Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology

Seetharampuram, NARSAPUR, W.G. Dt., 534 280.

Department of Mechanical Engineering
COURSE INFORMATION SHEET

PROGRAMME: B.Tech Mechanical Engineering

COURSE: DESIGN OF MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENTS Semester: 6 CREDITS: 4

COURSE CODE: BTME6T03 REGULATION: R-14 COURSE TYPE: CORE /ELECTIVE / BREADTH/ S&H
COURSE AREA/DOMAIN: DESIGN CONTACT HOURS: 5 + 1 (Tutorials) Hours / WEEK.

SYLLABUS:
UNIT DETAILS HOURS
BEARINGS : Classification of Bearings – applications, Types of Journal bearings – Lubrication – Bearing Modulus – Full and 10
I partial bearings –Clearance ratio – Heat dissipation of bearings, bearing materials – journal bearing design – Ball and roller bearings
– Static loading of ball & roller bearings, Bearing life.
ENGINE PARTS: Connecting Rod : Thrust in connecting rod – stress due to whipping action on connecting rod ends – Cranks and 12
II
Crank shafts, strength and proportions of over hung and center cranks – Crank pins, Crank shafts.
III Pistons, Forces acting on piston – Construction Design and proportions of piston, Cylinder, Cylinder liners. 10
Design of curved beams: introduction, stresses in curved beams, Expression for radius of neutral axis for rectangular, circular, 12
IV
trapezoidal and T-Section. Design of crane hooks, C –clamps.
POWER TRANSMISSIONS SYSTEMS, PULLEYS: Transmission of power by belt and rope drives , transmission efficiencies, belts 10
– flat and vtypes – ropes - pulleys for belt and rope drives, materials, chain drives
V
DESIGN OF POWER SCREWS: Design of screw, square ACME, buttress screws, design of nut, compound screw, differential
screw, ball screwpossible failures.
SPUR & HELICAL GEAR DRIVES: Spur gears- helical gears – load concentration factor – dynamic load factor, surface 12
compressive strength –bending strength – design analysis of spur gears – estimation of centre distance, module and face width, check
VI
for plastic deformation, check for dynamic and wear considerations.

TOTAL HOURS 66

TEXT/REFERENCE BOOKS:
T/R BOOK TITLE/AUTHORS/PUBLICATION
1 Machine Design, V.Bandari TMH Publishers
2 Machine Design, PSG Data hand book
3 Machine Design, Pandya & Shaw, Charotar publishers.
4 Machine Design, V.Bandari TMH Publishers
5 Data Books : (I) P.S.G. College of Technology (ii) Mahadevan
6 Mech. Engg. Design / JE Shigley

COURSE PRE-REQUISITES:
C.CODE COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION SEM
DESIGN OF MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENTS Fundamentals of design concepts, Stress analysis and III/I
strength of different machine elements, Theories of
failure of mechanical components.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
1 Apply the knowledge to select suitable bearings both static dynamic and fluctuating load (K3)
2 Design the connecting rod, center and overhang crank shaft, crank pin (K4)

3 Design the pistons, cylinder liners, curved beams, the spur, helical, bevel gears (K5)

4 Identify and design the suitable power transmission system like belt, rope and chain drives(K4)

TOPICS BEYOND SYLLABUS/ADVANCED TOPICS/DESIGN:

DESCRIPTION

1 Design of composite leaf spring.

2 Design of air lubricated bearings.
WEB SOURCE REFERENCES:
1 http://nptel.iitk.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur/Machine%20design1/New_index1.html
2 http://www.svecw.edu.in/Docs%5CMEDMMLnotes2013.pdf
3 http://elearning.vtu.ac.in/06ME61.html

DELIVERY/INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES:

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