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OR & Supply Chain (ME-7003)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Linear system and distribution models: Mathematical formulation of linear systems by LP, solution of LP for two variables only, special cases of transportation and assignment and its solution, Vogel’s forward looking penalty method, cell evaluation degeneracy, use of SW Lindo, Tora, Excell. UNIT 2 : Supply chain (SCM): Definition, importance, expenditure and opportunities in SCM; integration of inbound, outbound logistics and manufacturing to SCM, flow of material money and information, difficulties in SCM due to local v/s system wide (global) optimization and uncertainties in demand and transportation; Bull-whip effect; customer value; IT, info-sharing and strategic partnerships; plant and warehouse-network configuration; supply contracts and revenue sharing; outsourcing; transportation, cross docking and distribution, forecasting models in SCM; coordination and leadership issues; change of purchasing role and vendor rating, variability from multiple supplie...

Machine Tool Design (ME-7004)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Classification, General Requirements and Design Recommendations of Machine Tools. Cutting forces in various machining processes and power requirements of various Machine Tools such as Lathe Machine, Drilling Machine, Shaping Machine, Milling Machine, Grinding Machine and Broaching Machine UNIT 2 : Kinematics of Machine Tool Drives, Classification, selection of maximum and minimum cutting speeds and feeds, series of spindle speed, standard series and value of common ratio, determining common ratio and transmission ratio for drives powered by multispeed electric motor, Semigraphical method for transmission ratio, structures deviating from normal uniform structures, gear box layout and teeth calculations, step less regulationsElectrical and Mechanical. UNIT 3 : Design aspects of Machine Tool Elements, Framework, Guides, Spindle Bearing and Power Screws UNIT 4 : Lubrication and Rigidity in Machine Tools, Introduction, Steps in selecting proper lubrication o...

Reliability Engineering (ME-7004)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Reliability : Definition, Importance, History, Failure pattern of complex product, Factor of safety and reliability, Reliability analysis procedure, Reliability management Some examples of system failures. UNIT 2 : Basic probability theory, Set theory, Laws of probability, Probability theorem Random variables and probability distributions, Central limit theorem, UNIT 3 : Functions of random variables, Single , two and several random variables, Probability distribution functions, density functions for different types of discrete and continuous variables, mean, mode and median, Numerical solutions, Extremal distributions, UNIT 4 : Modeling of geometry, strength and loads, Fatigue strength, Time dependent reliability of components, Failure rate versus time, reliability and hazard functions and different distributions, Estimation of failure rate, Expected residual life, Series, parallel and mixed systems, complex systems, Reliability enhancement, UNI...

Ergonomics (ME-7004)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Productivity and work study, Techniques for productivity improvement, The influence of working conditions on work study. UNIT 2 : Work measurement, Purpose and procedure, Work sampling study, sample size, Random observations, Errors, Standard data, Man power planning, Production planning based on work study, Design of individual work, design of group work, Design of product oriented organisation. Process charts of man and material, Multiple activity chart, String chart. UNIT 3 : Human factors in engineering,Introduction: Definition, History of Development, Characteristics of Man Machine Systems, Relative capabilities of Human beings and Machines,Information Input and Processing : Human Motor Activities : a. Bio mechanisms of motion, Measurement of Physiological Functions, Energy Expenditure in Physical Activities. b. Human Control of Systems: Human input and output channels. Compatibility, Tracking Operations, Design of Control. c. Anthropometry: Anthrop...

Robotics (ME-7005)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOT : Robot – Definition – Robot Anatomy – Co-ordinate Systems, Work Envelope, types and classification – Specifications – Pitch, Yaw, Roll, Joint Notations, Speed of Motion, Pay Load – Robot Parts and Functions – Need for Robots – Different Applications UNIT 2 : ROBOT DRIVE SYSTEMS AND END EFFECTORS : Pneumatic Drives – Hydraulic Drives – Mechanical Drives – Electrical Drives – D.C. Servo Motors, Stepper Motor, A.C. Servo Motors – Salient Features, Applications and Comparison of Drives End Effectors – Grippers – Mechanical Grippers, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Grippers, Magnetic Grippers, Vacuum Grippers; Two Fingered and Three Fingered Grippers; Internal Grippers and External Grippers; Selection and Design Considerations. UNIT 3 : SENSORS AND MACHINE VISION : Requirements of a sensor, Principles and Applications of the following types of sensors– Position of sensors (Piezo Electric Sensor, LVDT, Resolvers, Optical Encoders, Pneumatic Positi...

Power Technology (ME-7005)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Nuclear reactions and artificial radioactivity, introduction, energy and world, nuclear heat energy, nuclear fission and fusion and nuclear reactors, carbon dating, particle accelerators, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, Large hadron collider, LHC, Radiation and materials, Biological effects of radiation, Nuclear propulsion, Radiation protection, Waste disposal UNIT 2 : Solar energy, Introduction, an overview of thermal applications, Sun and geographic availability, Solar radiation, Thermal energy storage and utilisation, Solar pond, Solar heaters, Solar collectors, Solar systems design, Passive heating systems, Economic analysis. UNIT 3 : Wind technology- Introduction, Nature of wind, Place and direction, Energy in wind,wind data, Multi blade propeller type wind mill units and power calculations, Standardization, Conversion effectiveness to electrical and Mechanical Energy, Connectivity with grid, Wind machines classifications and...

Enterprise Resource Planning [ERP] (ME-7005)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Evolutionary stages of Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP), Need for ERP, Variety accommodation, Strategic and operational issues in ERP, Integrated and Business model of ERP, Online analytical processing( OLAP) UNIT 2 : Introduction to Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR), ERP Implementation: Role of consultants, vendors and users, Guidelines and Procedure for ERP implementation, strategic advantage through ERP, ERP Domain. UNIT 3 : Business module in ERP, Finance, Manufacturing, Human resources, Plant maintenance, Materials management, Quality management, Sales and Distribution. UNIT 4 : Turbo Charge the ERP System, Enterprise Integration Applications (EIA), ERP and E – Commerce, ERP and internet , Future of ERP. UNIT 5 : Resource Management, ERP – A Manufacturing perspective, ERP Case studies with applications and uses of software, E- business components and interrelationship, Integrated data model, Information Technology and computer net work...

E-Commerce & Governance (IT-7004)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Introduction to e-commerce: History of e-commerce, e-business models B2B, B2C, C2C, C2B, legal; environment of e-commerce, ethical issues, electronic data interchange, value chain and supply chain, advantages and disadvantages of e-commerce. UNIT 2 : Electronic Payment Systems: Credit cards, debit cards, smart cards, e-credit accounts, emoney, Marketing on the web, marketing strategies, advertising on the web, customer service and support, introduction to m-commerce, case study: e-commerce in passenger air transport. UNIT 3 : E-Government, theoretical background of e-governance, issues in e-governance applications, evolution of e-governance, its scope and content, benefits and reasons for the introduction of egovernance, e-governance models- broadcasting, critical flow, comparative analysis, mobilization and lobbying, interactive services / G2C2G. UNIT 4 : E-readiness, e-government readiness, E- Framework, step & issues, application of data wareh...

Simulation & Modeling (IT-7004)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: PHYSICAL MODELING: Concept of system and environment, continuous and discrete system, linear and nonlinear system, stochastic activities, static and dynamic models, principles used in modeling, Basic simulation modeling, Role of simulation in model evaluation and studies, Advantages and Disadvantages of simulation. Modeling of systems, Iconic, analog and Mathematical Modeling. UNIT 2 : COMPUTER BASED SYSTM SIMULATION: Technique of simulation, Monte Carlo method, experimental nature of simulation, numerical computation techniques, calumnious system models, analog and hybrid simulation, feedback systems, Buildings simulation models- Financial Model for an office Building, Sensitivity analysis for office building Model. UNIT 3 : SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING: Identification of problem situation, Exponential Growth Model and Decay Model, Logistic Curve, System Dynamic Diagrams, Simulation of System DynamicsWaiting Times in Single Server Queuing System. UNIT 4 : ...

Ad-hoc Network (IT-7005)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Introduction :Introduction-Fundamentals of Wireless Communication Technology, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, GSM, GPRS, PCS, WLAN and UMTS, Components of Packet Radios, Routing in PRNETs, Route calculation, Pacing techniques, Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Heterogeneity in Mobile Devices, Wireless Sensor Networks, Traffic Profiles, Types of Ad Hoc Mobile Communications, Types of Mobile Host Movements, Challenges Facing Ad Hoc Mobile Networks. UNIT 2 : Ad Hoc wireless MAC protocols- Introduction, Synchronous and asynchronous MAC protocols, Problem in Ad Hoc channel access, Receiver-initiated and sender-initiated MAC protocols, Existing Ad Hoc MAC protocols, Ad Hoc Routing Protocols- Introduction, Issues in Designing a Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Classifications of Routing Protocols: Table-Driven Routing Protocols – Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV), Wireless Routing Protocol (WRP), Cluster Switch Gateway Routing (CSGR), Source-Initiated ...

Artificial Intelligence (IT-7005)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Meaning and definition of artificial intelligence, Various types of production systems, Characteristics of production systems, Study and comparison of breadth first search and depth first search. Techniques, other Search Techniques like hill Climbing, Best first Search. A* algorithm, AO* algorithms etc, and various types of control strategies. UNIT 2 : Knowledge Representation, Problems in representing knowledge, knowledge representation using propositional and predicate logic, comparison of propositional and predicate logic, Resolution, refutation, deduction, theorem proving, inferencing, monotonic and nonmonotonic reasoning. UNIT 3 : Probabilistic reasoning, Baye's theorem, semantic networks, scripts, schemas, frames, conceptual dependency, fuzzy logic, forward and backward reasoning. UNIT 4 : Game playing techniques like minimax procedure, alpha-beta cut-offs etc, planning, Study of the block world problem in robotics, Introduction to understa...

Embedded System (IT-7005)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Introduction to Embedded System, Categories, Requirements, Applications, Challenges and Issues. Core of Embedded system, Memory, Sensors and Actuators, communication interface, Embedded firmware, system components. UNIT 2 : Fundamental issues of hardware software co-design, computational models in embedded designdata flow graph, control flow graph, state machine model, sequential programmed model, concurrent model, unified modeling language. UNIT 3 : Architecture of 8085 microcontroller, memory organization, registers, interrupts, addressing modes, instruction sets. UNIT 4 : Embedded firmware design approaches- OS based, Super loop based. Embedded firmware development languages- Assembly language based, high level language based, mixed. Programming in embedded C. UNIT 5 : Types of Operating system, Task, process and threads, Multi processing and multi task, Task scheduling, Task communication, Task synchronization. NOTES Unit 1    ...

Mechanical Vibration (ME-7001)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Introduction : Periodical motion, harmonic motion, the vector method of representing vibrations, displacement, velocity and acceleration in harmonic motion, work done in harmonic motion, superposition of simple harmonic motion, beat phenomenon, non harmonic periodic motions. Harmonic analysis System having single degree of freedom, free vibration of systems without damping, Equilibrium and Energy Method for determining natural frequency. Reyleigh’s Method, Equivalent Systems (systems with compound springs, shafts of different diameter Equivalent length, effects of mass of spring and shaft). Free vibration of systems with Viscous, Coulomb and Structural damping. Equations of motion – Discussion of its solutions. Electrical Analogies : Electric circuit principles, equivalent circuits UNIT 2 : Forced vibrations of systems with and without damping (viscous and coulomb), Method of complex algebra, equivalent viscous damping, impressed force due to unbalance, inadmis...

Automobile Engineering (ME-7002)

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Syllabus UNIT 1: Chassis & Body Engg: Types, Technical details of commercial vehicles, types of chassis, lay out, types of frames, testing of frames for bending & torsion on unutilized body frame, vehicle body and their construction, driver’s visibility and methods for improvement, safety aspects of vehicles, vehicle aerodynamics, optimization of body shape, driver’s cab design, body materials, location of engine, front wheel and rear wheel drive, four wheel drive UNIT 2 : Steering System: front axle beam, stub axle, front wheel assembly, principles of types of wheel alignment, front wheel geometry viz. camber, Kingpin inclination, castor, toe-in and toeout, condition for true rolling motion, centre point steering, directional stability of vehicles, steering gear, power steering, slip angle, cornering power, over steer & under steer, gyroscopic effect on steering gears. UNIT 3 : Transmission System: Function and types of clutches, single plate, multi-plate clut...