored in

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springs, torsion, Belleville springs. Leaf Springs: Stresses in leaf springs, Nipping. Equalized
stresses.
Lubrication: Lubricants and their properties, Modes of Lubrication (Hydrodynamic &
Hydrostatic)

Sliding Contact Bearings: Journal bearing-Terminology, Bearing Modulus, Minimum oil film
thickness. Coefficient of Friction, Summerfield number, Heat generated & Dissipated.Design
of journal bearing using Petroff ‘s,McKee’s equation and Raymond & Boyd charts,tables.
Footstep & collar Bearing.

Rolling Contact Bearings: Types & classification, Terminology- Life, Static & dynamic load
capacity, equivalent load, Load-life relationship, Design – finding Life, selection from
manufacturer‟s catalogue.

IC Engine parts: flywheel, piston and cylinder,

Books Recommended
1. Design of Machine Elements - V.B.Bhandari, 2nd Edn 2007,TataMcgrawhill
2. Mechanical Engineering Design: Joseph E Shigley and Charles R. Mischke, 6th Edition
2003 Tata McGraw-Hill

Design Data Handbooks

1. Design Data Handbook – K.Lingaiah, Mcgraw hill, 2nd Ed 2003.
2. Design Data Hand Book – K.Mahadevan and Balaveera reddy, Cbs Publishers &
Distributors.
3. PSG Design Data Hand Book PSG College of Technology

Numerical Methods in L T P Credit

MEPC-308 Core Course
Mechanical Engineering 3 0 0 3

Pre-requisites: Applied Mathematics-I (MACI-101), Applied Mathematics-II (MACI-

102), Mathematics-III (MACI-201).
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:

To attain knowledge of finding the roots of algebraic and transcendental

CO 1 equations this is a problem of great importance in applied mathematics by
various numerical methods.
CO 2 To understand direct and iterative methods for solving linear system of
equations.
To attain knowledge of eigen value problems and several methods of finding
CO 3 the inverse of matrix which require less of computational labour and can be
easily extended to matrices of higher order.
CO 4 To understand interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration using
basic concepts of finite differences.

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To apply various numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations

CO 5 where solutions cannot be obtained using available analytical methods and
even to solve ordinary differential equations which have analytical solutions
with greater ease.
To understand finite difference methods for boundary value problems and for
CO 6 elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations which arise in
description of physical processes in applied sciences and engineering.

Detailed Syllabus

Roots of algebraic and transcendental equations, Bisection method, Regula-Falsi method,

Newton Raphson method, Bairstow’s method and Graeffe’s root squaring method.

Solution of simultaneous algebraic equations, matrix inversion and Eigen-value problems,

triangularisation method, Jacobi’s and Gauss-Siedel iteration method, partition method for
matrix inversion, power method for largest eigen-value and Jacobi’s method for finding all
Eigen-values.

Finite differences, interpolation and numerical differentiation, forward, backward and central
differences, Newton’s forward, backward and divide difference interpolation formulas,
Lagrange’s Interpolation formula, Stirling’s and Bessel’s central difference interpolation
formulas numerical differentiation using Newton’s forwarded and backward difference
formulas and numerical differentiation using Stirling’s and Bessel’s central difference
interpolation formulas.

Numerical integration, Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s one-third rule and numerical double
integration using Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s one-third rule.

Taylor’s series method, Euler’s and modified Euler’s methods, Runge-Kutta fourth order
methods for ordinary differential equations, simultaneous first order differential equations and
second order differential equations.

Boundary value problems, finite difference methods for boundary value problems.

Partial differential equations, finite difference methods for elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic
equations.

Books Recommended:
1. S S Sastry, Introductionary Methods of Numerical Analysis, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall
of India Pvt. Lrd., New India-1999.
2. S C Chopra and R P Canale, Numerical Methods for Engineers, 2nd Edition, McGraw
Hill Book Company, Singapore 1990.
3. B S Grewal, “Numerical Methods”, Khanna Publishers. Delhi.

Fluid Mechanics and Fluid L T P Credit

MEPC-310 Core Course
Machinery Lab* 0 0 2 1
Pre-requisites: None.
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.

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Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO 1 To study the fluid characteristics of pressure, velocity and flow rate.
CO 2 To study the friction in pipes and test on Venturimeter and Bernoulli’s
apparatus.
CO 3 To study the performance of the Pelton turbine, Francis turbine and Kaplan
turbine in terms of parameters like hydraulic efficiency, mechanical
efficiency and its variation with head and discharge.
CO 4 Performance of centrifugal pump in terms of terms of hydraulic efficiency,
mechanical efficiency and its variation with head and discharge.

List of Experiments
1. Flow through Orifice
a) Constant Head Method and Variable Head Method
2. Determine the coefficient of discharge of notch (V or rectangular type).
3. Flow through Venturimeter
4. Determine the metacentric height of a floating body.
5. Flow through Pipes
6. Verification of Bernoulli’s Apparatus
7. Determine the coefficient of impact of vanes (momentum theorem application) in an impact
of jet apparatus.
8. To draw characteristics of Francis turbine.
9. To draw the characteristics of Pelton Turbine.
10. To draw the characteristics of Kaplan Turbine.
11. To draw the various characteristics of Centrifugal pump.

*Apart from above experiments Numerical problem / assignment may also be taken up during
Lab session.

Course Title : Industrial Automation and Mechatronics Lab

Course Code : MEPC-312 Course Type : Core

Contact Hours : L- 0 T- 0 P- 2 Credit : 1

Program/Semester : B. Tech.

Evaluation Scheme : Lab Work (50%), End Sem Exam/Viva (50%)

(Suggested)

Pre-requisites: None.

Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.

Topics to be covered: All.

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:

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CO 1 Understand the architecture and programming of Industrial Robotic systems.

CO 2 Identify the components of various hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

CO 3 Design and simulate the hydraulic and pneumatic circuits using trainer board
and the software.

CO 4 Understand and classify various types of sensors used in automation systems

List of Experiments:

1. Study of various components in hydraulic circuits. Assembly and operation of

some basic hydraulic circuits using hydraulic trainee package.
2. Study of various electro-hydraulic components, assembly and operations of some
basic and advanced electro-hydraulic circuits using hydraulic trainee package.
3. Study of various pneumatic components, assembly and operation of some basic
pneumatic circuits using pneumatics trainee package.
4. Study of various electro-pneumatic components, assembly and operations of some
basic and advanced electro-pneumatic circuits using pneumatics trainee package.
5. Study the basic geometry motions of Jointed Arm Robot. Teach Pendant
programming of the robot using various basic and advanced programming
techniques.
6. Study the operation of hydraulic circuit simulation software and using the same for
drawing and simulating some basic hydraulic circuits.
7. Study the operation of pneumatic circuit simulation software and using the same
for drawing and simulating some basic pneumatic circuits.
8. Study the basic features of a PLC. Programming of the ABB, PLC for various logic
and regulated decisions.
9. Study the basic features of a programmable motion controller programming of the
DC servo motion controller and its accessories for simple programs.

Design of Machine L T P Credit

MEPC-314 Core Course
Elements-II Lab* 0 0 2 1
Pre-requisites:
Course Assessment Method: Both continuous and semester end examination.
Topics to be covered: All.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO 1 To study the design of various types of gears and their application

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CO 2 Design a system using different components and having knowledge of

simulation.

List of Experiments
1. Design of Spur gear set.
2. Design of Helical Gear set
3. Design of Worm Gears Set
4. Design of Bevel Gears Set
5. Design of springs.
6. Selection of Sliding Contact Bearings:
7. Selection of rolling Contact Bearings:
8. Design project involving multiple machine components: The project should expose the
students to some aspects of system design such as selection and configuration of the
machine elements involved considering different alternatives to developing a final system
with dimensions using MATLAB software.

*Apart from above experiments Numerical problem / assignment may also be taken up during
Lab session.

References:
1. Mechanical Engineering Design by J.E. Shigley, C.R. Mischke & R.G. Budynas, McGraw
Hill.
2. Machine elements in Mechanical Design by R.L. Mott, Prentice Hall.Mechanical Design
by P. Childs, Elsevier.
3. Fundamentals of Machine Component Design by R. C. Juvinall & K. M. Marshek, Wiley.
4. RudraPratap , “Getting started with MATLAB: A quick introduction for scientists and
engineers”. Oxford Series.

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