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Mechanical Engineering Optional-Syllabus<\/strong><\/p>\n

PAPER-I<\/h5>\n

1. Mechanics :<\/strong>
\n1.1 Mechanics of Rigid Bodies :<\/strong>
\nEquations of equilibrium in space and its application; first and second moments of area;
\nsimple problems on friction; kinematics of particles for plane motion; elementary particle
\ndynamics.<\/p>\n

1.2 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies :<\/strong>
\nGeneralized Hooke\u2019s law and its application; design problems on axial stress, shear stress and
\nbearing stress; material properties for dynamic loading; bending shear and stresses in beams;
\ndetermination of principle stresses and strains-analytical and graphical; compound and combined
\nstresses; bi-axial stresses-thin walled pressure vessel; material behaviour and design factors for
\ndynamic load; design of circular shafts for bending and torsional load only; deflection of beam for
\nstatically determinate problems; theories of failure.<\/p>\n

2.Engineering Materials :<\/strong>
\nBasic concepts on structure of solids, common ferrous and non-ferrous materials and their
\napplications; heat-treatment of steels; non-metalsplastics, cermics, composite materials and
\nnano-materials.<\/p>\n

3.Theory of Machines :<\/strong>
\nKinematic and dynamic analysis of plane mechanisms. Cams, Gears and empicyclie gear trains,
\nflywheels, governors, balancing of rigid rotors, balancing of single and multicy- linder engines,
\nlinear vibration analysis of mechanical systems (single degree of freedom), Critical speeds and
\nwhirling of shafts.<\/p>\n

4. Manufacturing Science :<\/strong>
\n4.1 Manufacturing Process:<\/strong>
\nMachine tool engineering – Merhant\u2019s force analysis: Taylor\u2019s tool life equation; conventional
\nmachining; NC and CNC machining process; jigs and fixtures.
\nNon-conventional machining-EDM, ECM, ultrasonic, water jet machining etc.; application of
\nlasers and plasmas; energy rate calculations.
\nForming and welding processes-standard processes.
\nMetrology-concept of fits and tolerances; tools and guages; comparators; inspection of length;
\nposition; profile and surface finish.<\/p>\n

4.2 Manufacturing Management :<\/strong>
\nSystem design: factory location\u2014simple OR models; plant layout-methods based; applications
\nof engineering economic analysis and break-even analysis for product selection, process selection
\nand capacity planning; predetermined time standards.
\nSystem planning; forecasting methods based on regression and decomposition, design and
\nblancing of multi model and stochastic assembly lines; inventory management-probablistic
\ninventory models for order time and order quanitity determination; JIT systems; strategic
\nsourcing; managing inter plant logistics.
\nSystem operations and control: Scheduling algorithms for job shops; applications of statistical
\nmethods for product and process quality control applications of control charts for mean, range,
\npercent defective, number of defectives and defects per unit; quality cost systems; management of
\nresources, organizations and risks in projects.
\nSystem improvement: Implementation of systems, such as total quality management,
\ndeveloping and managing flexible, lean and agile Organizations.<\/p>\n

PAPER-II<\/h5>\n

1. Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics Turbine :<\/strong>
\n1.1 Basic concept of First-law and Second law of Thermodynamics; concept of entropy and
\nreversibility; availability and unavailability and irreversibility.
\n1.2 Classification and properties of fluids; incompressible and compressible fluids flows;
\neffect of Mach number and compressibility; continuity momentum and energy equations; normal
\nand oblique shocks; one dimensional isentropic flow; flow or fluids in duct with frictions that
\ntransfer.
\n1.3 Flow through fans, blowers and compressors; axial and centrifugal flow configuration;
\ndesign of fans and compressors; single problems compresses and turbine cascade; open and
\nclosed cycle gas turbines; work done in the gas turbine; reheat and regenerators.<\/p>\n

2. Heat Transfer :<\/strong>
\n2.1 Conduction heat transfer\u2014general conduction equation-Laplace, Poisson and Fourier
\nequations; Fourier law of conduction; one dimensional steady state heat conduction applied to
\nsimple wall, solid and hollow cylinder and spheres.
\n2.2 Convection heat transfer\u2014Newton\u2019s law of convection; free and forces convection; heat
\ntransfer during laminar and turbulent flow of an incompressible fluid over a flat plate; concepts of
\nNusselt number, hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer their thickness; Prandtl number;
\nanalogy between heat and momentum transfer\u2014Reynolds, Colbum, Prandtl analogies; heat
\ntransfer during laminar and turbulent flow through horizontal tubes; free convection from
\nhorizontal and vertical plates.
\n2.3 Black body radiation\u2014basic radiation laws such as Stefan-boltzman, Planck distribution,
\nWein\u2019s displacement etc.
\n2.4 Basic heat exchanger analysis; classification of heat exchangers.<\/p>\n

3. Engines :<\/strong>
\n3.1 Classification, themodynamic cycles of operation; determination of break power, indicated
\npower, mechanical efficiency, heat balance sheet, interpretation of performance characteristics,
\npetrol, gas and diesel engines.
\n3.2 Combustion in SI and CI engines, normal and abnormal combustion; effect of working
\nparameters on knocking, reduction of knocking; Forms of combustion chamber for SI and CI
\nengines; rating of fuels; additives; emission.
\n3.3 Different systems of IC engines-fuels; lubricating; cooling and transmission systems.
\nAlternate fuels in IC engines.<\/p>\n

4. Steam Engineering :<\/strong>
\n4.1 Steam generation\u2014modified Ranking cycle analysis; Modern steam boilers; steam at
\ncritical and supercritical pressures; draught equipment; natural and artificial draught; boiler
\nfuels solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Steam turbines\u2014Principle; types; compounding; impulse and
\nreaction turbines; axial thrust.
\n4.2 Steam nozzles\u2014flow of steam in convergent and divergent nozzle pressure at throat for
\nmaximum discharge with different initial steam conditions such as wet, saturated and superheated,
\neffect of variation of back pressure; supersaturated flow of steam in nozzles, Wilson line.
\n4.3 Rankine cycle with internal and external irreversibility; reheat factor; reheating and
\nregeneration, methods of governing; back pressure and pass out turbines.
\n4.4 Steam power plants\u2014combined cycle power generation; heat recovery steam generators
\n(HRSG) fired and unfired, co-generation plants.<\/p>\n

5. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning :<\/strong>
\n5.1 Vapour compression refrigeration cycle\u2014cycle on p-H & T-s diagrams; ecofriendly
\nrefrigerants\u2014R 134a. 123; Systems like evaporators, condensers, compressor, expansion devices.
\nSimple vapour absorption systems.
\n5.2 Psychrometry\u2014properties; processes; charts; sensible heating and cooling;
\nhumidification and dehumidification effective temperature; air-conditioning load calculation;
\nsimple duct design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mechanical Engineering Optional-Syllabus PAPER-I 1. Mechanics : 1.1 Mechanics of Rigid Bodies : Equations of equilibrium in space and its application; first and second moments of area; simple problems on friction; kinematics of particles for plane motion; elementary particle dynamics. 1.2 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies : Generalized Hooke\u2019s law and its application; design problems on… Continue reading Mechanical Engineering Optional UPSC Syllabus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":50153,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96867","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96867\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}