Gate+ Ese Combined Syllabus: Section 2: Applied Mechanics and Design
Gate+ Ese Combined Syllabus: Section 2: Applied Mechanics and Design
Gate+ Ese Combined Syllabus: Section 2: Applied Mechanics and Design
GATE-
Section 3: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy, forces on
submerged bodies, stability of floating bodies; control-volume analysis of mass,
momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum;
Bernoulli’s equation; dimensional analysis; viscous flow of incompressible fluids, boundary
layer, elementary turbulent flow, flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends and fittings.
Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept
and electrical analogy, heat transfer through fins; unsteady heat conduction, lumped parameter
system, Heisler's charts; thermal boundary layer, dimensionless parameters in free and forced
convective heat transfer, heat transfer correlations for flow over flat plates and through pipes,
effect of turbulence; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods; radiative heat
transfer, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wien's displacement law, black and grey surfaces, view factors
radiation network analysis.
Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substances,
behaviour of ideal and real gases; zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work
and heat in various processes; second law of thermodynamics; thermodynamic property charts
and tables, availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic relations.
Applications: Power Engineering: Air and gas compressors; vapour and gas power cycles,
concepts of regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines: Air-standard Otto, Diesel and dual cycles.
Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour and gas refrigeration and heat pump cycles;
properties of moist air, psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes.
Turbomachinery: Impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams, Pelton-wheel, Francis and
Kaplan turbines.
Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substance; Zeroth, First and Second
Laws of Thermodynamics; Entropy,Irreversibility and availability; analysis of thermodynamic
cycles related to energy conversion: Rankine, Otto, Diesel and Dual Cycles; ideal and real gases;
compressibility factor; Gas mixtures. Modes of heat transfer, Steady and unsteady heat
conduction, Thermal resistance, Fins, Free and forced convection, Correlations for convective
heat transfer, Radiative heat transfer – Radiation heat transfer co-efficient; boiling and
condensation, Heat exchanger performance analysis.
3. IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning:
SI and CI Engines, Engine Systems and Components, Performance characteristics and testing of IC
Engines; Fuels; Emissions And Emission Control. Vapour compression refrigeration, Refrigerants and
Working cycles, Compressors, Condensers, Evaporators and Expansion devices, Other types of
refrigeration systems like Vapour Absorption, Vapour jet, thermo electric and Vortex tube refrigeration.
Psychometric properties and processes, Comfort chart, Comfort and industrial air conditioning, Load
calculations and Heat pumps.
4. Turbo Machinery:
Reciprocating and Rotary pumps, Pelton wheel, Kaplan and Francis Turbines, velocity diagrams, Impulse
and Reaction principles, Steam and Gas Turbines, Theory of Jet Propulsion – Pulse jet and Ram Jet
Engines, Reciprocating and Rotary Compressors –Theory and Applications
GATE – Section 4: Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Engineering
Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials, phase diagrams, heat treatment,
stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials.
Casting, Forming and Joining Processes: Different types of castings, design of patterns, moulds
and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and gating design. Plastic deformation and yield
criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working processes; load estimation for bulk (forging,
rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending) metal forming
processes; principles of powder metallurgy. Principles of welding, brazing, soldering and
adhesive bonding.
Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of machining; basic machine tools; single
and multi-point cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of
machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes principles of work holding, 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.
Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models, aggregate production
planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning.
Inventory Control: Deterministic models; safety stock inventory control systems.
Operations Research: Linear programming, simplex method, transportation,
assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.