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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....
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-Prof. Ashish Dutta
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Syllabus: History of engineering materials, Engineering materials, Materials property chart, Crystal structure, Imperfections of solids, Mechanism of strengthening in metals, Hall-Petch effect, X-ray diffraction, Fracture: Ductile, brittle, fatigue. Griffith criterion, S-N curve, Creep, Phase diagram (binary), Iron-carbon system, Heat treatment of metals, Electrical properties, Thermal properties, Magnetic properties, Optical properties, Corrosion, Oxidation, Thermal stability , Wear, abrasion, friction of materials, Characterization techniques: Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Polymer and its characterization, Viscoelasticity, Nanomaterials and its important properties at nanoscale, Composites: Characterization of composites, Ionic polymer matrix composites, Shape memory alloy, Intelligent Multifunctional materials, Economics, Environment, and Sustainability.
Credits: 7
Syllabus:History of calculus of variations: Discussion of certain classical and modern problems in mechanics that led the emergence and development of calculus of variations. Contributions of Bernoulli(s), Euler, Lagrange, Jacobi, Weierstrass, Hamilton, Legendre and some others will be discussed briefly; Definition of a function, function space (with examples of function spaces that are important in engineering and sciences) and so called ‘functional’; Definition of the first variation of a functional and a variational derivative. Necessary condition for an extremum. Euler equation. Discussion on Null Lagrangian and natural boundary condition. Constraints and Lagrange multipliers (with examples from classical mechanics);...
Credits:9
Syllabus:The purpose of the course is to expose the students to the basic elements of continuum mechanics in a sufficiently rigorous manner. After attending this course, the students should be able to appreciate a wide variety of advanced courses in solid and fluid mechanics....
Credits:9
Compulsory Courses
Elective Courses
Syllabus:The equations of motion in rotating coordinate system, effect of Coriolis and Centrifugal forces, energy equation; classification of turbomachines; two-dimensional cascade theory; fundamentals, two-dimensional analysis, angular momentum & energy transfer, h-s diagram, degree of reaction, effect of Mach number, performance and efficiency; three-dimensional flow in axial turbomachines, radial equilibrium, secondary flow, tip clearance and loss estimation; radial and mixed flow machines; multistage axial compressors and turbines; prediction of stage performance and effect of stacking; rotating stall and surge; turbine blade heat load and blade cooling; application of CFD in analysis and design of turbomachinery;...
Credits:9
Highlights
- List of candidates from CFTI selected for provisional admission for PhD program in Mechanical Engineering for the session 2025-26-I.New
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur Presents 2nd Mechanical Sciences Young Investigators Meet MSYIM 2025 17-19 March 2025. Visit the website for more details: MSYIM 2025
- Guidelines for the Application of Institute Post Doctoral Fellows
- Applications invited for direct PhD students for the semester 2025-26-I. Last date of application February 20, 2025
- List of Selected candidates: Winter PG Admission 2024
- Candidates Shortlisted for Interview: Winter Admission PhD Programme 2024
- Dates for PhD winter admission 2024 written exam and interviews: November 27-28, 2024
- Reporting date of all new PG students: Jul 18 - 19, 2024
- Departmental Orientation of new PG Students: Jul 20, 2024, 2:30 PM onward, Venue: L16
- PhD admission (Round 2): Application form available here. Last date of application: 4th July 2024. Online written test: 7th July, 2024, Online/Offline Interviews: 10th July, 2024
- M.Tech. Admission (through COAP): Cutoff score, Vacancy and fee paid data
- Selected candidates for provisional admission in PhD programme
- Selected and WL candidates for MS(R) admission (Institute-sponsored category) Round 1
- Rolling advertisement for faculty recruitment