15 ME 211 ME K L UNIVERSITY Pre., ~ Ph.D., EXAMINATIONS ~ JANUARY 2016 PAPER - II ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND THEIR SELECTION Time: 3 hours f Max. Marks: 100 Answer any five of the following: 520M 1. (@) Briefly discuss the engineering materials of general use in mechanical engineering (b) What are the suitable material properties would you consider for engineering material selection? 2. (a) Explain the Properties and applications of Cast aluminum alloys. (b) Explain the properties, selection and applications of copper alloy castings. 3. (a) Explain the properties, selection and applications of zinc. (b) Briefly discuss the shape memory alloys (SMAs) smart materials. 4. (a) Explain the general properties of plastics and polymeric materials. (b) Explain the mechanical behavior of plastics. 5. (a) Briefly discuss the conventional engineering materials. (b) Explain the product fabrication and applications. 6. (a) Explain the properties and application of nickel aluminides. (b) Explain the properties and application of beryllides and silicides. 7. (a) Explain the properties, selection and engineering application of nickel based super alloys. (b) Explain the properties and application of cobalt based super alloys. 8. (a) Explain the ceramic forming process. (b) Explain the metal ceramic interface. eee15 ME 205 ME KL UNIVERSITY Pre., — Ph.D., EXAMINATIONS — JANUARY 2016 PAPER -I ADVANCED THEORY OF VIBRATIONS ‘Time: 3. hours f Max. Marks: 100 Answer any five of the following: 5.x 20M 1. (@ Explain about impulse excitation, Arbitrary excitation, and pulse excitation, (b) What is forced vibration of single DOF - systems? Explain with neat sketch, 2. (a) What is stability of equilibrium? Explain about perturbation method, method of iteration, (b) What is frequency response function and probability distribution? . 3. (a) Whats vibration of membranes? Explain, (b) Power spectrum and power spectral density, 4. (a) What do you mean by whirling of shaft? Derive an expression for amplitude of vibration of shaft supporting a disc at the mid-span, (b) What is vibration isolation theory for harmonic excitation? 5. (a) Define the term ‘critical speed”? Discuss the behavior of shaft when it rotating at a speed (i) less than natural frequency and (ii) more than natural frequency. (b) Write short notes on dynamic vibration absorbers and vibration dampers. 6. (a) A harmonic motion has amplitude of 0.04 m and a frequency of 30 Hz. Find the time period, maximum velocity and maximum acceleration, (b) Define logarithmic decrement. Derive an’ expression for the logarithmic decrement, 7. (a) Explain about vibration exciters and signal analysis. (b) Explain about experimental modal analysis with one example. 8. (@) Draw the phase plane plot and the displacement time plot for a spring mass system subjected to a rectangular pulse of duration. (b) Determine the shock spectrum of a rectangular pulse. waeTime: 3-hours Answer any five of the following: 1 Zs 15 ME 202 KC LUNIVERSITY Pre., — Ph.D., EXAMINATIONS — JANUARY 2016 PAPER - IL OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL What are the different Forecasting Techniques? Explain any two of them. Beta Company has the following sales pattern during 2002 - 2010. Compute the sales forecast for 2011 using simple moving average method. Also find the mean absolute deviation and mean forecast error. Year 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2M0 Sales in (Lakhs) | 8 10 13 25 35 39 | 45 50 | 60 . Discuss the steps of COMSOAL for line balancing. . Define and describe aggregate planning. Why is aggregate planning in produce-to- order firms difficult? |. Write brief notes on: (a) Material Requirement Planning, (b) Flexible Manufacturing System. . With an example explain the Linear programming formulations for static demand case, . What is Master Production scheduling? Explain it with an example. . What is Job shop Scheduling problem? Distinguish it from flow shop scheduling problem. wae ME Max. Marks: 100 5 * 20M.