Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Undergraduate Term Projects

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Dropwise condensation on textured surfaces and multi-scale modeling

Dropwise condensation is a heterogeneous
phase-change process in which vapor
condenses in the form of discrete
liquid drops

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Droplet Hydrodynamics during Lysozyme Protein Crystallization

A team of researchers at IIT Kanpur
has studied experimentally the fluid
flow pattern inside the droplet

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Energy optimal walk of an 8 DOF compliant biped robot

A team of researchers at IIT Kanpur
have designed and experimentally evaluated
a new 8-DOF biped robot

We conduct fundamental and applied research in broad areas of Mechanical Engineering

We offer innovative solutions that are also technically sound.

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Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. We started our journey in the year of 1960. Over the last six decades, we have grown our expertise and competence in the core Mechanical Engineering curriculum and research.... - Read More

-Prof. Ashish Dutta
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Featured Faculty

Ashish Dutta
Ashish Dutta
Professor
Arun K. Saha
Arun K. Saha
Professor
Pankaj Wahi
Pankaj Wahi
Professor
Nachiketa Tiwari
Nachiketa Tiwari
Professor
Niraj Sinha
Niraj Sinha
Professor
Shyam Sunder Gopalakrishnan
Shyam Sunder Gopalakrishnan
Assistant Professor
Anikesh Pal
Anikesh Pal
Assistant Professor
J. Ramkumar
J. Ramkumar
Professor
Sumit Basu
Sumit Basu
Professor
Arvind Kumar
Arvind Kumar
Professor
Malay K. Das
Malay K. Das
Professor
Jishnu Bhattacharya
Jishnu Bhattacharya
Associate Professor
Anindya Chatterjee
Anindya Chatterjee
Professor
Umesh Madanan
Umesh Madanan
Assistant Professor
Anurag Gupta
Anurag Gupta
Professor
Anupam Saxena
Anupam Saxena
Professor
Bishakh Bhattacharya
Bishakh Bhattacharya
Professor
Shantanu Bhattacharya
Shantanu Bhattacharya
Professor

Syllabus:Introduction, review of thermodynamics, adiabatic flame temperature, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, steady-state approximation, partial equilibrium, mass transfer, conservation equations and transport properties, laminar premixed flame, flame speed, ignition, quenching, flammability limits and stability, laminar non-premixed flame, conserved scalar concept, estimation of flame height, burning rate for a single droplet, turbulent premixed flames, Borghi diagram, flame height for turbulent nonpremixedflames, liftoff and blowout phenomena, flame stabilizationin turbulent flows,...

Credits:9

Syllabus: Introduction to modeling of dynamical systems. Single Degree of Freedom Systems – Free undamped vibration, Free damped vibration, Forced vibration, Transmissibility, Convolution method, Mechanisms of damping. Two Degree of Freedom System (undamped vibration only) – Free and forced vibrations, vibration absorber. Multi Degree of Freedom Systems (undamped and proportional damping) – Matrix methods, Modal analysis. Approximate Methods. Vibration of continuous systems (free vibration only). Introduction to controls. Review of Laplace transforms. Block diagrams. Root locus method. Stability – Routh-Hurwith criterion, Nyquist plots. Bode plots. Controller performance and types. Steady state errors and constants. Types of feedback control systems – Derivative error compensation, Integral error compensation, Proportional error compensation. Modern control. Digital control.

Prerequisites:ESO 209

Syllabus: Kinematic pairs, diagrams and inversion. Mobility and range of movement. Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of planar linkages. Dimensional synthesis for motion, path and function generation. Dynamic force analysis, flywheels. Inertia forces and balancing for rotating and reciprocating machines. Cam mechanisms, Cam profile synthesis. Gears and gear trains.

Credits:7

Prerequisites:ESO 209

Syllabus:Phase-change Thermo-physics, Equations of state, Phase diagrams, Phasestability and spinoidals, Interfacial tension, Free energy, Wetting and hysteresis.

Credits:9

Syllabus: Introduction to design of systems and machine elements; Modes of failure, strength, stiffness and stability; Failure theories; Fatigue failure; Probabilistic approach to design; Design of Bolted and Welded joints, Helical compression springs and leaf springs, Spur and Helical gear sets; Selection of Rolling contact bearings; Design of shafts. Lab sessions: Detailed design of the above machine elements starting functional specifications to final sizing; Design of a subsystem involving multiple machine elements. Introduction to use of techniques like FEM for design.

Prerequisites:ME 231

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