Year|2014

Volume|01

Issue|02

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNITED INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
COIMBATORE-20
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CHAIRMANS MESSAGE
Knowledge triumphs, technology transforms and skill set wins in all economies in the
world whether developed or developing or even less developed. The trained human assets in
technology with constant knowledge acquisition, consistent inclination towards research and
application can achieve prosperity. The vision of India to witness myriads of clusters in computers,
electronics, automobiles, infrastructure, communications, and Textile engineering, Information
technology has become reality today. We believe in grooming and shaping youngsters in an
innovative environment where they would freely think, explore and interact with mentors and
bring out tangible output to the society and industry. United Institute of Technology is determined
to focus on education as a prime agenda as it is concerned with future generation and the public at
large. With a basic philosophy of no compromise on excellence it justifies the investments in
intellectual capital, providing world class infrastructure and executing pedagogy of interaction
through mentoring and learning process. We wish you all the very best!

PRINCIPALS MESSAGE
Thought provoking stories are shared in common forum by industry stalwarts on the
critical issue of employability of the youth in the industry. Are they skillful and talented
performers after acquiring the required graduation? Time and again this challenge is posed to all
an accountable institution builders. Realizing the importance of timely need, UIT is determined to
blend all the essential traits, human skills and qualities in them. It is on parallel to their technical
and academic curriculum and catalyst to make a great career. I wish all our students a very happy
and rationally highly rewarding student life at UIT.

EDITORS MESSAGE
Educations are sweeter and valuable when it promotes the blossoming of natural talent
that enriches students to be value enhanced individuals. The scenario of technical education is
India is now in a transformational phase as compared to earlier times. We are in a compelling era
where global conditions require that conventional practices have to change and adapt to suit the
present requirements and also address futuristic needs. We are committed to attain excellence in
imparting quality technical education to equip technical skills in conformation with current and
future needs of industry, along with the values that defines professional conduct. We are looking
forward to consolidate our views on defining the long term goals for the future.

ABOUT THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mechanical engineering is a diverse subject that derives its breadth from the need to
design and manufacture everything from small individual parts. The role of a mechanical engineer
is to take a product from an idea to the marketplace. In order to accomplish this, a broad range of
skills are needed. The mechanical engineer needs to acquire particular skills and knowledge.
He/she needs to understand the forces and the thermal environment that a product, its parts, or its
subsystems will encounter; to design them for functionality, aesthetics, and the ability to withstand
the forces and the thermal environment they will be subjected to; and to determine the best way to
manufacture them and ensure they will operate without failure. Perhaps the one skill that is the
mechanical engineers exclusive domain is the ability to analyze and design objects and systems
with motion.

Since these skills are required for virtually everything that is made, mechanical engineering is
perhaps the broadest and most diverse of engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineers play a
central role in such industries as automotive, etc To put it simply, mechanical engineering deals
with anything that moves, including the human body, a very complex machine. Mechanical
engineers learn about materials, solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control,
instrumentation, design, and manufacturing to understand mechanical systems.
The breadth of the mechanical engineering discipline allows students a variety of career
options beyond some of the industries listed above. Regardless of the particular path they envision
for themselves after they graduate, their education will have provided them with the creative
thinking that allows them to design an exciting product or system, the analytical tools to achieve
their design goals, the ability to overcome all constraints, and the teamwork needed to design,
market, and produce a system.
The Department was started in the year 2009 and two batches of students were passed out.
The department is functioning with teaching faculty members and laboratory technicians, all are
well qualified and vast experienced. The Department is continuously striving to achieve excellence
in education, in academic and industry oriented projects as well as in research. The students are
provided with a perfect blend of intellectual and practical experiences that help them to serve our
society and address a variety of needs. The laboratory facilities to cater to the needs of the syllabus
and beyond are available. Multi-media facilities and Over Head Projector for all class rooms
enhancing the teaching learning process effectively.
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LIST OF LABORATORY IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Computer Aided Design Laboratory

Engineering Practices Laboratory

Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory

Thermal Engineering Laboratory

Mechatronics Laboratory

Dynamics Laboratory

Manufacturing Technology

Metrology Laboratory
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ULTRASONIC METAL WELDING

Ultrasonic metal welding is local and limited to the shear forces and displacement of
intermediate layers. A longer welding time results in a more even welded connection, higher yield
limit and higher fracture strengths. During ultrasonic metal welding, a complex process is
triggered involving static forces, oscillating shearing forces and a moderate temperature increase in
the welding area. The magnitude of these factors depends on the thickness of the work pieces, their
surface structure, and their mechanical properties. The work pieces are placed between a fixed
machine part, i.e. the anvil, and the sonotrode, which oscillates horizontally during the welding
process at high frequency (usually 20 or 35 or 40 kHz) .The most commonly used frequency of
oscillation (working frequency) is 20 kHz. This frequency is above that audible to the human ear
and also permits the best possible use of energy.

For welding processes which require only a small amount of energy, a working frequency
of 35 or 40 kHz may be used. The static pressure is introduced at right angles to the welding
interface. Here, the pressure force is superimposed by the high-frequency oscillating shearing
force. As long as the forces inside the work pieces are below the limit of linear elasticity, the
pieces will not deform. If forces surpass a given threshold value, local material deformation will
soon take place. These shearing forces, at high frequency, break down contamination, remove it
and produce a bond between pure metal interfaces. The further oscillation makes the interface
deformation grow until a large welding area has been produced.

At the same time, there is an atomic diffusion in the contact area and the metal recrystallizes into a fine grain structure having the properties of a cold-worked metal. Ultrasonic
metal welding is local and limited to the shear forces and displacement of intermediate layers.
However, a fusion does not take place if the pressure force, the amplitude and the welding time
have been properly adjusted. Microscopic analyses using optical and electronic microscopes make
re-crystallization, diffusion and other metallurgical phenomena evident. However, they provide no
evidence of fusion (melted interface). The use of highly sensitive thermal sensing devices in the
intermediate layers shows in an initial quick rise

A longer welding time results in a more even welded connection, higher yield limit and
higher fracture strengths. Accordingly the metal fatigues characteristics of the welded specimens
with longer welding time are improved. The research results were used for aluminum and copper
plate welding.
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Using ultrasonic energy it is possible to weld several elements at one time. Ultrasonics
complex vibrations with two- or three-dimensional vibration locus are effective for various
applications. Complex vibration systems using a longitudinal-torsional vibration converter with
diagonally slitted parts and a complex transverse vibration source driven by multiple longitudinal
driving systems have been proposed and studied. Applications of the complex vibration systems
include ultrasonic direct welding of LSI, semiconductor chips without any adhesive and solder,
ultrasonic seam welding of aluminum, copper plates for heat exchanger or heat sink, ultrasonic
welding of thick metal specimens such as an automobile body, etc.

MUSIC

I am in need of music that would flow

Over my fretful, feeling fingertips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!

There is a magic made by melody:

A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.

-Mr.B.Dinesh Kumar

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Mechanical Engineering is the application of physical principles and mathematics to the
creation of useful devices, objects and machines. Mechanical engineers use principles such as heat,
force, and the conservation of mass and energy to analyze static and dynamic physical systems, in
contributing to the design of things, such as: automobiles, aircraft, and other vehicles, heating and
cooling systems, household appliances, industrial equipment and machinery, weapons systems,
etc.

DEMAND FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

For many decades, there have been high demands for Mechanical Engineers with a good
technical education and excellent attributes. The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering at Tennessee State University offers an excellent education preparing its graduates to
assume their professional responsibilities throughout the United States and many other parts of the
world. Employment of mechanical engineers is projected to grow more rapidly as the demand for
improved machinery and machine tools grows. Also, emerging technologies in biotechnology,
materials science, and nanotechnology will create new job opportunities for mechanical engineers.

PROBLEM SOLVERS FOR THE SOCIETY

They research, develop, design, manufacture, and test tools, engines, machines, and other
mechanical systems. They also work on power-producing machines. They develop machine tools,
industrial production equipment, and robots. Mechanical engineers also design tools that other
engineers need for their work. The emerging fields of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems and
Nanotechnology , which involves the creation of high-performance materials and components by
integrating atoms and molecules, is introducing entirely new principles to the design process.
Social needs and new technologies and skills change the profession as it seeks to fit a wide-open
global marketplace.

LIST OF FACULTY MEMBERS

1. Dr. G. Bansal Rajkumar ,Professor
2. T.Mathavaraj Ravikumar, Asso. Professor
3. B.Shanmugasundaram ,Asst.Professor
4. T.Vasudevan, Asst.Professor
5. S.Om Prakash ,Asst.Professor
6. P. Sathish kumar, Asst.Professor
7. C.Saravana murthi, Asst.Professor
8. D. Finney Charles, Asst.Professor
9. J.Gokulanandan, Asst.Professor
10. C.Silambarasan, Asst.Professor
11. B.Thamarai Kannan, Asst.Professor
12. R.Sivaraj, Asst.Professor
13. R.Karthik, Asst.Professor
14. S.Padhma Sharma, Asst.Professor
15. K.Chinnarasu, Asst.Professor
16. M.Gokul, Asst.Professor
17. D.Thamotharan, Asst.Professor
18.

N.Nirmal, Pro.Term Lecturer

19. V.Manimaran, Asst.Professor

20. P.John Britto, Asst.Professor
21. K.Muthusamy, Asst.Professor
22. K.Kesavaraj, Asst.Professor
23. P. Tatavaratharaja Perumal, Asst.Professor
24. R.Madhavan, Asst.Professor
25. Mr.Senthil Velan, Asst.Professor
26. Mr.Ranjith Kumar ,Asst.Professor
27. G.Chandra Pandian, Asst.Professor
28. T.Kathiravan, Asst.Professor
29. K.Velayuthan, Asst.Professor
30. K.Vigneshwaran, Asst.Professor
31. S.Sethu, Asst.Professor
32. S.Senthil, Asst.Professor
33. R. Sunil Kumar , Asst.Professor
34. D.Deepak, Asst.Professor
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

United Institute of Technology
G.Koundampalayam, Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore - 641020
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