Final year Mechanical Project: Design of Gear Box for speed variations in Automobile and Machine Tools

Any mechanical design project involves a design procedure that you need to stick to it for a complete finalized product you want.    Design involves considerations of many things like material and its properties requirements, size, shape, weights well as ergonomics. The design project should aim at the following important criteria to be considered:   Optimization with … Read more

Important interview questions about mechanical engineering – Thermodynamics (Part II)

Why Specific heat at constant pressure is greater than Specific heat at constant volume? First of all, let us define Specific Heat at Constant Pressure (Cp) and Specific Heat at Constant Volume (Cv):   Specific Heat at Constant Pressure (Cp):    Specific heat at constant pressure is deImportant interview questions about mechanical engineering – Thermodynamics … Read more

Thermodynamic Tutorial: Laws of thermodynamics and properties of pure substances

Thermodynamics Tutorial: Second law of Thermodynamics 1 What is the minimum amount of work input necessary to a refrigerator which will convert 1 kg of water at 20 oC into ice at -5oC?  (Ans: 40 kJ) 2 A heat engine receives heat from a solar collector plate. Solar radiation of the amount 1880 kJ/m2 falls … Read more

Various kinds of renewable energy sources

What are non-conventional energy sources? First let us understand the word, ‘conventional’ term. Conventional means ‘traditional’ or ‘usual way of doing. Fuels that we normally use daily are called ‘conventional fuels’ and the sources of it called ‘conventional energy sources. These include petrol, diesel, crude oil, gas, etc. Non-conventional energy sources are also called renewable … Read more

Tips/How to write technical/engineering report/document

Keep the following things in mind while writing any technical report or document. Always choose (most of the time) Times New Roman as font type with font size 16,14,12. Where 16 font size is for chapter/experiment name, 14 is for the main heading, and 12 for the content text of the document. Always use ‘Equation … Read more

Final year Mechanical Engineering projects topics/options

Up-gradation/Overhauling of the existing setup Normally, In any engineering college, which is quite old, has some laboratories which contain faulty equipment  If you are in search of final year engineering project topics, you can get the opportunity to make that existing setup or equipment in working condition and start primary experimentation on it. This should be … Read more

All you need to know about final year project topics

Being a student of engineering, you all have to do a final year project. This project aims at implementing all the technical knowledge that you have obtained in your entire engineering. The making of the project helps you to understand teamwork, leadership, and project management qualities. But one point always there in students’ minds is … Read more

Future trending areas in Mechanical Engineering All you need to know about Renewable Energy Sources