NTPC Syllabus

Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and
frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid

bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and
angular) and energy formulations; impact.
Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials and
their applications, heat treatment, stress-strain diagrams for engineering
materials.
Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic
constants, Mohrs circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders,
thick-walled vessels; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending
and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular members;
columns and struts; strain energy and impact loading; thermal stresses;
Rotating Rims & Discs; Bending of Curved Bars.
Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of
plane mechanisms, kinematic synthesis of mechanisms; dynamic analysis of
slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels; static and dynamic force
analysis; balancing of rotating components; governors.
Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic system and processes; Zeroth, First and
Second laws of thermodynamics;; Carnot cycle. irreversibility and
availability; behaviour of pure substances, ideal and real gases; calculation
of work and heat in ideal and real processes; Rankine and Brayton cycles
with modifications, analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy
conversion; vapour refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration,
reverse Brayton cycle.
Moist Air: psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes.
Energy Conversion: Fuels and combustion; high pressure steam boilers; flow
through nozzles; Gas turbines with intercooling, reheat and regenerators,
Steam turbines, velocity diagram, power output and efficiency, maximum
blade efficiency of single stage impulse turbine, blade friction, compounding
of impulse turbine; reaction turbine, degree of reaction, velocity diagram,
power output, efficiency; losses in steam turbines, stage efficiency, overall
efficiency and reheat factor; governing of steam turbines; steam
condensers, condenser vacuum, sources of air leakage & its disadvantages.
Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction,
resistance concept, electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins;
dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer,
various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through
pipes; thermal boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer,
black and grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis; heat exchanger
performance, LMTD and NTU methods.
Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy;
control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration;
differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoullis equation;
viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer; elementary turbulent

flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems;
effect of damping; harmonically excited and transient vibrations;
introduction to multi-degree of freedom systems; vibration isolation;
resonance, critical speeds of shafts.
Design: Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue
strength and the S-N diagram; principles of the design of machine elements
such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and
sliding contact bearings, keys, couplings, brakes and clutches; Selection of
Materials.
Fluid Machines: Pelton, Francis, propeller and Kaplan turbines; performance
characteristics and governing of hydraulic turbines; introduction to Deriaz
and Bulb turbines; selection of turbines; Centrifugal & axial pumps and fans,
reciprocating pumps.
Joining: Chemistry of welding, design of welding joints, pre- and post-heat
treatment of welded joints; brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding.
Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of metal cutting and chip
formation, single and multi-point cutting tools, tool geometry and materials,
tool life and wear; principles of non-conventional machining processes;
principles of work clamping, principles of design of jigs and fixtures.
Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular
measurements; comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish
measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in
manufacturing and assembly.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their
integration tools. 16. Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models,
aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning.
Inventory Control: Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock
inventory control systems, economic order quantity.
Operations Research: Linear programming, simplex and duplex method,
transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models,
PERT and CPM.
Product Design and Development: Principles of good product design,
tolerance design; quality and cost considerations; product life cycle;
standardization, simplification, diversification, value engineering and
analysis, concurrent engineering.
Industrial Safety: Introduction, types of accidents, causes and common
sources of accidents, methods of safety, first aid.
Engineering Economy and Costing: Elementary cost accounting and methods
of depreciation; break-even analysis, techniques for evaluation of capital
investments, financial statements.
Management Information System: Value of information; information storage

and retrieval system database and data structures; knowledge based
systems.

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Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and

frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid

viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer; elementary turbulent

Management Information System: Value of information; information storage

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