Design of Mechanisms
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The official GTU curriculum for Design of Mechanisms (subject code BE05000341) as prescribed for Robotics · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 49 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 (BE05000341)Unit 1 Design of Clutch and Brakes
- Torque Transmitting Capacity of clutch
- Multi-disk Clutches
- Friction Materials
- Centrifugal Clutches
- Thermal Considerations in Clutches
- Types of Brakes
- Block Brake with Short Shoe
- Block Brake with Long Shoe
- Pivoted Block Brake with Long Shoe
- Internal Expanding Brake
- Band Brakes
- Disk Brakes
- Thermal Considerations
Unit 2 Bearing Selection for Mechanisms
- Types of Bearings
- Types of rolling-contact bearings
- Selection of bearing type
- Static load carrying capacity of bearing
- Dynamic load carrying capacity of bearing
- Equivalent bearing load
- Load-life relationship
- Selection of bearing from manufacturer’s catalogue
- Bearing with probability of survival other than 90 percent
- Design for cyclic load
- Function of Lubricants
- Hydrostatic and Hydrodynamic Bearings
- Performance Parameters of Hydrodynamic Bearings and Analysis
Unit 3 Design of hoisting mechanism
- Design of crane hook
- wire rope and sheaves
- Design of tackle and pins
Unit 4 Design of Spur gear
- Classification of gears
- Selection of type of gears
- Standard system of gear tooth
- Force analysis
- Gear tooth failures
- selection of material
- Beam strength of gear tooth
- Wear strength of gear tooth
Unit 5 Design of IC Engine Components
- Analysis and Design of Cylinder
- Analysis and Design of Piston
- Analysis and Design of Crankshaft
- Valve-Gear Mechanism
Unit 6 Dynamic Analysis of Mechanisms
- Equations of Motions for Single Degree of Freedom System
- Equations of Motions of Two Degree of Freedom Systems
- Two Rotor Systems
- Three Rotor Systems
- Critical Speed of Shaft
- Multi Degree of Freedom Systems
- Use of Lagrange’s Equation to Derive Equations of Motion
- Eigen Value Problems
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