Sr. No.

1.

Mechanical Engineering
Core Areas
Engineering drawing and graphics

Percentage
4%

2.

Thermodynamics

4%

3.

Manufacturing Processes

4%

4.

Internal Combustions Engines

4%

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

Maintance Engineering
Production engineering
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Machine design
Engineering Material
Engineering Dynamics
Engineering Statics
Power Plants
Mechanics of Material
Mechanical Vibrations
Stress Analysis
Energy Technology
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Gas Dynamics
Heat & Mass Transfer
Industrial Engineering and Management

4%
4%
8%
4%
4%
2%
2%
8%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%

21.

CAD/CAM

4%

22.

Mechanics of Machines

4%

23.
24.

Mechatronics/Instrumentation and Control

Environmental Engineering
Total

4%
4%
100%

Mechanical Engineering (Detailed)

Sr.

Core Areas

No.
1.

ENGINEERING DRAWING AND GRAPHICS:

1.1 Introduction.
1.2

Projections.

1.3

Loci of Points and Generated Curves.

1.4

Development of Solids.

Percentage
4%

1.5

Intersection of Surfaces.

1.6

Projection of Solids.

1.7

Section of Solids.

THERMODYNAMICS:

2.

2.1

Basic Concepts.

2.2

First law of thermodynamics

2.3

Properties of pure substances.

2.4

Thermodynamic processes relationship.

2.5

Second law of thermodynamics

2.6

Heat Engine Cycles.

2.7

Non reacting Gas mixtures.

2.8

Mixture with chemical reaction.

2.9

Compressors.

2.10

4%

Steam Nozzles.

3.

4%
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES:
3.1 Forming & Shaping Processes and
Equipment.
3.2

Sheet Metal Forming.

3.3
Forming & Shaping Plastics & Composite
Materials.
3.4

Joining Process & Equipment.

3.5

Metal Casting Process & Equipment.

3.6

Powder Metallurgy.

3.7

Surface Treatment, Coating and Cleaning.

3.8

Material Removal.

3.9

Cutting Tools.

3.10

Machine Processes for Producing Various

Shapes.
3.11

Abrasive Machining & Finishing Operations.

3.12

Non Conventional Machining Process.

3.13

Control of Machine Tools.

3.14

Jigs & Fixtures.

3.15 Computer Integrated Manufacturing

System.
3.16

Metrology.

3.17

Precision measurements.

3.18

Introduction to Process Planning.

INTERNAL COMBUSTIONS ENGINES:

4.1 Fuel and Combustion.
4.

4.2
4.3

Spark and compression ignition Engines.

4%

Cooling, ignition and lubrication systems.

4.4
Efficiencies and power measurement
systems.
5.
MAINTANCE ENGINEERING:
5.1 Introduction to basic concepts.
5.2

Conditions based maintenance techniques in

industry, predictive analysis, diagnostic
analysis.

5.3
Major benefits of a conditions monitoring
program.
Practical machine condition monitoring
systems in industry.
5.4
5.5

Vibration, wear debris, temperature, noise,

performance monitoring.
Data accusation methods.

5.6

Data analysis techniques.

5.7

Data interpretations and diagnostics.

5.8

Instrumentation required.

5.9
Computer aided machine condition
monitoring.

4%

5.10
5.11

5.12

Use of rotor dynamic simulation as an aid

to fault diagnostics.
Intelligent knowledge based expert
systems for continuous machine surveillance
in advanced condition monitoring.
Selection and installation of a Machine
condition monitoring system.

5.13 Analysis of the problem measurable

parameters.
5.14
5.15

System requirement.
Economic considerations in the selection
and installation of a machine condition
monitoring system.

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING:
6.1
6.

Casting.

6.2

Welding.

6.3

Machining.

6.4

Heat treatment.

7.

4%

8%
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS:
7.1
7.2
7.3

Fluid Statics.
Integral Relations for a Control Volume and
incompressible flow.
Differential Relations for a Fluid Particle.

7.4
Dimensional Analysis, Similitude and its
Applications
7.5

Viscous flow in ducts.

7.6
Incompressible flow machines, hydraulic
turbines.
7.7

Compressible Flow.

7.8

Boundary Layer Flow.

7.9

Fluid Statics.

7.10

Integral Relations for a Control Volume and

incompressible flow.

7.11

Differential Relations for a Fluid Particle.

7.12 Dimensional Analysis, Similitude and its

Applications.
7.13

Viscous flow in ducts.

7.14

Compressible Flow.

7.15

Boundary Layer Flow.

MACHINE DESIGN:
8.1 Basic criteria of design of machine parts.
8.2 Permissible and actual stresses, factor of
safety.
8.3

Design of simple elements.

8.4

Design of keys, cotters, and couplings.

8.5

Design of welded, riveted and bolted joints.

8.6
8.

Design of translation screws. Metal fits,

tolerances, standards of fits & tolerances,
surface finish.

8.7

Design of spur, helical, bevel & worm gears.

8.8

Design of rolling contact bearings.

8.9

Design of journal bearings.

8.10

Design of mechanical springs.

8.11

Design of shafts.

8.12

Design standards BS.

8.13

ANSI, JIS, DIN, ISO.

8.14

Design for assembly and dimensioning.

9.
ENGINEERING MATERIAL:
9.1 Metals.
9.2

Structure of Metals.

9.3

Metals and Alloy Systems.

4%

4%

9.4

Material Forms and Designation.

9.5

Non Metals.

9.6

Polymers.

9.7

Ceramics and refractories.

9.8

Introduction to Composite Materials.

9.9

Material failure analysis.

ENGINEERING DYNAMICS:
10.1 Kinematics of Particles.
10.

10.2

Kinetics of Particles.

10.3

Plane Kinematics of Rigid Bodies.

10.4

Plane Kinetics of Rigid Bodies.

2%

ENGINEERING STATICS:
11.1 Force System.
11.

11.2

Equilibrium.

11.3

Structures.

11.4

Friction.

2%

POWER PLANTS:
12.1 Conventional Power Plants.
12.

12.2

Renewable Energy Power Plants.

12.3

Other and Emerging Power Plants.

12.4

Environmental impacts of power plants.

13.
MECHANICS OF MATERIAL:
13.1 Mechanical properties of materials, tensile,
compressive and shear stress & strain.
13.2

Hookes law, stress strain relationship.

13.3

Thermal stresses.

13.4

8%

Moments of inertia, shearing force and

bending moment.

13.5 Torsion of circular bars, hollow and

compound shafts.

4%

13.6

Strain energy, theory of columns.

13.7 Plane stress and strain, principal stresses

and strains.
13.8

Mohrs circle for stress and strain.

13.9

Theories of failure. Yield, fatigue and creep.

13.10 Hardness, stress concentration. Deflection

and stresses, thin and thick curved bars, thin
walled pressure vessels, thick cylinders.
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS:

14.

14.1

Single degree of freedom systems.

14.2

Two degree of freedom systems.

14.3

Vibration of Elastic Bodies.

14.4

Finding natural frequencies.

14.5

Electrical and Mechanical analogies.

4%

STRESS ANALYSIS:
15.1 Fundamental concepts of stress and strain
in two and tree dimensional.

15.

15.2

Mechanical and electrical gauges.

15.3

Electrical resistance.

15.4

Transducers.

15.5

Optics.

15.6

Maxwells equations.

15.7

Design of optical elements.

15.8

Wave plates.

15.9

Theory of diffraction of light.

4%

15.10 Photoelasticity.
16.
ENERGY TECHNOLOGY:
16.1

Introduction to types of renewable energy,

solar energy, wind energy, geothermal
energy, ocean thermal energy, tidal wave

4%

and geothermal energy, biomass energy.

16.2

Fuel cell and heat pump systems.

16.3 Energy efficiency issues and energy

storage.
16.4

Potential of using renewable energy

resources as supplement of conventional
energy resources.

16.5

Renewable and non-renewable energies.

16.6

Modern renewable energy plants.

16.7

Wind energy, wind turbine design

specifications, compatible electric generators
and major operational issues of the wind mill
for electric power generation. Wind mills
design usage for pumping water.

16.8

Biomass energy conversion methods,

detailed description of biomass energy
conversion plant, operational and
maintenance problems and their remedies.

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION:

17.1 Summer and winter air conditioning load
calculations.

17.

17.2

Air conveying and distribution, fans, duct

design, and diffusion apparatus for producing
comfort in summer.

17.3

All year air conditioning methods and

equipment, automatic control for air
conditioning systems. Refrigeration load,
selection of all units and writing
specifications for all equipment for the
design work.

17.4

Methods of development for the design

work methods of development studies in air
conditioning industries.

18.

4%

4%
GAS DYNAMICS:
18.1
18.2
18.3

Basic governing laws of conservation of

mass, momentum and energy, limitations.
Sub-sonic and supersonic gas flow.
Mach number and Mach angle.

18.4

Isentropic Flow and Applications.

18.5 Operation of nozzles under varying pressure

ratios.
18.6
18.7

Normal and oblique shocks.

Prandtl-Meyer compression and expansion
with applications.

18.8

Rayleigh flow and Fanno flow.

18.9

Busemanns shock polar diagram.

HEAT & MASS TRANSFER:

19.1 Conduction.
19.2

Convection.

19.3

Radiation.

19.4

Mass Transfer.

19.

20.

19.5 Heat Exchangers.

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT.

4%

4%

CAD/CAM:
21.1 Fundamentals of CAD.
21.2

Hardware in CAD.

21.3

Computer Graphics.

21.4

Software and data base.

21.5

Mathematical elements of CAD.

21.6

Finite Element analysis.

21.7

Conventional Numerical Control.

21.8

NC part programming.

21.9

Computer controls in NC.

21.

22.
MECHANICS OF MACHINES:
22.1 Friction.
22.2

Governors.

22.3

Gyroscope.

4%

4%

22.4

Gears.

22.5

Moment diagram.

22.6

Flywheels.

22.7

Valve.

22.8

Balancing.

22.9 Analysis of stress and strain in two and

three
22.10 Dimensions.
22.11 Equilibrium.
22.12 Energy theorems.
22.13 Photoelasticity.
22.14 Strain gauges.
22.15 Castigliones theorem.

23.

MECHATRONICS/INSTRUMENTATION AND
CONTROL:
23.1 Introduction to Mechatronics.

4%

23.2 Motors and their types.

24.

23.3 Interfacing.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
Total

4%
100%