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Fluid Mechanics:
Basic Concepts and Properties of Fluids, Manometry, Fluid Statics, Buoyancy, Equations of
Motion, Bernoulli’s equation and applications, Viscous flow of incompressible fluids, Laminar
and Turbulent flows, Flow through pipes and head losses in pipes.
2. Thermodynamics and Heat transfer:
Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substance; Zeroth, First and
Second Laws of Thermodynamics; Entropy, Irreversibility and availability; analysis of
thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion: Rankine, Otto, Diesel and Dual Cycles;
ideal and real gases; compressibility factor; Gas mixtures. Modes of heat transfer, Steady and
unsteady heat conduction, Thermal resistance, Fins, Free and forced convection, Correlations
for convective heat transfer, Radiative heat transfer – Radiation heat transfer co-efficient; boiling
and condensation, Heat exchanger performance analysis
3. IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning:
SI and CI Engines, Engine Systems and Components, Performance characteristics and testing
of IC Engines; Fuels; Emissions and Emission Control. Vapour compression refrigeration,
Refrigerants and Working cycles, Compressors, Condensers, Evaporators and Expansion
devices, Other types of refrigeration systems like Vapour Absorption, Vapour jet, thermo electric
and Vortex tube refrigeration. Psychometric properties and processes, Comfort chart, Comfort
and industrial air conditioning, Load calculations and Heat pumps.
4. Turbo Machinery:
Reciprocating and Rotary pumps, Pelton wheel, Kaplan and Francis Turbines, velocity
diagrams, Impulse and Reaction principles, Steam and Gas Turbines, Theory of Jet Propulsion
– Pulse jet and Ram Jet Engines, Reciprocating and Rotary Compressors – Theory and
Applications
5. Power Plant Engineering:
Rankine and Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat, Fuels and their properties, Flue gas
analysis, Boilers, steam turbines and other power plant components like condensers, air
ejectors, electrostatic precipitators and cooling towers – their theory and design, types and
applications;
6. Renewable Sources of Energy:
Solar Radiation, Solar Thermal Energy collection - Flat Plate and focusing collectors their
materials and performance. Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Applications – heating, cooling and
Power Generation; Solar Photovoltaic Conversion; Harnessing of Wind Energy, Bio-mass and
Tidal Energy – Methods and Applications, Working principles of Fuel Cells.
PAPER – II
7. Engineering Mechanics:
Analysis of System of Forces, Friction, Centroid and Centre of Gravity, Dynamics; Stresses and
Strains-Compound Stresses and Strains, Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagrams, Theory
of Bending Stresses- Slope and deflection-Torsion, Thin and thick Cylinders, Spheres.
8. Engineering Materials:
Basic Crystallography, Alloys and Phase diagrams, Heat Treatment, Ferrous and Non Ferrous
Metals, Non metallic materials, Basics of Nano-materials, Mechanical Properties and Testing,
Corrosion prevention and control
9. Mechanisms and Machines:
Types of Kinematics Pair, Mobility, Inversions, Kinematic Analysis, Velocity and Acceleration
Analysis of Planar Mechanisms, CAMs with uniform acceleration and retardation, cycloidal
motion, oscillating followers; Vibrations –Free and forced vibration of undamped and damped
SDOF systems, Transmissibility Ratio, Vibration Isolation, Critical Speed of Shafts. Gears –
Geometry of tooth profiles, Law of gearing, Involute profile, Interference, Helical, Spiral and
Worm Gears, Gear Trains- Simple, compound and Epicyclic; Dynamic Analysis – Slider – crank
mechanisms, turning moment computations, balancing of Revolving & Reciprocating masses,
Gyroscopes –Effect of Gyroscopic couple on automobiles, ships and aircrafts, Governors.
10. Design of Machine Elements:
Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N diagram;
principles of the design of machine elements such as riveted, welded and bolted joints. Shafts,
Spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, Brakes and clutches, flywheels.
11. Manufacturing ,Industrial and Maintenance Engineering:
Metal casting-Metal forming, Metal Joining, Machining and machine tool operations, Limits, fits
and tolerances, Metrology and inspection, computer Integrated manufacturing, FMS, Production
planning and Control, Inventory control and operations research - CPM-PERT. Failure concepts
and characteristics-Reliability, Failure analysis, Machine Vibration, Data acquisition, Fault
Detection, Vibration Monitoring, Field Balancing of Rotors, Noise Monitoring, Wear and Debris
Analysis, Signature Analysis, NDT Techniques in Condition Monitoring.
12. Mechatronics and Robotics:
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers: Architecture, programming, I/O, Computer interfacing,
Programmable logic controller. Sensors and actuators, Piezoelectric accelerometer, Hall effect
sensor, Optical Encoder, Resolver, Inductosyn, Pneumatic and Hydraulic actuators, stepper
motor, Control Systems- Mathematical modeling of Physical systems, control signals,
controllability and observability. Robotics, Robot Classification, Robot Specification, notation;
Direct and Inverse Kinematics; Homogeneous Coordinates and Arm Equation of four Axis
SCARA Robot

1. Mechanics :
1.1 Mechanics of Rigid Bodies :​ Equations of equilibrium in space and its application; first and
second moments of area; simple problems on friction; kinematics of particles for plane motion;
elementary particle dynamics.
1.2 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies : ​Generalized Hooke’s law and its application; design
problems on axial stress, shear stress and bearing stress; material properties for dynamic
loading; bending shear and stresses in beams; determination of principle stresses and
strains-analytical and graphical; compound and combined stresses; bi-axial stresses-thin walled
pressure vessel; material behaviour and design factors for dynamic load; design of circular
shafts for bending and torsional load only; deflection of beam for statically determinate
problems; theories of failure.
2.Engineering Materials :​ Basic concepts on structure of solids, common ferrous and
non-ferrous materials and their applications; heat-treatment of steels; non-metals, plastics,
ceramics, composite materials and nano-materials.
3.Theory of Machines :​ Kinematic and dynamic analysis of plane mechanisms. Cams, Gears
and epicyclic gear trains, flywheels, governors, balancing of rigid rotors, balancing of single and
multi cylinder engines, linear vibration analysis of mechanical systems (single degree of
freedom), Critical speeds and whirling of shafts.
4. Manufacturing Science :
4.1 Manufacturing Process: ​Machine tool engineering - Merchant’s force analysis: Taylor’s
tool life equation; conventional machining; NC and CNC machining process; jigs and fixtures.
Non-conventional machining-EDM, ECM, ultrasonic, water jet machining etc.; application of
lasers and plasmas; energy rate calculations. Forming and welding processes-standard
processes. Metrology-concept of fits and tolerances; tools and gauges; comparators; inspection
of length; position; profile and surface finish.
4.2 Manufacturing Management : ​System design: factory location—simple OR models; plant
layout-methods based; applications of engineering economic analysis and break-even analysis
for product selection, process selection and capacity planning; predetermined time standards.
System planning; forecasting methods based on regression and decomposition, design and
balancing of multi model and stochastic assembly lines; inventory management-probabilistic
inventory models for order time and order quantity determination; JIT systems; strategic
sourcing; managing inter plant logistics. System operations and control: Scheduling algorithms
for job shops; applications of statistical methods for product and process quality control
applications of control charts for mean, range, percent defective, number of defectives and
defects per unit; quality cost systems; management of resources, organizations and risks in
projects. System improvement: Implementation of systems, such as total quality management,
developing and managing flexible, lean and agile Organizations.
PAPER II
1. Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics Turbine :
1.1 Basic concept of First-law and Second law of Thermodynamics; concept of entropy and
reversibility; availability and unavailability and irreversibility.
1.2 Classification and properties of fluids; incompressible and compressible fluids flows; effect
of Mach number and compressibility; continuity momentum and energy equations; normal and
oblique shocks; one dimensional isentropic flow; flow of fluids in duct with frictions that transfer.
1.3 Flow through fans, blowers and compressors; axial and centrifugal flow configuration;
design of fans and compressors; single problems compresses and turbine cascade; open and
closed cycle gas turbines; work done in the gas turbine; reheat and regenerators.
2. Heat Transfer :
2.1 Conduction heat transfer—general conduction equation-Laplace, Poisson and Fourier
equations; Fourier law of conduction; one dimensional steady state heat conduction applied to
simple wall, solid and hollow cylinder and spheres.
2.2 Convection heat transfer—Newton’s law of convection; free and forced convection; heat
transfer during laminar and turbulent flow of an incompressible fluid over a flat plate; concepts of
Nusselt number, hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer their thickness; Prandtl number;
Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates
are encouraged to apply. analogy between heat and momentum transfer—Reynolds, Colbum,
Prandtl analogies; heat transfer during laminar and turbulent flow through horizontal tubes; free
convection from horizontal and vertical plates.
2.3 Black body radiation—basic radiation laws such as Stefan-boltzman, Planck distribution,
Wein’s displacement etc.
2.4 Basic heat exchanger analysis; classification of heat exchangers.
3. Engines :
3.1 Classification, thermodynamic cycles of operation; determination of break power, indicated
power, mechanical efficiency, heat balance sheet, interpretation of performance characteristics,
petrol, gas and diesel engines.
3.2 Combustion in SI and CI engines, normal and abnormal combustion; effect of working
parameters on knocking, reduction of knocking; Forms of combustion chamber for SI and CI
engines; rating of fuels; additives; emission.
3.3 Different systems of IC engines-fuels; lubricating; cooling and transmission systems.
Alternate fuels in IC engines.
4. Steam Engineering :
4.1 Steam generation—modified Rankine cycle analysis; Modern steam boilers; steam at critical
and supercritical pressures; draught equipment; natural and artificial draught; boiler fuels solid,
liquid and gaseous fuels. Steam turbines—Principle; types; compounding; impulse and reaction
turbines; axial thrust.
4.2 Steam nozzles—flow of steam in convergent and divergent nozzle pressure at throat for
maximum discharge with different initial steam conditions such as wet, saturated and
superheated, effect of variation of back pressure; supersaturated flow of steam in nozzles,
Wilson line.
4.3 Rankine cycle with internal and external irreversibility; reheat factor; reheating and
regeneration, methods of governing; back pressure and pass out turbines.
4.4 Steam power plants—combined cycle power generation; heat recovery steam generators
(HRSG) fired and unfired, co-generation plants.
5. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning :
5.1 Vapour compression refrigeration cycle—cycle on p-H & T-s diagrams; eco friendly
refrigerants—R 134a. 123; Systems like evaporators, condensers, compressor, expansion
devices. Simple vapour absorption systems.
5.2 Psychrometry—properties; processes; charts; sensible heating and cooling; humidification
and dehumidification effective temperature; air-conditioning load calculation; simple duct design.

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