UKPSC Govt Polytechnic Workshop Superintendent Syllabus 2024

a)  Statics: Equilibrium. Suspension cables. Friction. Principle of Virtual work.

b)  Dynamics: Kinematics of rigid bodies- plane motion, absolute motion, relative motion, Kinetics of rigid bodies- plane motion, force, mass and acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum.

c) Theory of Machines: Velocity and acceleration of links. Cams, Gears and gear trains. Belt drives, brakes and dynamometers. Flywheel and governors. Balancing of rotating and reciprocation masses and multicylinder engines. Free, forced and damped vibrations. critical speed and whirling of shafts.

d) Mechanics of Solids: Stress and strain in two dimensions. Mohr’s circle. Stresses and deflections due to bending of beams. Unsymmetrical bending. Curved beams. Shrink fit. Stability of columns. Theories of failures.

PART -B

a) Material Science: Atomic structure, Crystal systems, Imperfections, Polymers Elastomers and Ceramics. Mechanical behaviour of Materials- Elastics and inelastic action, linear and non-linear elastic properties. True and conventional stress strain curves for common engineering materials. Strain hardening, Ductile and brittle transition, Fracture. Creep and Fatigue. Semi-conductors, super-conductors and ferrites. Magnetic and dielectric properties.

b) Manufacturing Science: Cutting Tools, Tools Geometry. Merchant’s theory, Taylor’s equation. Machinability. Unconventional machining methods including EDM, ECM and ultrasonic machining. Analysis of forming processes. High velocity forming, Explosive forming. Surface roughness, Callipers gauging, comparators. Angular Measurement. jigs and fixtures. Economics of tooling

c) Production Management: Work simplification, work sampling, value engineering, line balancing, work station design, storage space requirement. ABC analysis. Economic order, quantity including finite production rate, Graphical and simplex methods for linear programming, transportation model, elementary queuing theory. Quality control and its uses in product design. Use of X, R, P, (sigma) and C Charts. Single sampling plans, operating characteristics curves. Average sample size. Plant layout. Material Handling Devices. Production scheduling and scheduling problems.

PART -A

a) Thermodynamics: Application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Detailed analysis of thermodynamic cycles.

b) Fluid Mechanics: Reynolds transport theorem and its applications. Ideal fluid flow. Velocity distribution and resistance laws for laminar and turbulent flow in pipes. Isentropic flow and adiabatic flow.

c) Heat Transfer: Critical thickness of Isolation- Conduction in the presence of Heat sources and sinks, Heat transfer from fins. One dimensional unsteady conduction. Time constant for thermocouples. Momentum and energy equations for boundary layers on a flat plate. Dimensionless number. Nature of radiant heat. Stefan- Boltzmann law. Configuration factor. Natural and forced convection. IMTD heat exchanger effectiveness and number of transfer units.

PART -B

a) Energy Conversion: Combustion phenomenon in S.I. and C.I. engines. Hybrid and Electric Automobiles Modern carburation and fuel injection systems. Classification of hydraulic turbines, specific speed, Selection of turbines, Centrifugal pump, performance of compressor. Analysis of steam and gas turbines. High pressure boilers. Unconventional power systems. Utilization of solar energy.

b) Environment Engineering and Control: Vapour compression, Vapour absorption, steam jet and air refrigeration systems. Properties of important refrigerants. Psychrometric properties, psychrometric relations. Use of psychrometric chart. Estimation of cooling load, supply air conditions, sensible heat factor, Various types of pollutions and their Control.

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