THEORY OF MACHINES Syllabus — Government College of Engineering and T…
Full syllabus, topics and curated resources for THEORY OF MACHINES (Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu).
Mechanism analysis, gears, gear trains, cams, governors, reciprocating engines, flywheels, gyroscopes and balancing
- Subject code: MET5402
- University: Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Course: BE (2022 onwards)
- Branch: ME
- Semester: 4
THEORY OF MACHINES syllabus
Unit 1: General concepts, Velocity and Acceleration Analysis
- Introduction of Simple mechanism
- Different types of Kinematics pair
- Kutzbach Equation
- Grublers Criterion
- Grashof's Law
- inversions of four bar chain, slider crank chain and double slider crank chain
- quick return motion mechanism
- Velocity of point in mechanism
- relative velocity method
- Velocities in four bar mechanism
- Instantaneous center method
- Acceleration analysis
Unit 2: Gears & Gear trains
- Gear terminology, types of gears
- Involute and Cycloid
- comparison of characteristics of Involute & cycloid profile
- interference
- Introduction to gear trains
- simple gear trains
- Compound gear train
- Epicyclical gear train
Unit 3: Cams
- Classification of cams and followers
- Terminology
- geometry of radial cam
- displacement diagram
- uniform velocity, simple harmonic
- uniform acceleration, cycloid
- graphical layout of cam profiles with different followers
- follower velocity
Unit 4: Governors
- Function, types of governors
- Watt, Porter and Proell governors
- Sensitivity, stability, isochronism's and hunting of governors
- Governor Effort and power
- effect of sleeve friction
Unit 5: Kinematics & Dynamics of reciprocating Engines
- Kinematic analysis of reciprocating engine
- Inertia forces
- Dynamic analysis of reciprocating engine
- Equivalent masses for different members
Unit 6: Turning Moment Diagrams &Flywheels
- Turning moment diagrams for reciprocating machines
- Fluctuation of Energy
- Determination of Maximum Fluctuation of Energy
- Coefficient of Fluctuation of Energy
- Flywheel
- Fluctuations of speed, coefficient of fluctuation of speed
- Energy Stored in a Flywheel
Unit 7: Gyroscope
- Gyroscope
- Gyroscopic couple
- gyroscopic stabilization
- Gyroscopic Effects on Aeroplanes and ship
- stability of an automobile