RAJALAKSHMI

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ME6811 - PROJECT HANDBOOK

(2017-2018)

SUBJECT CODE : ME6811

SUBJECT NAME : ME6811 - PROJECT WORK

YEAR / SEM / SEC : IV / VIII /

BATCH NO :

GUIDE NAME :

TEAM MEMBERS

ROLL NO. NAME

 VISION OF THE DEPARTMENT
 To become a globally recognized Mechanical Engineering Department known for its
excellence in education and research
 To produce innovative, dedicated, and passionate Mechanical Engineers with social
consciousness.
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT
 To instill the spirit of design, manufacturing, quality and research in the minds of the
students.
 To create mutually beneficial relationships between the Institute, Industry and Alumni.
 To solve real world problems of mankind and continue providing knowledge and tools
required to facilitate the importance of Mechanical Engineering.
 To serve the society by producing Proactive, Innovative, Technology-driven and socially
conscious Engineers.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

PEO – I - Graduates will apply knowledge of scientific principles, Mathematical methods, technical
and innovative skills to solve Engineering problems.
PEO – II - Graduates will utilize modern software tools and process for design, analysis and
manufacturing in interdisciplinary areas to meet industrial requirements.
PEO – III - Graduates will engage in continuous education by tracking latest developments in the
field of engineering with social and environmental consciousness.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES (POs)

a. Students will acquire sound technical knowledge and practice which fulfills all Industrial &
Institutional needs that enable them to work in various fields.
b. Students will gain ample knowledge in contemporary issues which enable them to engage in
research.
c. Students will be able to identify, formulate & solve Engineering problems by applying their
knowledge in Science, Mathematics and Engineering principles.
d. Students will enhance their knowledge in design and development of various components
with necessary process to meet the desired needs.
e. Students will be familiarized in latest techniques, software and management tools to analyze
the Engineering Problems.
f. Students will have the ability to design and conduct experiments to solve complex problems.
g. Students will be able to communicate their Engineering Concepts effectively.
h. Students will be able to work in Multidisciplinary areas either as an individual or as a team
member.
i. Students can understand the significance and have the ability to engage in Continuous
learning to sustain in the Competitive world.
j. Students will be aware of the Ethical and Professional Responsibilities which enable them to
perform well in their profession.
k. Students will be able to identify and overcome realistic constraints in Manufacturing, Project
& Finance management, Environmental issues and Sustainability.
 RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Each batch should maintain this project handbook with complete details and a cardboard
file (hardcopy of PPT, letters, etc).

2. Student must bring the handbook and file to all the review sessions and also while meeting their
respective guide.

3. Internal mark will be awarded based on the internal review mark.

4. All the completed projects will belong to the institution and need to be submitted to the
coordinator to get no dues clearance.

5. The students will be permitted to use the mechanical Engineering department laboratories only
after getting approval though proper channel (Supervisor, Project Coordinator, Lab In-charge, and
HOD/AO) and should be submitted to project coordinator.

6. The consumables required for the project should be taken care by the students.

7. Laboratory in-charges should submit the breakage details to the project coordinator through
proper channel.

8. Review will be conducted only in the presence of the supervisor.

9. Final working model should be painted neatly and specification details should be embedded on the
final review itself. (name plate : project title, name of the students with reg.no., name of the guide;
Specification board : Specification of the machine)

10. There will not be any re-review for the students those who failed to attend the review.

11. No external or industrial projects allowed in the course.

12. Project Review schedule as follows.
 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-18.

FINAL YEAR PROJECT REVIEW SCHEDULE

Sl:No Review Date Stages of completion

07.09.2017 Title, Literature survey,

1 Zeroth Review project methodology.
to 09.09.2017

Theoretical design
calculation, Simulation if
2 First Review 09.01.2018 to 12.01.2018 any, Material purchased
for the physical model.
Project Report should be
partially completed,
3 Second Review 06.02.2018 to 09.02.2018 completion of fabrication
part should be above
50%.
06.03.2018 to 09.03.2018 Fabrication should be
completed; Project report
4 Third Review should be completed
(with supervisor
concurrence sign).
5 Final Review 27.03.2018 to 30.03.2018 Project Must be
submitted to institute.

13. There will be best project awards (gift and certificate) for first two best projects from each
section.

14. This Project workbook must be submitted to the coordinators at the end of the prefinal review.

Project Coordinators

Dr.S.Stephen Bernard
Dr.G.Suresh
Mr.S.Bharani Kumar
 ATTAINMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Programme outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and
be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge and behavior, that students
acquire in their matriculation through the program.

Please assess the degree of attainment of the following program outcomes through your project.

Programme Outcomes: E G A P NA

(E - Excellent, G – Good, A – Average, P – Poor, NA – Not Applicable) 5 4 3 2 1

Will you acquire sound technical knowledge and practice which

a fulfill all Industrial & Institutional needs that enable them to work ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

in various fields?
b Will you gain ample knowledge in contemporary issues which ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
enable them to engage in research?
Will you be able to identify, formulate & solve Engineering
c problems by applying their knowledge in Science, Mathematics and ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Engineering principles?
Will you enhance their knowledge in design and development of
d various components with necessary process to meet the desired ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

needs?
e Will you be familiarized in latest techniques, software and ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
management tools to analyze the Engineering Problems?
Will you have the ability to design and conduct experiments to
f solve complex problems? ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

g Will you be able to Communicate their Engineering Concepts ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

effectively?
h Will you be able to work in Multi-disciplinary areas either as an ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
individual or as a team member?
i Will you understand the significance and have the ability to engage ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
in Continuous learning to sustain in the Competitive world?
Will you be aware of the Ethical and Professional Responsibilities
j which enable them to perform well in their profession? ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Will you be able to identify and overcome realistic constraints in

k Manufacturing, Project & Finance management, Environmental ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
issues and Sustainability?
“Comments” -
 IMPORTANT DATES

SI. COMPLETION
DESCRIPTION DUE DATE REMARKS
NO. ON

1 BATCH FORMATION

TITLE AND GUIDE

2
CONFIRMATION

3 ZEROTH REVIEW

4 FIRST REVIEW

5 SECOND REVIEW

6 THIRD REVIEW

7 PRE FINAL REVIEW

SUBMISSION OF
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PHYSICAL MODEL

SUBMISSION OF ROUGH
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REPORT

SUBMISSION OF FAIR
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REPORT
 ABSTRACT

ACCEPTANCE OF GUIDE

I accept to be the Project

Supervisor for this team.

Signature of Guide Signature of HOD

 TITLE CHANGE (IF ANY)

CHANGE OF TITLE:

Existing Title :

New Title :

Reason :

Applied on :

Signature of Guide Signature of HOD

TITLE CHANGE (IF ANY)

CHANGE OF TITLE:

Existing Title :

New Title :

Reason :

Applied on :

Signature of Guide Signature of HOD

 REFERENCES

TYPE OF
REF.
Sl.NO. (Book TITLE / AUTHOR / WEB ADDRESS TOPICS REFERRED
/Journal/
website)

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 ZEROTH REVIEW

DATE:

TITLE :

Activities done so far :

Percentage of work completion :

Guide’s remarks :

Marks awarded :

Marks
Sl.No. Roll No. Name of the Student
obtained

Reviewers View :
Reviewer
Sl.No. Comments Sign
Name

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 FIRST REVIEW

DATE:

TITLE :

Activities done after the previous review :

Percentage of work completion :

Guide’s remarks :

Marks awarded :

Marks
Sl.No. Roll No. Name of the Student
obtained

Reviewers View :
Reviewer
Sl.No. Comments Sign
Name

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 SECOND REVIEW

DATE:

TITLE :

Activities done after the previous review :

Percentage of work completion :

Guide’s remarks :

Marks awarded :

Marks
Sl.No. Roll No. Name of the Student
obtained

Reviewers View :
Reviewer
Sl.No. Comments Sign
Name

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 THIRD REVIEW

DATE:

TITLE :

Activities done after the previous review :

Percentage of work completion :

Guide’s remarks :

Marks awarded :

Marks
Sl.No. Roll No. Name of the Student
obtained

Reviewers View :
Reviewer
Sl.No. Comments Sign
Name

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 PRE-FINAL REVIEW

DATE:

TITLE :

Activities done after the previous review :

Details of pending work (if any) :

Guide’s remarks :

Marks awarded :

Marks
Sl.No. Roll No. Name of the Student
obtained

Reviewers View :
Reviewer
Sl.No. Comments Sign
Name

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 ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT

FOR

B.E. / B. TECH. / B. ARCH.

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be
as follows:

1. Cover Page & Title Page

2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Table of Contents
5. List of Tables
6. List of Figures
7. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
8. Chapters
9. Appendices
10. References

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick white art paper. The cover should be printed in
black letters and the text for printing should be identical.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:

3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the project
report are given in Appendix 1.

3.2 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font
Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2.

The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s
name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
 department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student.
The term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name
and academic designation.

3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed double line
spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.

3.4 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate will not find a place
among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower
case Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 3.

3.5 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the
tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.

3.6 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the
figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.

3.7 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be
adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be
used.

3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii)
Chapters developing the main theme of the project work (iii) and Conclusion.

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided
into several divisions and sub-divisions.
 
 Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

Tables andfigures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the reference where they
are cited.
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
Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single  space and placed directly underneath
 in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.9 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is
included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

 Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.

 Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and

referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.

 Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made in the
contents page also.
3.10 List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading
“REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified. The reference
material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name of the
author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.

A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.

REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X

Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.

2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to

Problems in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.

3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of
Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego,
CA, pp. 1231-1236.

3.10.1 Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the
project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of
the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams
may be designated as figures.

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:

The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour.

One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be
typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 14.

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 APPENDIX 1
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)
<Font Style Times New Roman – Bold>

TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT

<Font Size 18><1.5 line spacing>

A PROJECT REPORT
<Font Size 14>

Submitted by
<Font Size 14><Italic>

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S)

<Font Size 16>

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of
<Font Size 14><1.5 line spacing><Italic>

NAME OF THE DEGREE

<Font Size 16>

IN

BRANCH OF STUDY
<Font Size 14>

NAME OF THE COLLEGE

<Font Size 14>

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

<Font Size 16><1.5 line spacing>

MONTH & YEAR

<Font Size 14>
SPECIMEN

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN MR FLUID

BASED SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILE

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

SARAVANAN. A

AGATHIYAN.R

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

in

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

RAJALAKSHMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ANNA UNIVERSITY:: CHENNAI 600 025

MAY 2005
 APPENDIX 2
(A typical specimen of Bonafide Certificate)
<Font Style Times New Roman>

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

<Font Style Times New Roman – size -18>

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
<Font Style Times New Roman – size -16>

<Font Style Times New Roman – size -14>

Certified that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..”

is the bonafide work of “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S).…………”

who carried out the project work under my supervision.

<<Signature of the Head of the Department>> <<Signature of the Supervisor>>

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

<<Name>> <<Name>>
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

<<Academic Designation>>

<<Department>> <<Department>>

<<Full address of the Dept & College >> <<Full address of the Dept & College >>
 APPENDIX 3
(A typical specimen of table of contents)
<Font Style Times New Roman>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii
LIST OF TABLE xvi
LIST OF FIGURES xviii
LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 .... ......... 2
1.2.1 General 5
1.2.2 ........... 12
1.2.2.1 General 19
1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.2.3 ............ 30
1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45
1.4 .................. 58
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69
2.1 GENERAL 75
2.2 .......... 99
2.2 ……………. 100

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 SPECIMEN OF THE DISPLAY BOARD

SPECIFICATION:

Dimensions : 297 X 210 mm

Material : Vinyl board
Format : Blue back ground with white letters

Project Title:
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE DRIVE SHAFT

Project Done By:

1. Mr.R.Rohitkumar
2. Mr.S.Sarbesh
3. Mr.C.Arunkumar
Project Guided By:
Dr. C. SHANMUGAM, M.E., Ph.D
Assistant Professor – Dept of Mechanical Engg.

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PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PROJECTS
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PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PROJECTS
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ADDITIONAL NOTES

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