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

Welcome

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

Announcements

PG Admissions

  • List of candidates from CFTI selected for provisional admission for PhD program in Mechanical Engineering for the session 2025-26-I.New
  • Syllabus for the PhD entrance exam [Link]

Postdocs and Faculty positions

Syllabus:Fracture: Energy release rate, Linear elastic fracture mechanics: crack tip stress and deformation fields, Stress intensity factor (SIF) for plane and penny shaped crack, First order estimate of plastic zone using Irwin’s and Dugdale approach; Elasto-plastic fracture: HRR fields, J-integral and CTOD, Mixed mode fracture; Evaluation of SIF from experimental measurements, numerical simulations...

Credits:9

Syllabus: Introduction to types of composites: metal matrix, ceramic matrix, polymer matrix and carbon-carbon composites; Characteristics of polymer matrices, Method of preparation of fibres (glass and carbon), characteristics of different types of fibers; Processing of fibre reinforced polymer matrix composites.

Syllabus: Some relevant definitions and results in the theory of differentiable manifolds, smooth vector fields, differential forms, (exterior) calculus (differentiation and integration using differential forms), differential equations and their associated flow maps, Symplectic manifolds; Brief review of Hamiltonian mechanics (Lagrange’s vs Hamilton’s Equations), Canonical Transformation

Syllabus:Rotor-bearing interaction. Flexural vibration, critical speeds of shafts, Effects of anisotropic bearings, unbalanced response of an assymetric shaft. Gyroscopic effects. Aerodynamic effects. Equivalent discrete system. Geared and branched systems. Fluid film bearings: Steady state characteristics of bearings. Rigid and flexible rotor balancing. Measurement techniques.

Credits:9

Syllabus:Analysis, design and transformation of curves and surfaces; Properties of curves and surfaces; Relationships and intersections among curves and surfaces; Solid Modelling.

Credits:10

Highlights

 

ME Fast Facts

42
Faculty
474
B.Tech Students
35
Dual degree students (B.Tech-M.Tech)
254
M.Tech. Students
48
M.S. by research Students
200
PhD Students