Design of Mechanisms - II
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The official GTU curriculum for Design of Mechanisms - II (subject code 2182004) as prescribed for Mechatronics ยท Semester 8 divides the course into 8 units, covering 41 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 (2182004)Unit 1 System Design Approach
- Ergonomic and Aesthetic considerations in design
- Design synthesis
- Design for reliability
Unit 2 Design of Power Transmission Mechanism
- Type of coupling
- Muff coupling
- Split Muff coupling
- Flange coupling
- Bush pin type coupling
- Flat belts and CI pulley
Unit 3 Design of Simple and Band Brakes
- Energy equation
- Block brake with short shoe and long shoe
- Pivoted block brake with long shoe
- Simple band brake
- Differential band brake
Unit 4 Design of Spur Gear
- Gear terminology
- speed ratio and number of teeth
- Force analysis
- Tooth stresses
- Dynamic effects
- Fatigue strength
- Factor of safety
- Gear material
- Module and Face width
- Power rating calculation based on strength and wear calculation
Unit 5 Design of Journal bearing and Selection of Rolling contact bearings
- Method of lubrication
- Hydrostatic boundary
- Minimum film thickness
- Thermal equilibrium
- Selection of antifriction bearing for different loads and load cycle
Unit 6 Design of curved beam
- Stress distribution in curved beam for different cross section
Unit 7 Design of hoisting mechanism
- Introduction to hoisting mechanism
- Design of crane hook
- Design of wire rope
- Design of tackle and pins
Unit 8 Design for cyclic loading
- Types of cyclic load
- Stress concentration
- Endurance limit
- Low cycle and high cycle fatigue
- Notch sensitivity
- Reversed stresses
- Design for 03 8