Machine Design & Industrial Drafting
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Machine Design & Industrial Drafting Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Machine Design & Industrial Drafting (subject code 2141907) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 4 divides the course into 3 units, covering 36 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2141907)Unit 1 Introduction
- Concepts of stresses and Strain
- Combinations of Axial
- Torsional and Bending loads
- Theories of Failures: Distortion energy (von Mises)
- Maximum-Shear stress
- Maximum Principal stress
- Coulomb-Mohr Theory
- Selection and Use of theories of failures
- Factor of safety
- Contact stresses
- Crushing and Bearing stress
- Application Problems: Eccentric Loading
- Cotter and Knuckle Joints
- Design and analysis of levers: Cranked
- Bell crank
- Rocker arm
Unit 2 Beams and Columns
- Different types of supports / end conditions
- Revision of Stresses in beams Effect of Section
- Orientation, and type of loading
- Deflection of beams for different loading conditions
- Compressive axial loading of columns and struts
- Slenderness ratio
- Compressive stress and Buckling of members
- Effect of end conditions
- Euler’s Formula
- validity and limitations
- Rankine’s Formula
- Johnson’s equation
- Eccentric loading of long columns
Unit 3 Shafts, Keys and Couplings
- Design of solid and hollow circular shaft subjected to torque and combined loading
- Design of shaft for rigidity and stiffness
- Design of Keys: Saddle
- Kennedy key and Splines
- Design of Couplings: Concept of rigid and flexible couplings
- Design of: Clamp
- Rigid flange and Flexible couplings. ** Should be covered during practical session with application to production/assembly drawings
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