SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL & CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT WORK REPORT

FOR

B. TECH.

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as
follows:

1. Cover Page & Title page

2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Evaluation Sheet
4. Abstract
5. Acknowledgement
6. Table of Contents
7. List of Tables
8. List of Figures
9. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature (Optional)
10. Chapters
11. Appendices
12. References
13. Publications (If any)

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick white excel bond paper. The cover should be
printed in black letters and the text for printing should be identical.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:

3.1 COVER PAGE & TITLE PAGE – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the
project report are given in Appendix 1.
3.2 BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using
Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12, as per the format in Appendix 2.

The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s
name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student. The
term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name and
academic designation.

3.3 ABSTRACT – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed double line
spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 13.

3.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS – The table of contents should list all material following it as well
as any material which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate will not find a place
among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower
case Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 3.

3.5 LIST OF TABLES – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the
tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.

3.6 LIST OF FIGURES – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the
figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.

3.7 LIST OF SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS AND NOMENCLATURE – One and a half

spacing should be adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols,
abbreviations etc. should be used.

3.8 CHAPTERS – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii)
Chapters developing the main theme of the project work (iii) and Conclusion.

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided
into several divisions and sub-divisions.

 Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

 Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited.

 Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed
directly underneath in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.9 APPENDICES – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

 Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2,

etc.
  Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and
referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.

 Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made
in the contents page also.

3.10 LIST OF REFERENCES –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the
heading “REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified. The reference
material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name of the
author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.

A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.

REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X Asx’,

Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.

2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to

Problems in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.

3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of
Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego,
CA, pp. 1231-1236.

3.10.1 Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the
project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of
the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams may
be designated as figures.

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:

The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour.

One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be
typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 12.

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 APPENDIX 1
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)
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TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT

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A PROJECT REPORT
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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S) [REG.No]

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in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

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BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
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IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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Guided by
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NAME OF THE SUPERVISOR
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Designation
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MONTH & YEAR

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SPECIMEN

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF POLYMER GRANULE MAKER

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

RATLAVATH NARESH (16UEME025)

REDDICHERLA SAIKUMAR(16UEME502)

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Guided by

Dr. KALAM
Professor in Mechanical Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION

APRIL 2018
 APPENDIX 2
(A typical specimen of Bonafide Certificate)
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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
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Certified that this Report titled “TITLE OF THE PROJECT” is the bonafide work

of NAME OF THE CANDIDATE ( Reg No......) who carried out the work under my

supervision. Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not

form part of any other thesis or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was conferred

on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.

<<Signature of the Supervisor with date>> <<Signature of the HOD with date>>
<<Name of the Supervisor >> <<Name of the HOD >>
<<Academic Designation of Supervisor>> Professor and Head
<<Name of Division/Centre>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vel Tech ….. Vel Tech…….
Chennai – 600 062 Chennai – 600 62
 APPENDIX 3

Typical Specimen of Certificate for Evaluation

CERTIFICATE OF EVALUATION

PROGRAM : Bachelor of Technology

BRANCH : Mechanical Engineering
SEMESTER : VIII
Name of the Student D.Rajesh
Title of the Project “Title of the Project”
Name of the Guide Guide Name
Designation
Dept
University

The report of the project work submitted by the above student in partial fulfillment for the award of
Master of Technology in Machine Design of Veltech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R & D Institute of
Science and Technology for the Viva – voce examination held on DD-MM-YYYY has been
evaluated and confirmed to the report of work done by the above student

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

Name: Name:
Designation: Designation:
Affiliation:
 APPENDIX 4
(A typical specimen of table of contents)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii
LIST OF TABLE xvi
LIST OF FIGURES xviii
LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 .... ......... 2
1.2.1 General 5
1.2.2 ........... 12
1.2.2.1 General 19
1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.2.3 ............ 30
1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45
1.4 .................. 58
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69
2.1 GENERAL 75
2.2 .......... 99
2.2 ……………. 100