MEN110 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
I Semester 2012-13
Course Plan
Class Timings : 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. on all days
Session
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Description of Activities
Introduction 1
Videos on design and production of familiar products
Engineering Design Process Exercise and Presentation
HW : to bring newspaper of various kinds in the next class.
Also to bring the courses of study in the next class.
Introduction 2
Discussion on newspaper
Video on motor-cycle (H Davidson) ( 1 hour).
Discussion on curriculum. (connecting it to film)- worksheet
HW : worksheet on estimates of different quantities
Introduction to Assembly/Disassembly
Introduction to drawings as essential part of design documentation (ex : egg tray)
Making a sheet metal part using Drawing Sheet
Discussion on HW
Intro to basic tools.
Assembly/Disassembly of a tap by the students in sub-groups
Discussion
Film on Japanese Contraptions
HW : worksheet on tools
Design 1 :
2:00-2.35 : Discussion on homework
2:45-4:00 : Mechanisms Lab
4:00-5:00 : Vibrations & Instrumentations Lab
HW : mechanisms sheet
Design 2:
2:00-2:35 : Discussion on homework
2:45-5:00 : Mechatronics lab with hands on work on Lego set.
Production 1 :
2.00-3.15 : Visit to Production lab with demonstration of machining processes
3.15-4.15 : Visit to Welding lab with demonstration of different welding methods
4:15-5:00 : Video: Manufacture of Ferrari car
Production 2 :
CAGIL (Modeling of a part)
Visit to RP lab (Demo of the machine in operation)
Visit to CNC and Metrology labs (Demo of machining of the part and its inspection)
Assembly/Disassembly : flushes and hand pumps
Film ‘Story of Stuff’ and discussion
Thermal 1 :
2:00-2:30 : Presentation on overview of Thermal Sciences
2:30-3:45 : Films on Thermal Systems
4:00-5:00 :Visit to Fluid Mechanics lab: Hydraulic Turbines and Pumps
HW : Sheet on comparative assessment of energy consumption in different modes of
transport
Thermal 2 :
2.00-2.45 : Paper toys from Arvind Gupta's books
2:45-4:00: Visit to the Thermal Science & Turbomachinery lab. Systems to see : IC
engine models and actual engines, refrigerator and airconditioner, compressor,
blower, pump, gas turbine engine.
4.00-5.00 : Temperature measurement covering a wide range (Low temp in
refrigerators, liquid air, high temp of oil used for frying, engine exhaust, water used
for bathing, flame temperatures); Studying some systems involving heating and temp
control.
2.00-2.45: Discussion on HW given in session 9
3.00-4.00: Assy/Disassy : Battery-operated toys and the DC motors used there, AC
motor in the pump of a desert cooler, non-battery toys.
4.00-5.00: Visit to the Central Library, Discussion
Venue
V 419
V 419
V 419
V 419
&
Respective labs
V 419
Mechatronics lab
(II 420)
Respective labs
&
V 419
V 419
&
Respective labs
Heat Tr Lab II 427
V 419
V 419
&
Respective Labs
V 419
&
Respective labs
V 419
HT Lab - II 427
Central Library
12
13
14
Session on Industrial Engg
Introductory lecture
Working out problems, introduction to need for simulation
Film on Mumbai Dabbawalas
Engineering Ethics : Posters on Case Studies
Worksheet on Professional Decisions, Discussion
Film: An Inconvenient Truth : Climate Change
Convocation address by Azim Premji, discussion and feedback
Date for visit to the industry :
Date of Open House of ME Dept Industrial Training:
V 419
NRCVEE
V-401
V 419
To be announced
To be announced
Timetable with dates (Class Timings : 2.00 to 5.00 p.m.)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
(G4)
(G5)
(G1)
(G2)
(G3)
Jul-23
Jul-24
Jul-25
Jul-26
Jul-27
Jul-30
Jul-31
01-Aug
09-Aug
03-Aug
06-Aug
07-Aug
08-Aug
16-Aug
17-Aug
13-Aug
14-Aug
22-Aug
23-Aug
24-Aug
21-Aug
28-Aug
29-Aug
30-Aug
31-Aug
27-Aug
11-Sep
05-Sep
06-Sep
07-Sep
10-Sep
18-Sep
12-Sep
13-Sep
14-Sep
17-Sep
25-Sep
19-Sep
20-Sep
28-Sep
24-Sep
03-Oct
26-Sep
27-Sep
05-Oct
01-Oct
16-Oct
10-Oct
04-Oct
12-Oct
15-Oct
30-Oct
17-Oct
11-Oct
19-Oct
29-Oct
03-Nov
31-Oct
18-Oct
02-Nov
05-Nov
06-Nov
07-Nov
01-Nov
09-Nov
12-Nov
15-Nov
14-Nov
08-Nov
16-Nov
Leading Turn
Class Schedule, Instructor and TA Information
Day (Group)
Group Instructor
Monday (Group 4)
Prof. M.R. Ravi (II 257) 1059
Tuesday (Group 5)
Dr. Amit Gupta (II 255) 1270
Wednesday (Group 1)
Prof. D. Ravi Kumar (II 357) 1144
Thursday (Group 2)
Prof. Sanjeev Jain (III 255) 1060
Friday (Group 3)
Prof. J.K. Dutt (II 352) 6334
On all days, students would report to V 419 unless instructed otherwise by the group instructor.
TA