Academic Program : Presently the Department is involved in teaching to students of B.Tech.(Agril.Engg), B.Tech.(Food Tech.), M.Tech (Agril.Engg) and Ph.D.(Agril.Engg).

Programme: B. Tech (Agril. Engg) (6th Dean’s committee) Sr. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs. Semester 1. ME 111 Engineering Drawing 0+2 I 2. ME 211 Fluid Mechanics and Open Channel Hydraulics 2+1 I 3. ME 311 Theory of Machines 2+0 I 4. ME 312 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer 3+0 I 5. ME 411 Engineering Graphics and Design 0+2 I 6. ME 112 Workshop Technology and Practice 0+2 II 7. ME 313 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning 2+1 II 8. ME-314 Machine Design 2+0 II Programme: B. Tech (Food Technology) (6th Dean’s committee) Sr. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs. Semester 1. ME 151 Workshop Technology 1+2 I 2 ME 251 Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing 2+1 I 3. ME 252 Fluid Mechanics 2+1 I 4. ME-152 Engineering Drawing and Graphics 0+3 II 5 ME 153 Food Thermodynamics 2+1 II PG Diploma in Robotics and Mechatronics in Agriculture Sr. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs. Semester 1. ME 520 Introduction to Mechatronics 3+0 I 2 ME 521 Robot Kinematics and Dynamics 2+1 I 3. ME 527/FMPE 511* Principles of Automation and Control 2+1 I 4. ME-528/CSE-502* Artificial Intelligence 2+1 I 5. ME 529/AE 501 Introduction to Agricultural Engineering 3+0 I 6 ME 541 Seminar I 1+0 I 7 ME 550 Project-I 0+4 I 8 ME 515 Computer Aided Design 2+1 II 9 ME 522 Agricultural Robotics and Mechatronics 2+1 II 10 ME 523 Advanced Robotics and Control 3+0 II 11 ME 524 Modern Control of Dynamic Systems 2+1 II 12 ME 530/RSGIS 503 Digital Image Processing 2+1 II 13 ME 541 Seminar II 1+0 II 14 ME 550 Project II 0+6 II PG Courses (6th Dean’s committee) Sr. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hrs. 1. ME 501 Mechatronics and Robotics in Agriculture 2+0 2 ME 502 Refrigeration Systems 2+1 3. ME 503 Mechanism Analysis and Synthesis 2+1 4. ME 504 Vibrations 3+0 5 ME 505 Thermal Environmental Engineering 3+0 6 ME 506  Thermodynamics 3+0 7 ME 507 Fatigue Design 2+1 8 ME 508 Vibration and Noise Control 3+0 9 ME 509 Bearings and Lubrication 2+0 10 ME 510 Industrial Heat Transfer 3+0 11 ME 511 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer 3+0 12 ME 512 Ideal Fluid Flow 3+0 13 ME 513 Solar Energy Utilization 3+0 14 ME 514 Steam Power Engineering 3+0 15 ME 515 Computer Aided Design 2+1 16 ME 516 Analysis of Robot Manipulators 3+0 17 ME 517 Viscous Flow and Convective Heat Transfer 3+0 18 ME 518 Computer Integrated Manufacturing 3+0 19 ME 519 Automation, CNC Machines and Robotics 3+0 20 ME 601 Advanced Conductive Heat Transfer 3+0 21 ME 602 Advanced Convective Heat Transfer 3+0 22 ME 603 Design of Solar Energy Systems 3+0 23 ME 604 Advanced Combustion 3+0 24 ME 605 Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow 3+0

Courses to be offered by department for UG Agril. Engg. Degree VIth Dean’s Committee Core Courses

ME 111 Engineering Drawing 2(0+2) Sem I  Practical: Introduction to engineering drawing, practice of different layout drawings; Drawing instruments and their use; Introduction to lines, lettering, single stroke letters and gothic letters; Dimensioning, dimension line, extension line, arrow head, continuous and progressive dimensioning; Introduction of drawing scales, representative fraction; Practice on orthographic projections, references planes, points and lines in space; Drawing for orthographic projection of points by first angle projection method; Third angle methods of projection; Projection of planes; Projections of solids: polyhedra, cylinder, cone, prisms and pyramids; Development of surfaces of geometrical solids; Drawing the section of solids: cylinder, cone and sphere; Introduction to isometric scale, isometric view and isometric drawing; Isometric projection of geometrical solids; Preparation of working drawing from models and isometric views; Sectional drawing of simple machine parts; Nomenclature, thread profiles, multi start threads, left and right hand threads; Conventional representation of threads; Forms of screw threads like metric thread, whitworth thread; Square thread: acme thread, knuckle thread, buttress thread; Square headed and hexagonal nuts and bolts; Different types of lock nuts, studs, machine screws, cap screws and wood screws; Processes for producing leak proof joints; Drawing of different types of rivet heads and riveted joints and foundation bolts; Drawing of stud screws, set screws, hexagonal and square nuts; Drawing of keys: taper, rank taper, hollow saddle etc.; Symbols for different types of welded joints.

ME 112 Workshop Technology and Practice 2 (0+2) Sem II Practical: Introduction about different shops in the workshop; Safety and precautions to be taken in the workshop; Study of different tools used for fitting and different fitting operations; Study of various measuring instruments used for fitting; Exercise in fitting: sawing, filing and right angle fitting of MS flat; Working with complex fitting jobs: operations of drilling, reaming, and threading with tap and dies; Preparation of a paper weight; Study of various carpentry tools, types of wood and their characteristics and working with carpentry tools; Preparation of simple joints in carpentry: cross half lap joint or T-halving joint, mortise and tenon joint, dovetail joint; Study of welding, types of welding, oxyacetylene gas welding, types of flames, welding techniques and equipment used for gas welding, working with welding equipment; Working with electric arc welding; Equipment and tools, safety and precautions taken in arc welding; Preparation of butt joint, lap joint and T‑joint with arc welding; Working on a lathe machine and study of different tools used in lathe machine; Exercise on simple turning, step turning, taper turning, drilling, knurling and threading in lathe machine; Working with different machines in machine shop such as shaper, milling machine, etc. and with different tools used in machine shop; Practice job on shaper; changing a round MS rod into square section with a shaper; Exercise on a milling machine such as making a slot, gear tooth forming and indexing; Introduction to smithy tools and operations, Exercise on bending, shaping, drawing, punching, riveting; Introduction to tools and operations in sheet metal work, making different types of sheet metal joints using G.I. sheets; Introduction to metal casting equipment, tools and their use; mould making using one-piece pattern, two-piece pattern, sweep pattern and match plate patterns.

ME 211 Fluid Mechanics and Open Channel Hydraulics 3 (2+1) Sem I  Properties of fluids: Ideal and real fluid, units; Pressure and its measurement, Pascal’s law, pressure forces on plane and curved surfaces, centre of pressure, pressure diagram, application of hydrostatics in engineering structures; Buoyancy, Archimede’s principle, metacentre and metacentric height, condition of floatation and stability of submerged and floating bodies. Kinematics of fluid flow: Lagrangian and Eulerian description of fluid motion, continuity equation, path lines, streak lines and stream lines, stream function, velocity potential and flow net. Types of fluid flow, translation, rotation, circulation and vorticity, vortex motion; Dynamics of fluid flow, Bernoulli’s theorem, venturimeter, orifice meter and pitot tube, siphon. Flow through orifices (measurement of discharge, measurement of time), flow through mouthpieces; Flow over notches, flow over weirs, end contraction of rectangular weirs, ventilation of weirs, various types of nappe. Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes, general equation for head loss Darcy equation, Moody’s diagram, minor and major hydraulic losses through pipes and fittings, flow through network of pipes, hydraulic gradient and energy gradient, Chezy’s formula for loss of head in pipes, flow through simple and compound pipes, transmission of power through pipes. Open channel design and hydraulics: Chezy’s formula, Bazin’s formula, Kutter’s, Manning’s formula, best hydraulic section, velocity and pressure profiles in open channels, hydraulic jump; Discharge measurement in open channels: current meter. Dimensional analysis and similitude: Rayleigh’s method and Buckingham’s `pi’ theorem, types of similarities, dimensionless numbers; Introduction to fluid machinery. Practical: Study of manometers and pressure gauges; Study of transmissibility of liquid pressure; Study of various types of flow such as laminar flow, uniform flow, steady flow, vertex flow, rotational flow; Determination of meta-centric height; Verification of Bernoulli’s theorem, determination of coefficient of discharge of venturi-meter and orifice meter; Determination of coefficient of friction in pipeline; Determination of coefficient of discharge for rectangular and triangular notch; Determination of coefficient of discharge, coefficient of velocity and coefficient of contraction for flow through orifice; Determination of coefficient of discharge for mouth piece; Determination of efficiency of hydraulic ram; Measurement of velocity by current meter; Study of open channel flow: velocity distribution in open channels and determination of Manning’s coefficient of Rugosity and Chezy’s roughness coefficient; Study of various types of models and prototypes: geometrical, kinematic and dynamic similarities; Study on non-dimensional constants such as Froude’s number and Reynold’s number; Study of various types of pumps and its components.

ME 311 Theory of Machines 2 (2+0) Sem I  Simple mechanism: Elements, links, pairs, kinematics chain, and mechanisms; classification of pairs and mechanisms; lower and higher pairs; four bar chain, slider crank chain and their inversions; Velocity analysis of mechanisms: determination of velocity and acceleration using graphical (instantaneous centres) method. Types of gears, law of gearing, velocity of sliding between two teeth in mesh; Involute and cycloidal profile for gear teeth; Spur gear, nomenclature; Introduction to helical, spiral, bevel and worm gear; Simple, compound, reverted, and epicyclic trains; determining velocity ratio by tabular method. Turning moment diagrams, coefficient of fluctuation of speed and energy, weight of flywheel, flywheel applications. Belt drives: Types of drives, belt materials, length of belt, transmitted power, velocity ratio, belt size for flat and V belts; effect of centrifugal tension, creep and slip on power transmission of belts; chain drives, classification of chain drive, terms used in chain drive. Types of friction, laws of dry friction; friction of pivots and collars; single disc, multiple disc, and cone clutches, rolling friction; Types of governors, constructional details and analysis of Watt, Porter, Proell governors, effect of friction, controlling force curves. sensitiveness, stability, hunting, iso-chronism, power and effort of a governor. Static and dynamic balancing, balancing of rotating masses in one and different planes.

ME 312 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer 3 (3+0) Sem I  Basic concepts and definitions of thermodynamics, statistical and classical thermodynamics, microscopic and macroscopic point of view; Thermodynamic systems- thermodynamic equilibrium, properties of systems; state, path, process, cycle; point function, path function; temperature and zeroth law of thermodynamics; pressure, specific volume, density, energy, work and heat. First law of thermodynamics: internal energy, law of conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics, application of first law to a process; energy-a property of system, perpetual motion machine of the first kind-PMM1; characteristic equation of state, specific heats; application of first law of thermodynamics to non-flow or closed system; free expansion and throttling process; Second law of thermodynamics: limitations of first law of thermodynamics and introduction to second law, statements of second law of thermodynamics; Clausius statement, Kelvin-Planck statement; perpetual motion machine of the second kind-PMM2; Clausius inequality; Carnot Cycle, Carnot’s Theorem, entropy, entropy changes for a closed system. Concept, modes of heat transfer, thermal conductivity of materials, measurement, general differential equation of conduction, one dimensional steady state conduction through plane and composite walls, tubes and spheres without heat generation, electrical analogy, insulation materials and fins; Free and forced convection, Newton’s law of cooling, heat transfer coefficient in convection, non-dimensional numbers; Thermal radiation, black body radiation, Stefan-Boltzman law, black body emissive power, emissivity, absorptivity, reflectivity and transmissivity. Heat transfer analysis involving conduction, convection and radiation; Types of heat exchangers; fouling, log mean temperature difference, heat exchanger performance, transfer units; Heat exchanger analysis restricted to parallel and counter flow heat exchangers. Introduction to mass transfer, analogy between heat and mass transfer, Fick’s law of diffusion.

ME 313 Refrigeration and Air-conditioning 3 (2+1) Sem II Definition of pure substance, phases of a pure substance, phase change process of a pure substances; compressed liquid and saturated liquid, saturated vapour and superheated vapour, saturated temperature and saturated pressure; T-V diagram for heating of water at constant pressure. Latent heat: Latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporization; liquid vapour saturation curve; property diagram for phase change process, T-V diagram, P-V diagram, P-T diagram; property tables, state-liquid and vapour states, saturated liquid-vapour mixture, superheated vapour, compressed liquid. Principles of refrigeration, units, terminology, production of low temperatures, air refrigerators working on reverse Carnot cycle and Bell Coleman cycle; Vapour refrigeration-mechanism, P-V, T-S, P-h diagrams, vapour compression cycles, dry and wet compression, super cooling and sub cooling; Vapour absorption refrigeration system. Common refrigerants and their properties; Thermodynamic properties of moist air, perfect gas relationship for approximate calculation, adiabatic saturation process, wet bulb temperature and its measurement, psychometric chart and its use, elementary psychometric processes. Air conditioning: principles, type and functions of air conditioning, physiological principles in air conditioning, air distribution, factors considered for designing an air conditioning system; Room ratio line, sensible heat factor, by-pass factor; types of air conditioners and their applications; Cold storage plants; calculation of refrigeration load and cold storage design considerations. Practical: Study of P-V and T-S chart in refrigeration; Study P-h chart (or) Mollier diagram in refrigeration; Solving problems on air refrigeration cycle; Solving problems on vapour compression refrigeration cycle; Study of domestic water cooler; Study of domestic household refrigerator; Study of vapour absorption refrigeration system; Study of cooling tower and to find its efficiency; Study of heat pump test rig; Study of Ice plant test rig; Study of psychrometric chart and various psychrometric processes; Solving problems on psychrometrics; Study of window air conditioner; Study cold storage for fruit and vegetables, freezing load and time calculations for food materials; Study on repair and maintenance of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems; Visit to chilling or ice making and cold storage plants.

ME 314 Machine Design 2 (2+0) Sem II  Phases of design, design considerations; Common engineering materials and their mechanical properties; Types of loads and stresses, theories of failure, factor of safety, selection of allowable stress, stress concentration, elementary fatigue and creep aspects; S‑N curve, low and high cycle fatigue; Design of shafts under torsion and combined bending and torsion; Design of keys; Design of muff, sleeve, and rigid flange couplings; Cotter joints, design of socket and spigot cotter joint; knuckle joint; Design of welded joints subjected to static loads; Design of helical and leaf springs; Design of threaded fasteners subjected to direct static loads, bolted joints loaded in shear and bolted joints subjected to eccentric loading; Design of flat belt and V-belt drives and pulleys; Design of spur gears; Selection of anti-friction bearings.

ME 411 Engineering Graphics and Design 2 (0+2) Sem I Practical: Application of computers for design; CAD- introduction, overview of CAD window; Various options on drawing screen; Practice on draw and dimension tool bar; Practice on OSNAP, line thickness and format tool bar; Practice on mirror, offset; Practice on array commands; Practice on trim, extend, chamfer and fillet commands; Practice on copy, move, scale and rotate commands; Drawing of 2 D- drawing using draw tool bar; Practice on creating boundary, region, hatch and gradient commands; Practice on Editing polyline- PEDIT and Explode commands; Setting of view ports for sketched drawings; Printing of selected view ports in various paper sizes; 2D- drawing of machine parts with all dimensions and allowances; Drawing of foot step bearing, knuckle joint; Sectioning of foot step bearing and stuffing box; Drawing of hexagonal, nut and bolt and other machine parts; Practice on 3-D commands – Extrude, sweep, revolve etc.; Introduction to CNC programming and demonstration of CNC machines.

Elective Courses

ME 412 Mechatronics 3 (2+1) Sem II Definition of mechatronics, measurement system, control systems, microprocessor based controllers, mechatronics approach; Sensors and transducers- performance terminology, displacement, position and proximity sensors, photo-electric transducers, flow transducers, optical sensors and transducers; Actuators and mechanical actuation systems- hydraulic and pneumatic actuation systems, measurement system, electrical actuation systems, A.C. motor, D.C. motor, stepper motor, signal conditioning process, filtering digital signal, data acquisition system, multiplexers, digital signal processing, pulse modulation, data presentation systems. System modelling and control- mathematical models, engineering systems, electro-mechanical and hydraulic-mechanical systems, modelling dynamic systems, transfer functions, control modes and PID controller. Micro-processor and computer- computer and interfacing, micro-computer structure, microcontrollers, application of microcontrollers, PLC, robotics, robot classification and specification, robot components, work envelopes, other basic parameters of robots, robot applications, robot applications in manufacturing, material transfer and machine loading/ unloading, processing operations like welding and painting, assembly operations, inspection, automation, future applications. Practical: Study of different types transducers; Selection of sensor for a particular application from catalogue and internet; Design of a mechatronics product/ system; Application of mechatronics for enhancing product values; Study of electrical actuation systems with A.C. Motor and with D.C. Motor; Study of electrical actuation systems with Stepper Motor; Study of the PID Controller; Study of the hardware and software of mechatronics kit; Study of the pulse modulation, data presentation systems; Moving a table in X-direction within the range of proximity sensors using Control-X software; Running a motor with PLC; Running a conveyor with computer; Study of the movement of actuating cylinders and sensors.

ME 413 Advances in Automation and Robotics in Agriculture 3 (2+1) Sem II Sensors and sensor-driven robot Control, Robot Sensors, Proximity sensors- Infrared sensors, Ultrasonic sensor, Laser range finder, Robot Vision sensors- RGB camera, Thermal Camera, Multispectral sensor, Hyperspectral sensor, Stereo vision system, Optical flow sensor, GPS sensor-RTK, PPK. Sensor noise and uncertainty- Sensor uncertainty, Non-observability, Action uncertainty. Introduction to Robotics and its importance in Agriculture, classification of robots (Anatomy), Automation and Robotics in Intelligent Environments, History of Robotics, Robot manipulators, Mobile robots, Walking Robot, Humanoid Robots, Autonomous Robots, Traditional Industrial Robots, Requirements for Robots in Intelligent Environments, Status and scope in Agriculture; Modeling of robot mechanisms, Kinematics, Dynamics, Robot sensor selection, Active and passive proximity sensors, Low-level control of actuators, Closed-loop control, Control architectures, Traditional planning architectures, Behavior-based control architectures, and Hybrid architectures. Modeling the Robot Mechanism, Forward kinematics, Inverse kinematics, Jacobian calculation, and Mobile Robot Odometry. Robot Actuator Control system, Mass, inertia, friction and force, frequent actuators, control approach Proportional, PI, and PID control, Actuators- DC motor, BLDC motor, Linear actuator, Servomotor, Stepper motor, Drivers and control algorithms. Ground Control station system, Transmitters, and receivers, PWM, PPM signal, telemetry system, band, and frequency. Transmitter, receiver, PWM, PPM, Telemetry system, band and frequency; Robot Navigation, Path planning addresses and computing a trajectory, Algorithms, and control navigation, mission planning and control, Geofencing, Triggering, Software for robot control and navigation, Probabilistic Robot Localization- Localization, Mapping, and Model Building; Robot Control Architectures, Deliberative Control Architecture-Perception, modeling, planning, task execution and motor control, Advantages, and disadvantages; Behavior-Based Robot Control Architectures, Reactive, Behavior-Based Control Architectures, Hybrid Control Architectures, Intuitive Robot Interfaces-Graphical programming interfaces, Deictic (pointing) interfaces, Voice recognition and reaction. AI adaptation and Learning for Robots-Supervised learning, Learning Sensory Patterns -Neural networks, Decision trees, Reinforcement Learning, AI programming techniques. Classical AI, the concept of expert system, conflict resolution, multiple rules, forward chaining, and backward chaining. Advantages and disadvantages of expert system. Robot design and considerations for agricultural operations, Robots for Seedbed preparation, sowing and transplanting, weeding operation-mechanical and chemical, fruit harvesting, robots for greenhouse application, moisture management, post-harvest losses management, dairy and food packaging, humanoid robots, cattle and poultry farm management, VRT robots, Driverless Autonomous tractor. Practical: Demonstration of different types of robots and their use in agricultural operations; Robot mechanisms, forward kinematics, inverse kinematics calculations and modelling; PID control of actuators and their calibration for precise control; Practical on robot actuator control systems for determination of mass, inertia, friction, and forces; Calibration of PID controllers for close-loop controls of the system; Mission planning and computation of trajectory for a robot through Python coding and other software; Sensor-driven robot control for obstacle avoidance using different sensors; Calibration of GPS sensors and 3-D fixing for precise control; Robot control architecture design, control, and behavior study; Robot-supervised learning for sensory patterns to detect leaves, flowers, fruit, animal, human body, etc; Robot design consideration for sowing and transplanting operation; Robot design for weeding operation; Robotic arm design for fruit detection and harvesting; Robotic prime mover design for greenhouse operations for selected crops; Automation of machines for food packaging; Robots for food control and cleaning in cattle and poultry farms; Robots for variable rate application of agricultural inputs; Driverless and autonomous tractor for straight control calibration of movement; Control of humanoid robots for selected agricultural operations and active voice command control.

Courses to be offered by department to other colleges COA (B-Tech FT) Core Courses  Course Content ME 151 Workshop Technology 3 (1+2) Sem I Introduction to basic materials: Ferrous and non-ferrous materials, polymers, ceramics, composites etc., their properties and applications. Safety measures in workshop; Heat treatment processes: Introduction to hardening, tempering, annealing, normalizing, etc. Casting: Fundamentals of sand casting process Welding: Introduction, types of welding, types of electrodes, types of flames, types of welding joints, edge preparation, welding techniques and equipment; Gas welding and cutting, arc welding; Introduction to soldering and brazing and their uses. Machinery: Introduction to various workshop machines (1) Lathe, (2) power hacksaw, (3) Shaper and planner, (4) Drilling, (5) Grinder and (6) CNC machines; Length of cut, feed, depth of cut, RPM, cutting speed, time, work holding and tool holding devices. Practical: Identification of different materials of manufacture; Demonstration of different measuring instruments and measurement technique; Identification of various hand tools; Demonstration of various power tools and machine tools; Simple exercises in filing, fitting, chipping, hack sawing, chiseling,tapping,etc.; Introduction to smithy and forgingtools and their uses, different forging operations. Introduction to various carpentry tools and materials; Type of woods and their characteristics, brief ideas about band saw, wooden lathe circular saw, wood planner, etc. Introduction to different sheet metal operations and joints; Allowances for sheetmetal, operations and joints. Introduction to welding machine, processes, tools, their use and precautions; Simple exercises on arc welding; Simple exercises in gas welding; Demonstration of various casting processes and equipment, tools and their use; Exercises on mould making using one piece pattern and two piece pattern; Demonstration of mould making using sweep pattern and match plate pattern; Simple exercises on turning: Step turning, taper turning, drilling and threading; Introduction to shaper and planner machine and preparations of various jobs on them; Introduction to drilling machines and preparation of a related jobs; Demonstration of other important operations and preparation of additional jobs. ME 152 Engineering Drawing and Graphics 3 (0+3) Sem II Practical: Introduction of drawing scales; Different methods of dimensioning,    Definition of projection, Principle of projection, Methods of projections, Principles of orthographic projections; First and third angle of projection. References planes; Points and lines in space and traces of lines and planes; True length and inclination of lines; Auxiliary planes and true shapes of oblique plain surface; Projections of solids: Change of position method, alteration of ground lines; Section of solids and interpenetration of solid-surfaces; Development of surfaces of geometrical solids; Isometric scale, Isometric axes, Isometric projection Isometric projection of geometrical solids; Preparation of manual drawings with dimensions from models and isometric drawings of objects and machine components; Concept of sectioning, Revolved and oblique section, Preparation of sectional drawings of simple machine parts; Types of rivet heads and riveted joints, Drawing of riveted joints and thread fasteners; Symbols for different types of welded joints; Processes for producing leak proof joints. Nomenclature, thread profiles, multi-start threads, left and right-hand thread; Square headed and hexagonal nuts and bolts; Conventional representation of threads; Different types of locknuts, studs, machine screws, cap screws and wood screws; Foundation bolts; Drawing of missing views. Application of computers for design, definition of CAD, benefits of CAD, CAD system components; Computer hardware for CAD. Demonstration on computer graphics and computer aided drafting use of standard software; Sectional drawings of engineering machines; Computer graphics for food engineering applications; Interpretation of sectional views of food equipment and components; Practice in the use of basic and drawing commands on Auto CAD; Generating simple 2-Ddrawings with dimensioning using AutoCAD; Small Projects on food equipment and components using CAD/CAM.  ME 153 Food Thermodynamics 3 (2+1) Sem II Basic concepts: definitions, approaches, thermodynamic systems, thermodynamic properties and equilibrium, state of a system, state diagram, path and process, different modes of work, Zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature, heat. First law of thermodynamics: Energy, enthalpy, specific heats, applications of first law, steady and unsteady flow analysis. Second law of thermodynamics: Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements, reversible and irreversible processes, entropy, availability and irreversibility. Properties of Pure Substances: Thermodynamic properties of pure substances in solid, liquid and vapor phases, P-V-T behaviour of simple compressible substances, phase rule. Thermodynamic cycles: Carnot vapor power cycle, ideal Rankine cycle, air standard Otto cycle, air standard Diesel cycle, vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. Psychometry: thermodynamic properties of moist air, perfect gas relationship, absolute humidity, relative humidity, percentage humidity, humid volume, total heat, enthalpy, dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature, adiabatic processes, wet bulb depression, humid heat, specific volume, heating, cooling, dehumidifying, sorption isotherms. Three stages of water, phase diagram for water, vapour pressure-temperature curve for water, heat requirement for vaporization, measurement of humidity. Boilers and steam generation: fuels for boilers and steam generation, boiler types, boiler mountings and accessories, Introduction to Indian Boiler Regulation Act. Layout of steam pipe-line and expansion joints. Boiler Draught: Definition, importance and classification of draught, Natural and artificial draught, Calculation of Height of chimney, draught analysis; Properties of steam: Wet, dry saturated, superheated steam, use of steam tables. Practical: Demonstration and application of zeroth law of thermodynamics; first law of thermodynamics; and second law of thermodynamics. Study of different types of boilers; boiler mounting and accessories; various types of burners and fuels; Determination of calorific values of different fuels. Study of vapour compression refrigeration test rig; heat pump; properties of wet, dry, saturated and superheated steam; Use of steam tables and Moiler charts; dryness fraction of steam; use of psychometric chart for humidification, dehumidification, heating and drying; Determination of thermodynamic properties on psychrometric charts; study of steam trap and steam line layouts; Visit to food plant with steam utilization. ME 251 Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing 3 (2+1) Sem I Basic heat transfer processes, heat transfer coefficients, properties related to heat transfer, food properties measurements and errors; One-dimensional steady state conduction: Theory of heat conduction, Fourier’s law and its derivation, Concept of electrical analogy and its application for thermal circuits, heat transfer through composite walls and insulated pipelines; One-dimensional steady state heat conduction with heat generation: Heat flow through slab, hollow sphere and cylinder with linear heat transfer, uniform/non uniform heat generation, development of equations of temperature distribution with different boundary conditions; Steady-state heat conduction with heat dissipation to environment: Introduction to extended surfaces (fins) of uniform area of cross-section and with Equation of temperature distribution with different boundary conditions; Effectiveness and efficiency of the fins; Introduction to unsteady state heat conduction: System  with negligible internal resistance and in various geometries; Convection: Forced and free convection, use of dimensional analysis for correlating variables affecting convection heat transfer; Dimensionless numbers: Concept of  Nusselt number, Prandtl number, Reynolds number, Grashoff number, some important empirical relations used for determination of heat transfer coefficient; Heisler chart sand calculations; Heat transfer to flowing fluids; Radiation: Heat radiation, emissivity, absorptivity, transmissivity, radiation through black and grey surfaces, determination of shape factors; Heat Exchangers: General discussion, fouling factors, jacketed kettles, LMTD, parallel and counter flow heat exchangers, shell and tube and plate heat exchangers, heat exchanger design; Efficiency and NTU analysis; Application of different types of heat exchangers in dairy and food industry; Mass transfer: Fick’s law of diffusion, steady state diffusion of gases and liquids through solids, equimolar diffusion, isothermal evaporation of water into air, mass transfer coefficient, application in dairy and food industry. Practical: Heat transfer analysis during conduction and convection; Study on various types of heat exchangers used in food industry; Preparation and calibration of thermocouples; Determination of thermal conductivity of different food products; Study of working principle and constructional details of plate heat exchanger; Study of working principle and constructional details of shell and tube heat exchanger. Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient of shell and tube, plate heat exchangers, jacketed kettle used in food industry; Studies on heat transfer through extended surfaces; Studies on temperature distribution and heat transfer in  HTST pasteurizer; mass transfer coefficient in foods; glass transition temperature of food sample; mass transfer during leaching process. (Practical part to be taught by Dept. of PFE) ME 252 Fluid Mechanics 3 (2+1) Sem I Properties of fluids; Static pressure of liquids: Hydraulic pressure, absolute and gauge pressure, pressure head of a liquid; Pressure on vertical rectangular surfaces, Flow behavior of viscous fluids; Compressible and non-compressible fluids; Surface tension, capillarity, Pressure measuring devices: Simple, differential, micro-, inclined manometer, mechanical gauges, piezometer;Floating bodies: Archimedes principle, stability of floating bodies; Equilibrium of floating bodies, metacentric height; Fluid flow: Classification, steady, uniform and non-uniform, laminar and turbulent, continuity equation; Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications; Simple application of Navier-Stokes equation: Laminar flow between two straight parallel boundaries; Flow through pipes: Loss of head, determination of pipe diameter; Determination of discharge, friction factor, critical velocity; Flow through orifices, mouthpieces, notches and weirs; Vena contracta, hydraulic coefficients, discharge losses; Time for emptying a tank; Loss of head due to contraction, enlargement at entrance and exit of pipe; External and internal mouthpieces, types of notches, rectangular and triangular notches, rectangular weirs; Venturimeters, pitot tube, Orificemter; Dimension alanalysis: Rayleigh’s method and Buckingham’s theorem, application to fluid flow phenomena, Froude Number, Reynolds number, Weber number; Pumps: classification, centrifugal pumps, submersible pumps, reciprocating pumps, positive displacement pump; Centrifugal pumps: Pumps in series and parallel, basic equations applied to centrifugal pump, loss of head due to changed discharge,statichead,totalhead,manometrichead,manometerefficiency,operatingcharacteristics of centrifugal pumps, Submersible pumps; Reciprocating pumps: Working of reciprocating pump, double acting pump, instantaneous rate of discharge, acceleration of piston and water, gear pump; Pressure variation, work efficiency; Pressure requirements for viscous foods to lift them to different heights and selection of pumps. Practical: Study of different tools and fittings; Study on flow rate versus pressure drop with U-tube manometer; Verification of Bernoulli’s theorem; Determination of discharge co-efficient for venturi, orifice, V-notch; Verification of emptying time formula for a tank; Determination of critical Reynold’s number by Reynold apparatus; Study of reciprocating, centrifugal and gear pump; Calibration of venturimeter and orifice meter; Study of different types of valves; Study of pumps for viscous fluid;, Flow through pipes; Study and operation of centrifugal and other pumps used in dairy and food processing plants. PG Courses ME 501  Mechatronics and Robotics in Agriculture  2+0 Unit-I Introduction to mechatronics: Basic definitions, key elements of mechatronics, historical perspective, the development of the automobile as a mechatronic system. Mechatronic design approach, functions of mechatronic systems, ways of integration, information processing systems, concurrent design procedure for mechatronic systems. Unit-II System interfacing, instrumentation, and control systems.Input/output signals of a mechatronic system, signal conditioning, microprocessor control, microprocessor numerical control, microprocessor input/output control. Unit-III Microprocessor based controllers and microelectronics: Introduction to microelectronics, digital logic, overview of control computers, microprocessors and microcontrollers, programmable logic controllers, digital communications. Unit-IV Technologies of robot: Sub systems, transmission system (Mechanics), power generation and storage system, sensors, electronics, algorithms and software. Servo motor drives types and applications. Stepper motor and its concept. Industrial robots: Classification and sub systems. Defining work space area. Unit-V Application of robots in agriculture: Harvesting and picking, weed control, autonomous mowing, pruning, seeding, spraying and thinning, phenotyping, sorting and packing. Utility platforms. Use of different agrobots in agriculture. ME 502  Refrigeration Systems 2+1 Unit-I Reversed Carnot cycle, Carnot, Brayton and aircraft refrigeration systems. Unit-II Vapour compression refrigeration systems: Use of p-h chart, effect of pressure changes on COP, sub cooling of condensate on COP and capacity, super heating, single stage, multi- stage and cascade systems. Unit-III Vapour absorption systems: Theory of mixtures, temperature-concentration and enthalpy concentration diagrams, adiabatic mixing of two systems, diabatic mixing, throttling process, ammonia water and water lithium-bromide systems. Unit-IV Thermoelectric refrigeration systems: Advantages, comparison with vapour compression system. Vortex tube refrigeration system and its thermodynamic analysis. Ultra low temperature refrigeration. Ejection refrigeration. Water refrigeration: Centrifugal and steam jet refrigeration systems, characteristics of steam jet refrigeration system, effect of boiler efficiency on overall COP, actual steam jet system, two-fluid jet refrigeration. Practical: Numerical on air refrigeration cycle, Study of vapour compression refrigeration systems, Determination of the coefficient of performance of the refrigeration system, Study of vapour absorption (electrolux) refrigeration systems, Study and application of P-V, T-s and P-h chart in refrigeration, Study and performance testing of domestic refrigerator, Study of domestic water cooler, Study of actual and theoretical COP of Cascade Refrigeration System, Visit to cold storage plants. ME 503 Mechanism Analysis and Synthesis  2+1 Unit-I Kinematics of mechanisms, analysis and synthesis, mobility, systematic of mechanisms, deriving other mechanisms from linkages, Relative motion, instantaneous center method, Kennedy’s theorem. Graphical and analytical methods of kinematic analysis. Unit-II Computer – Aided analysis of mechanisms. Synthesis of linkages for path generation, function generation, Graphical techniques. Relative pole method and method of inversion. Analytical kinematics synthesis of linkages, Freudenstein’s method, Loop closure equations based on complex variable approach Unit-III Gears and their motion-Analysis and Synthesis of epicyclic gear trains. Unit-IV Cams-follower system; standard follower motions and combinations, importance of follower acceleration in cam system dynamics, terms related to cam design – their importance. Cam synthesis – graphical cam profile layout for a desired follower motion. Analytical determination of cam profile co-ordinates for disc cam operating common types of follower. Practical: Graphical solutions of mechanisms relating to velocity and acceleration. Problems on computer-aided analysis and synthesis of mechanisms. Analysis and design problems of gear trains, cam profile design. ME 504 Vibrations 3+0 Unit –I Vibration motion and its terminology. Undamped free vibrations, equations of motion- natural frequency. Energy method, Rayleigh method; effective mass principle of Virtual work. Equivalent spring stiffness in parallel and in series. Harmonic analysis and Fourier Series Unit –II Damping – viscous, solid, coulomb equivalent dampers. Viscosity damped free vibrations, Logarithmic decrement. Forced vibrations with harmonic excitation and rotating unbalance. Energy dissipated by damping Unit –III Forced vibration with damping, Vibration isolation and force and motion transmissibility. Two degree of freedom systems. Principal modes of vibration, co-ordinate coupling. Vibration absorbers Unit-IV Free vibration equation of motion for multi-degree of freedom systems. Influence coefficients and Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem, stiffness coefficients. Numerical methods for finding natural frequencies for multi-degree of freedom systems. Unit-V Vibration of lumped parameter systems and continuous systems. Lagrange equations. Vibration measuring instruments, Vibrometers, velocity pickups, Accelerometer and frequency measuring instruments. Applications of vibrations. Vibration control, balancing of rotating and reciprocating machines, design of vibration isolators. ME 505 Thermal Environmental Engineering 3+0 Unit I Requirements  of  temperature  and  moisture  in food  preservation,  processing,  storage, animal and plant production systems, human comfort etc.; Thermodynamic properties of moist air, psychrometric chart, psychrometric processes and applications; Unit II Mass transfer and  evaporation  of  water  from  free  surfaces, theory  of  psychrometer,  direct  contact transfer processes between moist air and water-air washer, cooling tower, heating and cooling of moist air by extended surface coils, dehumidification using moisture absorbing materials; Unit III Solar irradiations on structures, calculation of heating and cooling loads in buildings/ storage structures; Design of air conditioning systems, air distribution and duct design, air flow pattern and control, equipment, components and controls. Unit IV Instruments for measurement and control of temperature and moisture; Thermal insulation materials for environmental control systems, applications of environmental control in green house, dairy industry, potato storage etc. ME 506 Thermodynamics 3+0 Unit 1: Review of basic laws. Availability; Irreversibility and availability analysis of engineering processes, Second law efficiency, Second law analysis of closed systems, steady flow systems and unsteady flow systems. Unit 2: Thermodynamic property relations: Maxwell relations, Helm-holt and Gibbs free energy, criteria of equilibrium. Other equations of state: Vander Walls equation of state, Beattie- Bridgeman equation of state, Bertholet equation of state, Dieterici equation of state, Virial equations of state. The Ideal-Gas Equation of State, compressibility factor, law of corresponding states and generalized compressibility chart. Relations involving enthalpy, internal energy and entropy. Unit 3: Gas Mixtures: Fugacity of real gases. Chemical potential and the perfect gas mixture, P-V-T behavior of gas mixtures, Clausius-Clapeyron and Gibbs-Duhem equations. Unit 4: Chemical Reactions: Reactive mixtures. Fuels and combustion, Theoretical and actual combustion processes, Enthalpy of formation and reaction, internal energy of reaction, adiabatic reaction temperature, chemical affinity, free energy and chemical equilibrium, First and Second law analysis of reactive mixtures. Unit 5: Irreversible thermodynamics and direct Energy Conversion systems: Fuel cells, Thermo electric energy, Thermo ionic power generation, Thermodynamic devices magneto hydronamic generations, Photovoltaic cells. ME 507 Fatigue Design 2+1 Unit-I Theories of failure, maximum normal stress, maximum shear stress and distortion energy theory, failure of ductile materials, failure of brittle materials. Unit-II Stress concentration and its evaluation, stress concentration of ductile and brittle materials under static loading and under dynamic loading, determining geometric stress concentration factors, designing to avoid stress concentration. Unit-III Fatigue of machine components, mechanism of fatigue failure, fatigue failure models and their considerations in design of machine elements, fatigue loads. Fatigue testing and presentation of fatigue data. Influence of stress conditions on fatigue strength/endurance limit of metals. Low and high cycle fatigue Unit-IV Cumulative fatigue damage. Designing for finite and infinite life. Improving fatigue resistance of machine elements. Stress corrosion. Corrosion fatigue. Practical: Fatigue tests on testing machine(s) for specimens of different materials having different discontinuities/stress raisers and various surface conditions. Determination of correlation between fatigue limit and ultimate strength of material. Problems in fatigue design of common machine component. ME 508 Vibration and Noise Control 3+0 Unit-I Introduction, Methods of vibration control, design of vibration absorbers, undamped dynamic absorber, centrifugal pendulum absorber, dry friction damper, untuned viscous damper. Unit-II Vibration control by structural design, changing the dynamic characteristics of a structure, structural dynamics modification. Vibration and shock isolation, materials used for isolators, force transmissibility, velocity transmissibility, Application and design of isolators, design of isolators in machine foundations, balancing of rotating machinery, rotor balancing, active vibrations control. Unit-III Vibration level under optimum conditions, Acoustic plane waves governing equations, energy density, intensity and impedance, noise source identification, noise in machines, fan and flow noise, combustion noise, noise in piping systems. Unit-IV Wave analysis of structures and spaces, characteristics of duct and cabin noise, stationary modes, random noise, measures of a sound acoustic design, importance of reverberations time, various types of acoustic testing chambers, noise measurement and control instruments, sound intensity mapping noise isolation design, noise absorber design, design of silencers, mufflers, acoustic design of buildings. ME 509 Bearings and Lubrication 2+0 Unit-I Theory of lubrication, Plain (Sliding-Contact) bearings, basic types of friction in plain bearings, design of hydrodynamic bearings. Unit-II Fluid friction in bearings, antifriction properties of materials, bearings materials, Microgeometry of bearing surfaces, self-aligning, floating bushings, high speed and vibration-proof bearings. Unit-III Lubricants and lubrication systems, types and properties of additives used in lubricants, antifriction (Rolling- elements) bearings, types of rolling element bearings, co-efficient of rolling friction, allowable peripheral speeds, load-carrying capacity and durability Unit-IV Selection of bearing series, high speed bearings, high temperature bearings, design of ball and roller bearings and their lubrication, Mounting of rolling bearings on shafts and installation in the housings. ME 510 Industrial Heat Transfer 3+0 Unit-I Introduction and Basic Concepts: Three modes of heat transfer, physical origins and rate equations, importance of heat transfer, heat transfer analysis involving conduction, convection and radiation. Unit-II Heat Conduction: Fourier’s law, thermal conductivity of matter, heat diffusion equation for isotropic and anisotropic media, steady versus transient heat transfer, boundary and initial conditions, heat generation. Conduction in solids, derivation of general equation of conduction in rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, one-dimensional steady-state heat conduction through a plane wall, a cylinder and a sphere with and without heat generation. Heat transfer from extended surfaces, radial fins and fin optimization; heat conduction with two or more independent variables. Unsteady state heat conduction – lumped capacitance method and its validity, plane wall and radial systems with convection, semi-infinite solid, multi-dimensional transient heat conduction. Unit-III  Convection: Dimensional analysis approach, physical significance of dimensionless parameters, similarity parameters from differential equations, review of Navier Stokes equations and dimensional analysis applications, external flow over bodies, internal flow through bodies. Unit-IV  Radiation: Processes and properties, view factor, radiation between black and grey surfaces, radiation combined with convection and conduction. Unit-V  Heat exchangers: Types of heat exchangers, overall heat transfer coefficient, heat exchanger analysis using Log Mean Temperature Difference and Effectiveness-NTU method for parallel, counter, multipass and crossflow heat exchangers, methodology for heat exchanger calculation, compact heat exchangers, passive and active heat transfer enhancement methods in heat exchangers. ME 511 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer  3+0 Unit-I Review of classical heat conduction fundamentals. Fourier’s law of heat conduction, Initial and Boundary conditions, Steady and unsteady heat conduction problems and their solutions in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates Fin analysis and optimisation of find dimensions and insulation thickness Unit-II Unsteady state Heat Transfer conduction: I-D Transient heat conduction- Lumped system analysis, and solutions by use of Heisler charts. Second order lumped capacity system Unit –III Conduction heat transfer with phase change: Melting and solidification and its analytical solution. Introduction to the numerical approach for modelling solid-liquid phase change. Limitations of numerical and analytical approach Unit-IV Radiation heat transfer ; Review of fundamentals,  Laws of Radiation, Intensity of Radiation, Irradiation, Radiosity, Radiative properties of surfaces, Radiation exchange between surfaces, View Factor, Radiation exchange in a black enclosure, Radiative heat transfer in participating media(Gas Radiation), Radiative Transfer Equation. Radiation calculation using radiosity approach. Introduction to atmospheric radiations, Inverse problems in radiation ME 512  Ideal Fluid Flow 3+0 Unit –I Review of mathematical back ground. Introduction of fluid machines. Historical background and fluid kinematics. Types of fluids and motions, continuity equation in cartesian and cylindrical-polar coordinates, velocity and acceleration, free and forced vortex flow, characteristics and utility of flownets Unit-II Eulerian and Lagrangian description of flow; Motion of fluid element translation, rotation and deformation, vorticity and strain-rate tensors, Continuity equation, Cauchy’s equations of motion, Derivation of Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flow. Properties of Navier-Stokes equation Unit-III Plane Poiseuille flow and Couette flow, Hagen-Poiseuille flow, flow between two concentric rotating cylinders, Stokes first and second problems, flow near a rotating disk, flow in convergent-divergent channels. Unit-IV Integration of equation of motion and derivation of Bernoulli’s theorem and energy integral relation. Potential and stream functions, properties of potential and stream functions, equipotential lines and lines of constant stream function, Relationship between potential and stream functions Unit- V Convectivity and cycle motions, boundary effects on ideal fluid motions and methods of acquiring potential solutions, important cases ME 513 Solar Energy Utilization 3+0 Unit I Extra-terrestrial  radiation,  atmospheric  attenuation,  radiation  intensity.  Solar  geometry, basic angles and derived angles, incidence angle on general inclined surfaces, irradiance on  titled  surfaces. Unit II Flat  plate collectors,   top  loss  coefficient,   heat  removal  factor, performance of flat plate collectors, all glass collectors. Evacuated solar collector, solar air heating systems, Unit III Types of concentrators, non tracking and tracking concentrators; linear and point focusing concentrators, tracking methods, Solar distillation, effect of various parameters on distillate output,  other designs of solar still, Storage of solar energy. Unit IV Rock bed storage, Latent heat storage, Photovoltaic systems. Analysis of solar ponds and solar stills,  solar  crop dryings  systems.  Other  applications  of solar  energy  like  greenhouse, biogas plant, solar cooker. ME 514 Steam Power Engineering 3+0 Unit –I Fuels and their properties, combustion, stoichiometry. Types of combustion processes, flame temperature, flame structure, flame propagation and stability. Unit –II Pulverized Coal Burners, Pulverized Coal Supply, Burner Arrangement, Downshot Firing, Horizontal Firing, Tangential Firing, Burner Types, Wall Burners, Corner Burners,Low NOx Burners, Ignition Equipment, Cyclone Furnaces, Principles, Configuration, Operation, Stokers, Principles, Retort Stokers, Mass Feed Stokers, Spreader Stokers, Fluidized Beds, Principles, Bubbling Fluidized Bed, Circulating Fluidized Bed. Unit –III Design of combustion equipment. Boilers and their accessories, Cornish boiler, Lancashire boiler, Locomotive boiler, Reversal Chamber, Wet Back Boilers, Dry Back Boilers, Two pass boilers, Heat exchangers, superheaters and reheaters, economizers, air pre-heaters, feed water heaters, evaporators and condensers. Unit –IV Steam turbines, impulse and reaction turbine. Velocity diagram and work done, stage efficiency, multi-staging and bleeding. Unit –V Steam consumption and conservation. ME 515 Computer Aided Design   2+1 Unit-I Introduction to computer aided design, scope of computer aided machine design, design process and design environments. Geometric modeling and interactive graphic, engineering analysis, design review and automated drafting, modeling, viewing, Unit-II Solid modeling, boundary representation, constructive solid geometry, feature based modeling. Computer aided analysis and synthesis of common mechanical components, a bar, a beam and a shaft, comparison with analytical results. Unit-III Application of numerical methods and optimization techniques to machine design problems, Computer aided selection of standard mechanical components. Introduction to FEM. FEA using two dimensional and three dimensional elements; plain strain and plain stress problems, finite element mesh, automatic meshing techniques, limitations of FEM. Practical: Computer aided design problems for machine components, use of standard software, CAD models for other applications. Development of FEM models for analysis of a bar, beam and a shaft. Practice in using an FEM software on other real life problems like spanners, connecting rods. ME 516 Analysis of Robot Manipulators  3+0 Unit-I Introduction, major components of robotic systems, types of robots, classification based on mechanical configuration, motion configuration, roll, pitch and yaw angles, work space, performance measure, application of robots, controllers and actuators, control system analysis. Unit-II Position sensors, velocity sensors, pneumatic and hydraulic actuators, end- effectors, types, mechanical grippers, gripper force analysis, selection of gripper and their synthesis, external sensors, tactile sensors, sensors based systems, sensors in robotics. Unit-III Manipulator kinematics, position representation, forward and reverse transformation of the 2 degrees of freedom, 4 degrees of freedom manipulator in three dimensions, kinematic equations using homogeneous transformations, manipulator path control, Differential relationships. Unit-IV Dynamics of a robot, dynamic equations, real-time control and simulation, identification of load, control of a single and a multilink manipulator. Static forces, compliance, programming methods, functions and environment, robot programming languages, on-line and off-line programming languages, artificial intelligence and its techniques, application of artificial intelligence, performance capabilities, features and technical data of robots. ME 517 Viscous Flow and Convective Heat Transfer  3+0 Unit –I Fundamental Equations of Viscous Flow: Conservation of Mass, Momentum and Energy, Finite Volume Approach, Derivation of Continuity Equation: conservative and non conservative form, Derivation of Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations for Compressible Flow, Stokes Hypothesis. Unit-II Parallel flow through straight channel, coquette flow, flow through pipe and flow between concentric rotating cylinders. Unit-III Derivation of the conservation equations; continuity, momentum and energy equation. Laminar boundary layer equations. Boundary layer similarity parameters. Unit-IV Heat Transfer in Laminar internal flows: The energy differential equations for flow through a circular pipe, The circular tube with fully developed velocity and temperature profiles, Solutions for tubes of non circular cross section with fully developed velocity and temperature profiles, circular tube thermal entry length solutions. Unit-V Heat transfer in External boundary layers: Constant free-stream velocity flow along a constant Temperature semi-infinite plate with and without injection or suction, Non similar thermal boundary layers, constant free stream velocity flow along a semi-infinite plate with unheated starting length. ME 518 Computer Integrated Manufacturing 3+0 Unit-I Computer Integrated Manufacturing, computerized elements of a CIM system, CAD/CAM and CIM. Objectives and Benefits of FMS – Basic Components of FMS and their integration in the data processing systems – Types of FMS – FMS Layouts, Differences between FMC and FMS. DNC based factory management and control, Integrated CAD/CAM system and shared database. Unit-II Concept and terminology of Group Technology, Part family formation, Classification and coding systems for components, Group Technology machine cells. CAPP and route sheet development, CAPP system, Computer aided plant layout. Equipment and their functions. Integration of Robots in CIMS, Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), Carousel, Palletization and fixtures. Unit-III Introduction to Rapid Prototyping, and Rapid Tooling: Reverse Engineering. Concept of concurrent engineering. Product life cycle management. Unit-IV Production Planning and Control Systems, typical activities of PPC System, computer integrated production management system, Material Requirement Planning, inputs to MRP system, working of MRP, outputs and benefits, Capacity Planning, Computer Aided Quality Control, Shop floor control. ME 519 Automation, CNC Machines and Robotics  3+0 Unit-I Automation in Production Systems, automated manufacturing systems- types of automation, reasons for automating, Automated flow lines, its configurations, methods of work part transport, transfer mechanisms. Unit-II Basic concept of pneumatic logic circuits, Logic functions and elements, Types of logical gates, Types of elements for pneumatic valves, various electrical and electronic control devices such as Solenoid, Counters, Programmable logic controllers. Unit-III Introduction to NC, CNC and DNC Machines, Basic components of an NC machine, Different types of NC Machine, Advantages and disadvantages of NC machines, Difference between CNC and DNC machine, Basic structure of CNC machine, Problems in NC machines, Functions of CNC machines, Advantages of CNC machines. CNC Programming, Input in CNC, Types of CNC programming, List of basic G codes and M codes, CNC programming for lathe machines, programming of simple components in turning, drilling and milling systems, programming with canned cycles, Cutter radius compensations. Unit-IV Automation and Robotics, Historical Development, Robot definitions related to automation, Basics of a robotic system, Robot Actuators. Robot controllers, Motion control of robots, Types of robot controls, Concepts about Basic Control System, Different Types of Controllers-Proportional, Integral, Differential, PID controllers. ME 601 Advanced Conductive Heat Transfer  3+0 Unit-I Review of heat transfer, Simultaneous heat transfer mechanism. Steady state heat conduction problems, Concept of variable thermal conductivity, hyperbolic heat conduction, Building heat conduction especially walls and roof. Unit-II Transient heat conduction: Lumped system analysis, Transient heat conduction in walls, cylinder and spheres, Bessel’s equation and Bessel and error functions, Semi-infinite media, Laplace Transformation. Unit-III Moving interface problems: Stefan’s problem. Neumannn problem, Conduction with Phase Change (Melting and Solidification) and its analytical solution. Applications of phase change materials. Introduction to the numerical approach for modelling solid-liquid phase change. Unit -IV Numerical methods in heat conduction: Limitations and complications with analytical approach. Concept of numerical model.  Finite difference formulation of differential equations, One dimensional steady state equation, boundary conditions Unit –V Introduction to micro scale heat conduction: Micro scale and relevant length scales, Physics of energy carriers, Energy storage and transport, Limitations of Fourier’s law and first regime of microscale heat transfer, solutions and approximations of first regime of micro scale heat transfer ME 602 Advanced Convective Heat Transfer 3+0  Unit –I Conservation Principles, Multicomponent Mixtures, Fundamentals of Diffusive Mass Transfer, Boundary and Interfacial Conditions, Transport Properties, The Continuum Flow Regime and Size Convention for Flow, Numerical Problems. Unit-II Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate, Laminar Boundary-Layer Conservation Equations, Laminar Boundary-Layer Thicknesses, Boundary-Layer Separation, Non dimensionalization of Conservation Equations and Similitude, Numerical Problems. Unit-III Hydrodynamics of Flow Parallel to a Flat Plate, Heat and Mass Transfer During Low-Velocity Laminar Flow Parallel to a Flat Plate, Heat Transfer During Laminar Parallel Flow Over a Flat Plate With Viscous Dissipation, Hydrodynamics of Laminar Flow Past aWedge,Heat Transfer During Laminar Flow Past a Wedge, Effects of Compressibility and Property Variations. Unit-IV Couette and Poiseuille Flows, The Development of Velocity, Temperature, and Concentration, Hydrodynamics of Fully Developed Flow, Fully Developed Hydrodynamics and Developed Temperature or Concentration Distributions, Fully Developed Hydrodynamics, Thermal or Concentration Entrance Regions, Combined Entrance Region Unit-V Laminar–Turbulent Transition and the Phenomenology of Turbulence,Fluctuations and Time (Ensemble) Averaging,Reynolds Averaging of Conservation Equations, Eddy Viscosity and Eddy Diffusivity.Universal Velocity Profiles,The Mixing-Length Hypothesis and Eddy Diffusivity Models, Temperature and Concentration Laws of theWall,Kolmogorov Theory of the Small Turbulence Scales, Flow Past Blunt Bodies Unit-VI Hydrodynamics of Turbulent Duct Flow, Universal Temperature Profile in a Circular Duct, Fully Developed Hydrodynamics, Thermal Entrance Region, Combined Entrance Region Unit-VII Reynolds-Averaged Conservation Equations and the Eddy Diffusivity Concept, One-Equation Turbulence Models, Near-Wall Turbulence Modeling and Wall Functions, The Reynolds Stress Transport Models, Algebraic Stress Models, Turbulent Models for Buoyant Flows, Direct Numerical Simulation, Large Eddy Simulation ME 603 Design of Solar Energy Systems 3+0  Unit I Review of solar radiation intensity and solar geometry. Analysis and design of non-concentrating and concentrating solar collectors. Unit II Solar energy storage techniques, Steady and transient heat transfer analysis of solar cookers, solar ponds, solar stills and solar dryers. Unit III Design of solar thermal systems; hot water systems, space heating and cooling systems, refrigeration systems, power generation systems, solar drying system for agricultural produce, Greenhouse heating and cooling systems design, Thermal analysis and modeling of greenhouse system coupled with heating and cooling systems, optimum greenhouse design for crop drying applications. Unit IV Design of solar photovoltaic systems, Stand alone systems, Independent power generation systems, Grid connected systems. Economic analysis of solar energy systems.  ME 604 Advanced Combustion  3+0 Unit 1: Introduction: Importance of combustion, combustion equipment hostile fire problems, pollution problems arising from combustion. Unit 2: Thermodynamics of Combustion: Enthalpy of formation, enthalpy of reaction, heating values, first and second law analysis of reacting systems, chemical equilibrium, equilibrium composition, adiabatic and equilibrium flame temperature. Unit 3: Kinetics of Combustion: Law of mass action, reaction rate, simple and complex reactions, reaction order and molecularity, Arhenius Law, activation energy, Chain reaction steady state and partial equilibrium approximations. Chain explosion, Explosion limits and oxidation characteristics ofhydrogen, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. Unit 4: Flames: Premixed Flames: structure and propagation of flames in homogeneous gas mixtures; simplified Rankine Hugoniot relations; properties of hugoniot curve; analysis of deflagration and detonation branches, properties of Chapman Jouguet wave. Laminar flame structure; Theory of Premixed laminar flames: Mallard and Le Chatelier’s thermal theory, Comprehensive theory of Zel’ dovich, Frank Kamenetky and Samenov and diffusion theory of Tonford and Peace. theories of flame propagation and calculation of flame speeds, flame speed measurements. Stability limits of laminar flames; flammability limits and quenching distance; bumer design. Mechanisms of flame stabilization in laminar and turbulent flows; flame quenching. Diffusion flames; comparison of diffusion with premixed flame. Combustion of gaseous fuel jets Burke and shumann development. Unit 5: Burning of Condensed Phase: General mass burning considerations, combustion of fuel droplet in a quiescent and convective environment. Introduction to combustion of fuel sprays. Unit 6: Ignition: Concepts of ignition, chain ignition, thermal spontaneous ignition, forced ignition. Unit 7: Combustion Generated Pollution &its Control: Introduction, nitrogen oxides thermal fixation of atmospheric nitrogen prompt NO, thermal NOx formation and control in combustors Fuel NOx and control, post—combustion destruction of NOx, Nitrogen dioxide carbon monoxide oxidation — quenching, hydrocarbons, sulphur oxides ME 605 Computational heat transfer and fluid flow 3+0 Unit-I Basics of heat transfer and fluid flow. Mathematical description of fluid flow and heat transfer: conservation equations for mass, momentum, energy, classification of partial differential equations. Unit-II Discretization methods:  Finite difference methods: Taylor-Series and control volume formulations. Finite element discretization techniques. Mesh generation practice on simple rectangular geometries. Unit-III Modelling of diffusion problems using finite volume method; One dimensional steady state diffusion problems; discretization technique. Solution methodology for linear and non-linear problems, TDMA. One dimensional steady state heat conduction problems solving using numerical methods Unit –IV Flow modelling: Discretization of incompressible flow equations. Pressure based algorithm: SIMPLE, SIMPLER etc. Introduction to turbulence modelling Unit –V Demonstration and practice of test cases with a display of working CFD code and details