Year IV – Semester II

S. N. Course Course Title L T P Credit

1 ME24201 Energy Conversion Techniques 3 0 0 3

2 ME240** Programme Elective - V 3 0 0 3

3 ME240** Programme Elective - VI 3 0 0 3

4 M0240** Open Elective - III (From MOOC) 3 0 0 3

5 **240** Open Elective - IV * * * 3

6 ME24299 Project - II 0 0 1 6

7 ED24288 Extra-Curricular Activities and Discipline 0 0 0 2

Total 23
ME 24201 Energy Conversions Techniques: 3 Credits (3-0-0)
Steam power systems, steam generator, introduction draught - natural draught, induced draught, forced
draught and balance draught, calculation of chimney height, and chimney diameter, condition for
Unit I
maximum discharge through the chimney, steam jet draught, chimney efficiency, evaporation rate,
performance, boiler efficiency, factor affecting boiler efficiency, boiler trial, heat balance
Introduction and classification of steam nozzles, isentropic flow in nozzle, velocity of steam leaving the
nozzle, p-V, h-s and T-S diagram, classification of steam turbine, impulse turbine& reaction turbine,
Unit II
pressure compounded impulse turbine, velocity compounded impulse turbine, impulse-reaction turbine,
velocity diagrams.
Performance of steam turbine, diagram efficiency, energy converted to heat by friction, stage efficiency,
Unit III velocity diagram for parsons’ reaction turbine, degree of reaction of turbines. Regenerative cycles, reheat
factor, governing of steam turbine, methods of governing, back pressure and pass out turbines.
Steam condenser, classification of steam condenser, jet and surface condenser, types of surface condenser,
Unit IV comparison of jet and surface condenser, mass of circulating water required in condenser, air removal
methods, vacuum efficiency.

Introduction to the non-conventional energy sources, energy conversion principles, new energy conversion
Unit V
methods, biomass, wind, solar, photovoltaic, biogas, biodiesel, fuel cells and MHD.
ME 24023 Engineering Materials: 3 Credits (3-0-0)
Structure of solids: Classification of engineering materials, Structure-property relationship in engineering
materials, Crystalline and non-crystalline materials, Miller Indices, Crystal planes and directions,
Unit I
Determination of crystal structure using X-rays, Inorganic solids, Silicate structures and their applications.
Defects; Point, line and surface defects.
Mechanical properties of materials: Elastic, Anelastic and Viscoelastic behavior, Engineering stress and
engineering strain relationship, True stress - true strain relationship, review of mechanical properties,
Unit II
Plastic deformation by twinning and slip, Movement of dislocations, Critical shear stress, Strengthening
mechanism, and Creep
Equilibrium diagram& Materials selection: Solids solutions and alloys, Gibbs phase rule, Unary and
binary eutectic phase diagram, Examples and applications of phase diagrams like Iron - Iron carbide phase
Unit III
diagram; Overview of properties of engineering materials, Selection of materials for different engineering
applications.
Electrical and magnetic materials: Conducting and resistor materials, and their engineering application;
Semi conducting materials, their properties and applications; Magnetic materials, Soft and hard magnetic
Unit IV
materials and applications; Superconductors; Dielectric materials, their properties and applications. Smart
materials: Sensors and actuators, piezoelectric, magneto strictive and electro strictive materials
Surface Protection and New Generation Materials: Corrosion, Cause of corrosion, Types of corrosion,
Unit V Protection against corrosion, Surface treatment process in industry, automotive and consumer durable
painting and powder coating; Composites, Smart Materials and Nano Materials.
ME 24031 Finite Element Methods: 3 Credits (3-0-0)
Introduction: historical background, basic concept of the finite element method, comparison with finite
Unit I difference method, directs FEM formulations. variational methods: calculus of variation, the Rayleigh-
Ritz and Galerkin methods.

Finite element analysis of 1-D problems: formulation by different approaches (direct, potential energy and
Unit II
Galerkin), derivation of elemental equations and their assembly, solution and its post-processing.

FEM application: Heat transfer and solid mechanics problems (rod, beam, truss and frame), eign value and
Unit III
time dependent problems, discussion about preprocessors, postprocessors and finite element packages

Finite element analysis of 2-D problems: finite element modeling of single variable problems, triangular
Unit IV
and rectangular elements, applications in heat transfer, and solid mechanics

Numerical considerations: numerical integration, error analysis, mesh refinement. Plane stress, plane
Unit V
strain problems and bending of plates.
ME 24034 Rotor Dynamics: 3 Credits (3-0-0)
Introduction to Vibration and the Laval-Jeffcott Rotor Model: Co-ordinate systems, Steady state rotor motion,
Elliptical motion, Single degree of freedom systems, Free and forced vibrations. The two degrees of freedom
Unit I
rotor system, Geared systems, Translational motion, Natural frequencies and Natural modes, Steady state
response to unbalance, The effect of flexible support, Whirling and Operating deflection curve

Torsional Vibrations: Modeling of rotating machinery shafts, Multi degree of freedom systems, Determination
Unit II
of natural frequencies and mode shapes, Branched systems, Numerical methods for fundamental frequency.

Dynamics of Rigid Rotors: Difference between rigid rotor and flexible rotor, Rigid disk equation, Gyroscopic
effects, Whirling of an unbalanced simple elastic rotor, Unbalance response, Orbital Analysis and Cascade
Unit III
Plots, Simple shafts with several disks, Effect of axial stiffness, Determination of bending critical speeds,
Campbell diagram.

Rotor-bearing interaction: Effect of support stiffness on critical speeds, Stiffness and damping coefficients of
Unit IV journal bearings, Computation and measurements of journal bearing coefficients, Mechanics of Hydrodynamic
Instability, Half frequency whirl and Resonance whip, Design configurations of stable journal bearings.

Modelling of Rotor system with MATLAB (or GNU Octave) and Balancing of Rotors: Introduction to
MATLAB codes for solving ordinary differential equations, Simulink model development, Modelling rotor
Unit V with Simulink, FFT with MATLAB, Modelling ramp up and coast down of rotors, Hilbert envelope and
Hilbert transform. Single plane balancing, Multi-plane balancing, Balancing of rigid rotors, Balancing of
flexible rotors, Influence coefficient and modal balancing techniques for flexible rotors.
MB 24043 Marketing Management: 3 Credits (3-0-0)

Unit I Understanding Marketing Management, Marketing in a Developing Economy, Marketing of Services.

Marketing Planning and Organisation, Planning Marketing Mix, Market Segmentation, Marketing
Unit II
Organisations, Marketing Research and its applications.

Marketing Environment and Consumers, Determinants of Consumer Behaviour, Models of Consumer

Marketing offerings, Product Decisions and Strategies, Product Lifecycle and New Product Development,
Unit IV
Branding and Packaging Decisions, Pricing Policies and practices.

Promotion and Distributions, Marketing Communications, Advertising, Publicity, Personal Selling and
Unit V
Sales Promotion, Sales Forecasting, Distribution Strategy, Managing Sales Personnel.