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Mech Nptel 2017-18
Mech Nptel 2017-18
Duration: 12 Weeks
Course Layout
Week 1
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Introduction to Conduction
Lecture 3: Energy Balance
Lecture 4: 1D Steadystate Conduction - Resistance Concept
Lecture 5: Resistances in Composite Wall Case
Week 2
Lecture 6: Resistances in Radial systems
Lecture 7: Heat Generation I : Plane and Cylindrical Wall
Lecture 8: Introduction to Extended Surfaces
Lecture 9: Extended Surfaces I : General formulation
Lecture 10: Extended Surfaces II - Uniform Cross-sectional Area
Week 3
Lecture 11: Extended Surfaces III – Varying Cross-section area
Lecture 12: 2D Plane wall
Lecture 13: Transient Analyses I : Lumped Capacitance Method
Lecture 14: Transient Analyses II : Full Method
Lecture 15: Transient Analyses : Semi-infinite Case
Week 4
Lecture 16: Introduction to Convective Heat Transfer
Lecture 17: Heat and Mass Transport Coefficients
Lecture 18: Boundary Layer : Momentum,Thermal and Concentration
Lecture 19: Laminar and Turbulent Flows ; Momentum Balance
Lecture 20: Energy and Mass Balances ; Boundary Layer Approximations
Week 5
Lecture 21: Order of Magnitude Analysis
Lecture 22: Transport Coefficients
Lecture 23: Relationship between Momentum,Thermal and Concentration boundary Layer
Lecture 24: Reynolds and Chilton-Colburn Analogies
Lecture 25: Forced Convection : Introduction
Week 6
Lecture 26: Flow Past Flat Plate I – Method of Blasius
Lecture 27: Flow Past Flat Plate II - Correlations for Heat and Mass Transport
Lecture 28: Flow Past Cylinders
Lecture 29: Flow through Pipes I
Lecture 30: Flow through Pipes II
Week 7
Lecture 31: Flow through Pipes III
Lecture 32: Flow through Pipes IV – Mixing-cup Temperature
Lecture 33: Flow through Pipes V – Log mean Temperature difference
Lecture 34: Flow through Pipes VI – Correlations for Laminar and Turbulent Conditions
Lecture 35: Example problems : Forced Convection
Week 8
Lecture 36: Introduction to Free/Natural Convection
Lecture 37: Heated plate in a quiescent fluid- I
Lecture 38: Heated plate in a quiescent fluid- II
Lecture 39: Boiling I
Lecture 40: Boiling II
Week 9
Lecture 41: Condensation : I
Lecture 42: Condensation : II
Lecture 43: Radiation : Introduction
Lecture 44: Spectral Intensity
Lecture 45: Radiation : Spectral properties,Blackbody
Week 10
Lecture 46: Properties of a Blackbody
Lecture 47: Surface Adsorption
Lecture 48: Kirchoff’s Law
Lecture 49: Radiation Exchange - View Factor
Lecture 50: View Factor Examples
Week 11
Lecture 51: View factor - Inside Sphere Method, Blackbody Radiation Exchange
Lecture 52: Diffuse, Gray Surfaces in an Enclosure
Lecture 53: Resistances - Oppenheim matrix method
Lecture 54: Resistances - Examples
Lecture 55: More Examples : Volumetric Radiation
Week 12
Lecture 56: Introduction and Examples
Lecture 57: Parallel Flow Heat Exchangers
Lecture 58: LMTD I
Lecture 59: Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Lecture 60: Epsilon-NTU Method
Assessment Criteria
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Mechanical Measurement Systems
Duration: 8 Weeks
Course Layout
Week-1 Basic concepts of measurement, functional elements of instruments, classification of measuring
instruments, methods of correction for interfering and modifying inputs, static characteristics of measuring
instruments
Week-2 Static characteristics of measuring instruments, loading effect and impedance matching, statistical
analysis, Chi-square test, least square method
Week-3 Uncertainty analysis, problem solving, generalized model of a measuring system, zero and first
order system, first order system- step response
Week-4 First order system- ramp response, first order system- impulse response, first order system-
frequency response, second order system- step response
Week-5 Second order system- ramp response, second order system- impulse and frequency response,
higher order systems, compensation, transducers
Week-7 Strain gauges, piezoelectric transducers pressure measurement, force and torque measurement,
displacement and acceleration measurement
Week-8 Sound measurement, thermos-physical properties measurement, flow visualization, air pollution
sampling and measurement, problem solving
Assessment Criteria
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Operations and Supply Chain Management
Duration: 12 Weeks
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Duration: 8 Weeks
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Law of Thermodynamics
Duration: 4 Weeks
Course Layout
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Problem Solving through Programming in C
Duration: 12 Weeks
Course Layout
Week 1: Introduction to Problem Solving through programs, Flowcharts/Pseudo codes, the
compilation process, Syntax and Semantic errors, Variables and Data Types
Week 2: Arithmetic expressions, Relational Operations, Logical expressions; Introduction to
Conditional Branching
Week 3: Conditional Branching and Iterative Loops
Week 4: Arranging things : Arrays
Week 5: 2-D arrays, Character Arrays and Strings
Week 6: Basic Algorithms including Numerical Algorithms
Week 7: Functions and Parameter Passing by Value
Week 8: Passing Arrays to Functions, Call by Reference
Week 9: Recursion
Week 10: Structures and Pointers
Week 11: Self-Referential Structures and Introduction to Lists
Week 12: Advanced Topics
Assessment Criteria
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12
assignments given in the course. (All assignments in a particular week will be counted towards
final scoring - quizzes and programming assignments).
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Product Design and Manufacturing
Duration: 8 Weeks
Course Layout
Week 1: Introduction to product design and manufacturing
Week 2: Product design morphology
Week 3: Visual Design, and Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Week 4: Value Engineering, Material, and Manufacturing process selection
Week 5: Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Maintenance
Week 6: Design for Environment, and Quality Control
Week 7: Rapid Prototyping, Plant Layout Design
Week 8: Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Reverse Engineering, and Managing
Competitiveness
Assessment Criteria
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Strength of Materials
Duration: 12 Weeks
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STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Course Layout
Week 1: Analysis of stresses
Week 2: Analysis of strain
Week 3: Stress-strain relations
Week 4: Uniaxial loading
Week 5: Torsion
Week 6: Bending of Beams - 1
Week 7: Bending of Beams - 2
Week 8: Deflection of Beams - 1
Week 9: Deflection of Beams - 2
Week 10: Combined stresses
Week 11: Stability of columns
Week 12: Spring
Assessment Criteria
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Course Title: Energy Conservation and Waste Heat Recovery
Duration: 12 Weeks
Course Layout
Week 1: Introduction to Waste Heat, Importance of Waste Heat Recovery, Review of
Thermodynamics – Introduction to First and Second Laws
Week 2: Review of Thermodynamics – Entropy, Entropy Generation, First and Second Law
efficiency
Week 3: Power Plant Cycles - Energy Cascading, Rankine Cycle, modification of Rankine
cycle, examples
Week 4: Gas Turbine Cycle, Combined Cycle, Combined Gas Turbine-Steam Turbine Power
Plant, Heat Recovery Steam Generators
Week 5: Thermodynamic cycles for low temperature application, Cogenerations, Introduction
to Heat Exchangers, Analysis – LMTD and ε-NTU method
Week 6: Analysis of Heat Exchanger – continued, Problem solving, Special Heat Exchangers
for Waste Heat Recovery, Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Network
Week 7: Heat pipes & Vapor Chambers, Direct conversion technologies – Thermoelectric
Generators.
Week 8: Direct conversion technologies – Thermoelectric Generators (contd.), Thermoionic
conversion, Thermo-PV, MHD
Week 9: Heat Pump; Heat Recovery from Incinerators, Energy Storage – Introduction.
Week 10: Energy Storage Techniques – Pumped hydro, Compressed Air, Flywheel,
Superconducting Magnetic storage
Week 11: Energy Storage Techniques – Thermal storage (Sensible & Latent), Battery,
Chemical Energy Storage, Fuel cells.
Week 12: Energy Economics
Assessment Criteria
Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12
assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Candidate will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score ≥ 10/25 and
exam score ≥ 30/75. If one of the two criteria is not met, candidate will not get the
certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.