Syllabus for Ph.D.
Entrance Test -2025
606. Mechanical Engineering
Applied Mechanics and Design
Engineering Mechanics: Free Body Diagrams and Equilibrium; Friction, rolling friction, belt – pulley, screw jack,
wedge Trusses and Frames; Virtual Work; Kinematics and Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies in Plane
Motion, Impulse and Momentum (Linear and Angular) and Energy Formulations; Impact.
Strength of Materials: Stress and Strain, Stress-Strain Relationship and Elastic Constants, Poisson’s ratio, Mohr's
Circle Plane Stress and Plane Strain, Thin Cylinders; Beam Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams; Bending
and Shear Stresses; Deflection of Beams; Torsion of Circular Shafts; Euler's Theory of Columns; Strain Energy
Methods; Thermal Stresses, Testing of Materials with UTM, hardness and impact strength.
Theory of Machines: Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration Analysis of Plane Mechanisms; Dynamic Analysis
of Slider-Crank Mechanism; Cam mechanism Gear and Gear Trains; Flywheels, Gyroscope and Governors,
Balancing of reciprocating and rotary masses.
Vibrations: Free and Forced Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems; Effects of Damping; Vibration
Isolation; Resonance, Critical Speeds of Shafts.
Machine Design: Design for Static and Dynamic Loading; Failure Theories; Fatigue Strength 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, Springs.
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Fluid Mechanics:Fluid Properties; Fluid Statics, Manometry, Buoyancy;Forces on sub merged bodies, Stability of
floating bodies, Fluid Acceleration; Differential Equations of Continuity and Momentum; Bernoulli's Equation;
Viscous Flow of Incompressible Fluids; Boundary Layer; Elementary Turbulent Flow; Flow Through Pipes, Head
Losses in Pipes, Bends.
Heat-Transfer: Modes of Heat Transfer; One Dimensional Heat Conduction, Resistance Concept, Electrical
Analogy, Heat transfer thorough fins, Unsteady Heat Conduction, 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: Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substances, behavior of ideal and
real gases; zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work and heat in various processes; second law
of thermodynamics; thermodynamic property charts and tables, availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic
relations.
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Syllabus for Ph.D. Entrance Test -2025
Applications: Power Engineering: Aircompressors-Reciprocating and rotary compressors, 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.
Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
Engineering Materials: Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials, Heat Treatment, Stress-Strain
Diagrams for Engineering Materials, Iron-carbon diagram.
Metal Casting: Design of Patterns, Moulds and Cores; Solidification and Cooling; Riser and Gating Design,
Design Considerations.
Metal 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 Process: Physics of Welding, Brazing and Soldering; Adhesive Bonding
Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of Machining, Basic machine tool, Single and Multi-Point
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; Comparators; Gauge
Design; Inter ferometry; Form and Finish Measurement; Alignment and Testing Methods; Tolerance Analysis in
Manufacturing and Assembly.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic Concepts of CAD/CAM and their Integration Tools, Additive
Manufacturing.
Production Planning and Control: Forecasting Models, Aggregate Production Planning, Scheduling, Materials
Requirement Planning.
Inventory Control: Deterministic Models; Safety Stock Inventory Control Systems.
Operations Research: Linear Programming, Simplex Method, Transportation, Assignment, Network Flow Models,
Simple Queuing Models, PERT and CPM.
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