GATE 2014
SYLLABUS OF ME (GATE)
Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigen
vectors.
Calculus: Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean
value theorems, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivative, Maxima and minima, Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Greens theorems.
Differential equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order
linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Cauchys and Eulers equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Laplace transforms, Solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations and Laplace equation.
Complex variables: Analytic functions, Cauchys integral theorem, Taylor and
Laurent series.
Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability and sampling theorems,
Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distributions.
Numerical Methods: Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic
equations Integration by trapezoidal and Simpsons rule, single and multi-step methods for differential equations.
Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and
frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.
Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic
constants, Mohrs circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Eulers theory of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.
Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane
mechanisms; dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.
Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of
damping; vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.
Design: Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and
the S-N diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control
volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoullis equation; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer; elementary turbulent flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance
concept, electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through pipes; thermal boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods.
Thermodynamics:
Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics;
thermodynamic system and processes; Carnot cycle. irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases, properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat in ideal processes; analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion.
Applications: Power Engineering: Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with
regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines: air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles. Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, Reverse Brayton cycle; moist air: psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes. Turbomachinery: Pelton-wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines impulse and reaction
principles, velocity diagrams.
Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat
treatment, stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials.
Metal Casting: Design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and cooling; riser
and gating design, design considerations.
Forming: Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working
processes; load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy.
Joining: Physics of welding, brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding; design
considerations in welding.
Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of machining, single and
multipoint cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, principles of design of jigs and fixtures
Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular
measurements; assembly. comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and
Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their
integration tools.
Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models, aggregate production
planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning.
Inventory Control: Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock inventory
control systems.
Operations Research: Linear programming, simplex and duplex method,
transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.
SYLLABUS OF 7TH SEM. ME
7 ME 1: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 3L+0T 100 Marks Ex. Hrs: 3 UNIT 1 Overview of Computer Graphics: Picture representation, Coordinate Systems, Output Graphics Display devices, Raster Scan Graphics- DDA for line generation and Bresenhams algorithm for line and circle generation. UNIT 2 Wire Frame Models: Parametric representation of curves, Plane curves - line, circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola, Space curves - Cubic spline curve, Bezier Curve and B Spline Curves. Blending of Curves UNIT 3 Surface Models and Entities: Parametric representation of Hermite Bicubic surfaces, Bezier surfaces and Bspline surfaces. Solid Models and Entities: Solid Representation - B-rep. and CSG, Comparison between three types of models. UNIT 4 Two and Three Dimensional Transformation of Geometric Models: Translation, Scaling Reflection, Rotation and Shearing, Homogeneous Representation, Combined Transformation, Projection of Geometric models- Parallel and Perspective Projection. UNIT 5 Clipping: Point clipping, Line clipping, Cohen- Sutherland algorithm etc., viewing transformation, hidden line and surface removal- Techniques and Algorithms. 7 ME 2: REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING 3L+ 1T 100 Marks Ex. Hrs: 3 Unit 1 Introduction: Refrigeration and second law of Thermodynamics, Refrigeration effect and unit of Refrigeration, Heat pump, reversed Carnot cycle. Vapour Compression Refrigeration System: Analysis of simple vapour compression Refrigeration cycle by ph and T-S diagram, Effect of operating conditions, liquid vapour heat exchangers, actual refrigeration cycle, Multiple Evaporator and Compressor System: Application, air compressor system, Individual compressor, compound compression, cascade system, application, air compressor systems, individual compressor, compound compression, cascade system. Unit 2 Gas Cycle Refrigeration: Limitation of Carnot cycle with gas, reversed Brayton cycle, Brayton cycle with regenerative heat exchanger, Air cycle for air craft, Necessity of cooling of air craft, Basic cycle, boot strap, regenerative type air craft refrigeration cycle. Unit 3
Vapour Absorption System: Simple Vapour absorption system, Electrolux Refrigerator, Analysis of Ammonia absorption refrigeration system, Lithium Bromide Absorption Refrigeration System. Refrigerants: Classification, Nomenclature, selection of refrigerants, global warming potential of CFC Refrigerants, Refrigeration Equipments - Compressor, condenser, evaporator, expansion devices types and working. Unit 4 Psychometric: Psychrometric properties, psychometric relations, pyschrormetric charts, psychrometric processes, cooling coils, By-pass factor and air washers. Human Comfort: Mechanism of body heat losses, factors affecting human comfort, effective temperature, comfort chart. Unit 5 Cooling Load Calculations: Internal heat gain, system heat gain, RSHF, ERSHF, GSHF, cooling load estimation, heating load estimation, psychrometric calculation for cooling, selection of air conditioning, apparatus for cooling and dehumidification, air conditioning system. 7 ME 3: OPERATIONS RESEARCH 3L+ 1T 100 Marks Ex. Hrs: 3 Unit 1 Linear Programming: Introduction and Scope, Problem formulation, Simplex methods, primal and dual problem dual Simplex, sensitivity analysis. Unit 2 Transportation, Transshipment and Assignment problems. Dynamic Programming : Multistage decision problems and solution, Principle of optimality. Unit 3 Decision Theory: Decision under various conditions, Game Theory: Minimum and maximum strategies, Application of linear programming. Integer Programming: Cutting Plane method and Branch and Bound method. Unit 4 Deterministic and Stochastic Inventory Models: Single and multi period models with continuous and discrete demands, Service level and reorder policy. Unit 5 Simulations: Simulation Versus mathematical modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, simulation language ARENA, Example and cases. Queuing Models: Introduction Model types, M/M/1 and M/M/S systems, cost consideration. 7 ME 4: STEAM TURBINES AND STEAM POWER PLANT
3L+ 1T 100 Marks Ex. Hrs: 3 Unit 1 Steam Turbines: Principle and working of steam turbines, type of turbines, impulse and reactions, compounding for pressure and velocity, Velocity triangles for various types. Unit 2 Stage efficiency, diagram efficiency, steam speed to blade, speed ratio for optimum performance, Energy losses in steam turbine, turbine performance at various loads and governing of steam turbines, Constructional details and description of steam turbine components in brief. Unit 3 Regenerative Feed Heating Cycles: Introduction, Most Ideal Regenerative feed heating cycle, Regenerative feed heating cycles and their representation on T-s and h-s Diagram, Representation of actual process on T-s and h-s Diagram Regenerative cycles, Other types of feed heating arrangements, Optimum feed water temperature and saving in Heat Rate. Feed Heaters, Direct Contact Heaters, Surface Heaters ReheatingRegenerative and Regenerative water Extraction Cycles: Reheating of steam, Practical reheating and Non- reheating cycles, advantage and disadvantages of reheating, regenerative water extraction cycles, practical feed heating arrangements. Unit 4 Governing and Performance of Steam Turbines: Description of back pressure Turbines, pass-out Turbines and Mixed Pressure Turbines. Unit 5 Steam Power Plant: Steam power plants selection of location, working medium, Fuels and fuel handling equipments, ash handling equipments, Air pre-heater, feed water treatment, Methods of combustion and various type of combustors, Types of boilers, Modern developments in steam boilers, Description of cooling tower. 7 ME 5: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCHING 3L+ 0T 100 Marks Ex. Hrs: 3 Unit 1 Importance of New Product: Definition-importance-Development Process, Importance of new product for growth of enterprise, Definition of product and new product, Responsibility for new product development, Demands on product development team, Classification of products from new product development, Point of view- Need based/Market pull products, Tech. push, Platform based, Process based and customized products, New product development process and organization, Generic product development process for Market Pull Products, Modification of this process for other types of products. Unit 2
Need Analysis: Problem Formulation Establishing economic existence of need, Need Identification and Analysis, Engineering Statement of Problem, Establishing Target Specification. Unit 3 Generation of Alternatives and Concept Selection: Concept generation- a creative process, Creativity, Road Elects to creative thinking-Fear of criticism and Psychological set, Tools of creativity like brain storming, Analogy, Inversion etc., Creative thinking Process, Concept feasibility and Concept Selection, Establishing Engineering Specification of Products. Unit 4 Preliminary and Detailed Design: Design Review Preliminary design- Identification of subsystems, Subsystem specifications, Compatibility, Detailed design of subsystems, component design, Preparation of assembly drawings, Review of product design from point of view of Manufacturing, Ergonomics and aesthetics. Unit 5 Management of New Product: Development and Launch New Product Managements Challenges, Maintaining focus, Promotion of Right Culture, Management of Creativity, Top Management attention, Design Team Staffing and Organization, Setting key mile stone, Identification of Risk Areas, Project Execution and Evaluation Product Launch Strategies, Project Planning: Project Task matrix, estimation of time and resources, project scheduling. 7 ME 6.1: ROBOTICS 3L+ 0T 100 Marks Ex. Hrs: 3 Unit 1 Introduction to Robotics: Evolution of Robots and Robotics, Laws of Robotics, What is and What is not a Robot, Progressive Advancement in Robots, Robot Anatomy, Human Arm Characteristics, Design and Control Issues, Manipulation and Control, Sensors and Vision, Programming Robots, The Future Prospects, Notations. Unit 2 Coordinate Frames, Mapping and Transforms: Coordinate Frames, Description of Objects in Space, Transformation of Vectors, Inverting a Homogeneous Transform, Fundamental Rotation Matrices.
Unit 3 Symbolic Modeling of Robots: Direct Kinematic Model Mechanical Structure and Notations, Description of Links and Joints, Kinematic Modeling of the Manipulator, Denavit Hartenberg Notation, Kinematic Relationship between Adjacent Links, Manipulator Transformation Matrix. Introduction to Inverse Kinematic model.
Unit 4 Robotic Sensors and Vision: The Meaning of Sensing, Sensors in Robotics, Kinds of Sensors used in Robotics, Robotic vision, Industrial Applications of Vision-Controlled Robotic Systems, Process of Imaging, Architecture of Robotic Vision Systems, Image Acquisition. Unit 5 Robot Applications: Industrial Applications, Material Handling, Processing Applications, Assembly Applications, Inspection Application, Principles for Robot Application and Application Planning, Justification of Robots, Robot Safety, NonIndustrial Applications.
