‘SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MECHANICS OF MACHINES TD [P| credits | Total Marks
SPRKIOOS (Common to Mech & Prod and Aero) Pipe a4 700
UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS 10 hs.
Links, pairs, chains, mechanisms and machines, inversions, four bar chains, single and double slider crank
chains.
Velocity and acceleration diagrams Four bar and Single slider mechanism,
UNIT Il INERTIA & BALANCING 10 hrs.
D’Alembert’s Principle ~ Inertia forces in mechanism ~ Calculation of crankshaft torque ~ Fluctuation of energy
and speed of flywheel
Balancing of rotating and reciprocating masses in one plane and in several planes - Primary and secondary
forces and couples in single cylinder and muti cylinder in line engines.
UNIT Ill CAMS & GEAR TRAINS 10 hrs.
Cams ~ Types and followers ~ Drawing of profile cams with roller, knife edge and flat followers ~ all displacement,
Gear trains - simple, compound, reverted and epi-cycic gear trains.
UNIT IV FRICTION DEVICES 10 hrs.
Friction - Friction in square threaded, V-thread, Screw jack, Clutches. Belt and rope drives -Power transmitted
through collar and journal bearings.
UNIT V VIBRATION 10 hrs.
Vibrations - Free, damped and forced vibrations of single degree of freedom system. Torsion vibration of 2
rotor systems ~ Criical speed of loaded shatts
Total: 50 hrs.
TEXT | REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Thomas Beven, Theory of Machines - CBS publishers and Distibutor, 1984
2 Amba Ghosh and Ashok Kumar Maick, Theory of Mechanisms and Machines, Afated East - West Press Private Limited, 1988
3. RSKhurmi & 1 Gupa, Theory of Machines - S.Chand and company Put. Lid 1986
4 Shiley JD & Vicker J, Theory of Machines and Mechanics, McGraw Hil, 1280
UNIVERSITY EXAM QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max Marks: 80 Exam Duration: 3 hrs.
Part A: 2 Questions from each unit, each carrying 2 marks 20 marks
Part B: 2 Questions fom each unit with internal choice, each carrying 12 marks 60 marks
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