MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

Engineering Mechanics:
 Force - Basic Definition
 Resultant Force
 System of Forces
 Lami's Theorem
 Moment of a Force
 Varignon's Principle of Moments
 Parallel Forces
 Couple - Moment of a couple
 Center of Gravity
 Moment of Inertia
 Friction and Its types
 Limiting Angle of Friction
 Angle of Repose
 Minimum Force Required to Slide a Body on Horizontal Plane 
 Effort Required to Move the Body on an Inclined Plane
 Screw Jack
 Lifting Machine (Lift)
 Systems of Pulleys
 Truss or Frame
 Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Retardation
 Equations of Linear Motion
 Newton's Laws of Motion
 Mass, Weight, Momentum and Inertia
 D-Alembert's Principle
 Motion of a Lift or Elevator
 Motion of Two Bodies Connected by a String over a pulley
 Projectile Motion
 Equation of the Path of a Projectile
 Angular Displacement
 Angular Velocity
 Angular Acceleration
 Simple Harmonic Motion
 Velocity and Acceleration of a Particle Moving With Simple Harmonic Motion
 Simple Pendulum
 Closely Coiled Helical Spring
 Compound Pendulum
 Center of Percussion / Oscillation
 Torsional Pendulum
 Centripetal and Centrifugal Force
 Superelevation | Angle of Inclination
 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
 Mechanical Work | Definition | Formula
 Mechanical Power | Definition | Formula
 Mechanical Energy | Definition | Types

Hydraulic Machines:
 
 Impact of Water Jets
 Hydraulic Turbines
 Impulse Turbines
 Reaction Turbines
 Draft Tube in Turbine
 Specific Speed of turbine
 Unit Speed, Unit Discharge and Unit Power
 Cavitation
 Centrifugal Pumps
 Multistage Centrifugal Pumps
 Specific Speed of Centrifugal Pump
 Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
 Model Testing and Similarity of Pumps
 Reciprocating Pump
 Air Vessels
 Miscellaneous Hydraulic Machines

Thermodynamics:
 
 Thermodynamic System
 Properties of a System
 Thermal Equilibrium
 Laws of Thermodynamics
 Laws of Perfect Gases
 General Gas Equation
 Characteristic Equation of a Gas
 Joule's Law
 Avogadro's Law
 Universal Gas Constant
 Specific Heats of a Gas
 Relation Between Specific Heats
 Thermodynamic Processes of Perfect Gases
 Constant volume (isochoric) process
 Constant Pressure (Isobaric) Process
 Hyperbolic process
 Constant temperature/ isothermal process
 Adiabatic process or isentropic process
 Polytropic process
 Free expansion process
 Throttling process
 General Laws for Expansion and Compression
 Entropy
 Thermodynamic Cycle
 Classification of Thermodynamic Cycles
 Efficiency of a Cycle
 Carnot Cycle
 Stirling Cycle
 Ericsson Cycle
 Joule Cycle
 Otto Cycle
 Diesel Cycle
 Dual Combustion Cycle
 Gas Turbines
 Closed Cycle Gas Turbine
 Open Cycle Gas Turbine
 Thermal Efficiency of Ideal Gas Turbine
 Efficiency of Gas Turbine
 Fuels and Combustion
 Solid Fuels
 Liquid Fuels
 Gaseous Fuels
 Calorific Value of Fuels
 Combustion of Fuels
 Theoretical or Minimum Air Required for Complete Combustion
 Mass of Carbon in Flue Gases
 Mass of Excess Air Supplied

IC Engines:
 
 Two Stroke vs Four Stroke Engines
 Sequence of Operations in IC Engine
 Valve Timing Diagram of Petrol Engine
 Valve Timing Diagram of Diesel Engine
 Comparison of Petrol and Diesel Engines
 Scavenging of IC Engines
 Ignition System of Petrol Engines
 Supercharging of IC Engines
 Lubrication of IC Engines
 Governing of IC Engines
 Carburetor of an IC Engine
 Spark Plug in IC Engines
 Detonation or Knocking in IC Engines
 Octane Number - Rating of S.I. Engine Fuels
 Cetane Number - Rating of CI Engine Fuels
 Testing of IC Engines
 Thermodynamic Tests for I.C. Engines
 Indicated mean effective pressure
 Indicated power of an IC Engine
 Brake power of IC Engine
 Efficiency of an IC Engine

Engineering Materials:
 
 Pig Iron 
 Cast Iron 
 Wrought Iron 
 Steel 
 Alloy Steel 
 Free Cutting Steel 
 Stainless Steel 
 Structure of solids 
 Effect of grain size on mechanical properties 
 Metallography
 Allotropic Forms of Pure Iron 
 Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram 
 Heat Treatment 
 Non-ferrous metals and alloys 
 High temperature alloys 
 Metals for nuclear energy 
 Plastics

Industrial Engineering & Production Management:

 Work Study
 Symbols Used in Work Study
 String Diagram
  Work Measurement
 Time Study
 Pre-determined Motion Time System (PMTS)
 Micromotion Study
 Break-even Analysis
 Wage Incentive Plans
 Event, Activity and Critical Path
 Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)
 Critical Path Method (CPM)
 Organization
 Inventory Control
 Plant layout
 Routing, Scheduling and Dispatching
 Linear programming  

Hydraulics & Fluid Mechanics:

 Properties of Liquid
 Pressure of a Liquid
 Pascal's Law
 Atmospheric Pressure, Gauge Pressure and Absolute Pressure
 Measurement of Pressure
 Total Pressure and Centre of Pressure
 Lock Gates
 Buoyancy and buoyant force
 Equilibrium of Floating Bodies
 Metacentre and Metacentric Height
 Fluid Kinematics
 Rate of Discharge
 Equation of Continuity
 Types of Flows in a Pipe
 Dynamics of Fluid
 Different Types of Energies or Head of a Liquid in Motion
 Bernoulli's Equation
 Euler's Equation
 Venturimeter
 Orifice Meter and Pitot Tube
 Momentum Equation
 Orifice
 Hydraulic Coefficients
 Important Expressions used in Orifices and Mouthpieces
 Notches and Weirs
 Important Expressions used in Notches and Weirs
 Pipes and Channels
 Loss of Head due to Friction in Pipe
 Hydraulic Gradient and Total Energy Lines
 Pipes in Series or Compound Pipes
 Pipes in Parallel
 Syphon
 Power Transmitted through the Pipe
 Flow through Nozzle at the end of a Pipe
 Water Hammer
 Flow Through Open Channels
 Most Economical Section of a Channel
 Vortex Flow
 Viscous Flow
 Newton's Law of Viscosity
 Viscous Resistance
 Compressible Flow of Fluids
 Velocity of Sound Wave
 Mach Number and its Importance
 Stagnation Point
 Flow Around Immersed Bodies
 Forces Present in a Moving Liquid
 Dimensionless Numbers