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Department of Mechanical Engineering

BITS, PilaniKK Birla Goa Campus

Electives offered in II SEM 2013-14

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SOLAR THERMAL PROCESS ENGINEERING (ME F433)

Instructor-in-Charge: Prof. Nikolay Kharchenko

Renewable energy sources have lately acquired a prominent place in energy policy decisions of countries

all over the world. Sun is an inexhaustible source of clean energy, which can be converted into useful

heat, and electrical energy in solar thermal and photovoltaic systems. Solar Thermal Processes play

important role in these systems. This course aims at enabling students to explore opportunities for

research & development in the challenging area of solar thermal systems for various applications, by

gaining exposure to the principle of their operation, construction, manufacturing technologies, system and

components design & sizing, and analysis of techno-economic performance of the systems. The course

offers ample opportunities for planning self-study, application of knowledge gained to practical situations,

and honing skills required for undertaking independent study and research.

Prerequisite: Applied Thermodynamics (MF F214) & Heat Transfer (ME F311)

Maximum students: 40 (A4, 2011 Batch)

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING (ME F420)

Instructor-in-Charge: Dr. Ranjit S. Patil

This course has been designed for on campus students and also as off campus course for Hindalco Power

and TATA Power Company. During class hours, each and every portion taught in this course will be

connected to power generation industry. Therefore, definitely it will be useful course for the students

interested to pursue their career in Power Industry like Hindalco Power, TATA Power, Reliance Energy,

NTPC, BHEL, Nuclear Power Plants, Thermax etc. During the course, one Industrial tour to Reliance

Energy and Hydro Power Plant may be arranged.

In this course students will be introduced to current Power Scenario of India and its comparison with rest

of the world, very important topic as Economics of Power Generation, Hydro Power Plant, Renewable

sources of Energy (Wind, Tidal, Solar, Geothermal), Fuels and Combustion, Steam Power Plants and

Steam Generation using Latest Technology Boilers such as Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers with Two

Phase Flow Analysis in Riser Tubes, Nuclear Power Plants, Energy Storage, Environment Pollution, and

its Control.

Prerequisite: Applied Thermodynamics (MF F214) & Heat Transfer (ME F311)

Maximum students: 40 (A4; 2011 Batch)

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FRACTURE MECHANICS (DE G514)

Instructor-in-charge:Dr. Vikas Chaudhari

Types of failure, Types of fracture, Modes of fracture, Fracture criteria, Energy release rate, Stress

intensity factor (SIF), SIF of more complex cases, Anelastic deformation at the crack tip, Elastic plastic

analysis through J-integral, Crack tip opening displacement, Test methods, Fatigue failure, Mixed mode

crack initiation and growth.

The conventional design is based on yield point. However, it has been found that often a structural

component fails even when the worst loaded point is well within the yield stress. Thus the design based

entirely on avoiding yielding is not adequate for certain cases. Fracture mechanics is based on implicit

assumption that there exists a crack in the structural component.

Prerequisite: Mechanics of solids, Material Science, Advanced Mechanics of Solids and Design of

Machine Elements.

Maximum students:20 (11 from ME and remaining 9 from A4: 2010 batch with CGPA 7.00 and above)

TRIBOLOGY (DE G513)

Instructor-In-Charge:Mr. A.C. Kulkarni

Tribology is the science & engineering of friction, wear and lubrication of mechanical systems including

metal forming and machining operations. Tribos in Greek means rubbing. Tribology is one of the most

important subject areas of Mechanical Engineering because due attention to tribological phenomena can

result in less friction and wear resulting in huge savings in energy and material.

Scope and Objective: Introduction, lubricants and lubrication, surface texture, bearing materials,

fundamentals of viscous flow, Reynolds equation and applications, thrust bearings, journal bearings,

Wear classification, characterization technique for wear Experimental methods to assess or measure wear

using different test rigs, size, principles and operating limits, friction, wear and lubrication. Introduction

and different aspects in Biotribology

Prerequisite:Machine design and drawing, fluid dynamics

Maximum Students:12 (Only ME students)

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INTRODUCTION TO MEMS (EA C415) Telepresence Course

Instructor-In-Charge:Dr. Rakesh G. Mote(at Goa Campus)

The invention of transistor and the integrated circuits led to revolutionary miniaturization of electronics.

Mechanical systems are undergoing similar revolution of miniaturization leading to cost effectiveness,

compact size, high speed, precision etc. The compact devices like sensors, micro-pumps are already

getting commercialized and finding place in day-to-day life appliances.

The course introduces the basic concepts in MEMS (Micro Electromechanical Systems) with a view to

address a class of students from science and engineering disciplines. The discussion on topics like MEMS

design, Microfabrication, Microfluidics, Microrobotics and Microsensors have been structured in the

course plan. The objective of the course is to equip the students from various aspects and with basic

knowledge of the area of MEMS.

Maximum Students:20 (All 2010 and 2011 batch)

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