ME361

Secondary Manufacturing Processes

Credits:

  

 

2L-0T-1P-0A (7 Credits)
 

Objectives


The main objective of this course is to acquaint students with secondary manufacturing processes. In addition to their classification, this course includes physics of various secondary manufacturing processes. Further, the students will be introduced to working and control of manual and CNC machines besides measurement techniques used in manufacturing.

Course content


Introduction to manufacturing processes and system concept and its evolution; Metal casting: Solidification Mechanism, Gating and Riser Design, Defects and Product Design; Metal Forming: Fundamentals of Plasticity, Force Equilibrium Method, Forging/upsetting, Drawing, Extrusion, Deep Drawing and Bending, Defects; Machining: Tool Specifications, Orthogonal and Oblique cutting, Tool wear and Tool Life, Economics of Machining; Shaping processes for Plastics and Tool Design; Joining Processes; Un-Conventional Material Removal Processes: ECM, EDM, LBM and Jet Machining; Rapid Prototyping and Tooling; Micro-fabrication technologies; Metrology and Selection of Manufacturing Processes.

Total number of lectures: 28

Lecturewise breakup


1. Introduction to and outlining the course:1 Lecture

2. Conventional machining processes: 8-10 Lectures

  • Orthogonal cutting mechanics; thermal aspects of machining; tool wear and life analysis; oblique cutting; turning with a nose radius; milling; drilling; grinding 

3. Non-traditional machining processes: 6-10 Lectures

  • Mechanical, thermal, electrochemical and chemical processes such as abrasive jet machining, ultrasonic machining, electric discharge machining, electrochemical machining, and laser beam machining

4. Machines and their operations: 2-3 Lectures

  • Overview of working of manual and CNC machines and their control

Recommended books

    1. Ghosh, A., Mallik, A.K., Manufacturing Science (2nd edition), EastWest Press

    2. Groover, M.P., Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing (2nd edition), John Wiley

    3. Kalpakjian, S., Schmid, S.C., Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Pearson Education

    4. Boothroyd, G., Knight, W.A., Fundamentals of Machining and Machine Tools, Taylor & Francis

    5. Galyer, J.F.W., Shotbolt, C.R., Metrology for Engineers, ELBS

Any other remarks

Two laboratory exercises on conventional machining; A laboratory exercise on non-traditional machining; A laboratory exercise on metrology.

Proposing instructors: Dr. V. Kumar, Dr. S. Mishra, Dr. K. Ramani, Dr. U. Roy, Dr. S. Mukhopadhyay, Dr. M. Law, Dr. A. Kumar, Dr. N. Sinha, Dr. S. Bhattacharya
 

ME341

Heat Transfer

Credits

  

 

3L-0T-0P-0A (9 Credits)
 

Objectives


To impart a fundamental knowledge of heat and mass transfer and their applications.

Course content


Introduction, One- and Two-dimensional steady and transient conduction, Forced convection over a horizontal flat plate and inside tubes, Natural Convection over a vertical flat plate. Mass Transfer. Boiling and Condensation, Heat Exchangers, Thermal Radiation.

Total number of lectures: 40

Lecturewise breakup


1. Introduction: 1 Lecture

2. Conduction: 10 Lectures

  • Fourier’s law of heat conduction, derivation of heat conduction equation: special cases, thermal resistance concept, extended surfaces: fin effectiveness and fin efficiency, unsteady state heat conduction: lumped and distributed systems, Heisler charts, semi-infinite solids

3. Forced Convection: 8 Lectures

  • Laminar forced convection: flow and heat transfer over an isothermal flat plate, concept of Nusselt number and heat transfer coefficient, similarity and integral solutions, turbulent forced convection over a flat plate: Reynolds and Colburn analogy for heat/momentum transfer, laminar heat transfer in tube flows: uniform wall heat flux and uniform wall temperature boundary conditions, heat transfer in turbulent tube flow: Dittus-Boelter correlation

4. Natural Convection: 4 Lectures

  • Steady laminar natural convection on an isothermal vertical plate: similarity and integral solutions, correlations for turbulent natural convection various geometries

5. Mass Transfer: 3 Lectures

  • Fick’s law, species continuity equation, analogy of heat and mass transfer

6. Boiling and Condensation: 3 Lectures

  • Boiling: Pool boiling, Saturated pool boiling curve, Rohsenow’s nucleate boiling correlation, critical heat flux correlation, minimum heat flux and film boiling correlations

  • Condensation: Dropwise and film condensation, Nusselt’s theory of laminar film condensation on a vertical plate; heat transfer correlations for transitional and turbulent condensation over a vertical plate

7. Heat Exchangers: 4 Lectures

  • Various types of heat exchangers, derivation of LMTD expression, correction factor approach.

8. Thermal Radiation: 7 Lectures

  • Introduction, Physical mechanism, Planck’s law, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wien’s displacement law, emissivity, absorptivity, reflectivity, and transmissivity, Kirchhoff’s law, view factor, radiosity and irradiation, radiation exchange in a black and gray enclosure, electric circuit analogy, radiation shields and radiation heat transfer coefficient

Recommended books


Textbooks

    1. Heat and Mass Transfer by Yunus A. Cengel (3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition, New Delhi, 2007)

Reference books

    1. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer by Frank P. Incropera and David P. Dewitt (4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998)

    2. Heat Transfer by J.P. Holman (9th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition, New Delhi, 2004)

    3. Heat Transfer by P.S. Ghoshdastidar (2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012)

Proposing instructors: Dr. S. Khandekar, Dr. P.S. Ghoshdastidar, Dr. U. Madanan, Dr. A. K. Agarwal

  • DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

  • INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

  • Kanpur, UP 208016 | Phone: 0512-259-7627 | Fax: 0512-259-7408

Research Scholars' day on March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

 

The department of Mechanical Engineering will be organizing Research Scholar's day on March 12, 2016. M.Tech students (including dual degree students) will be presenting posters and 4th and 5th year PhD students will give research talk of 15 minutes.

 

The tentative schedule is as follows:

  • 10:00-10:30 AM - Inauguration and welcome by Head
  • 10:30-11:30 AM- Talk by PhD students
  • 11:30 - 12:00 PM - Tea break
  • 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Talk by PhD students
  • 1:00 - 2:30 PM - Lunch break
  • 2:30 - 4:00 PM - Poster presentation
  • 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Dr. R. S. Pandey Distinguished Lecture
  • 5:00 PM - High Tea