B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 3

Engineering Mechanics

FMPE3.4 Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 01Basic concepts of engineering mechanics, statics, dynamics, kinetics, scalar 1 quantities, vector quantities, systems of units; Laws of forces
2. 02Composition and resolution of forces, analytical method, graphical method
3. 04Centre of gravity (CG) of simple geometrical figures, CG by moments, plane 2 figures, axis of references
4. 05CG of symmetric sections, unsymmetrical sections, solid bodies and cut sections
5. 06Moment of inertia: methods of finding out M.I., methods of integration, M.I. of 2 different sections
6. 07Theorem of perpendicular axes, parallel axes, M.I. of composite sections and cut 2 sections
7. 08Frictional forces, static friction, dynamic friction, limiting friction, normal 1 reaction, angle of friction, coefficient of friction, laws of friction
8. 09Equilibrium of a body lying in horizontal and inclined planes, ladder friction; 3 wedge friction, screw friction, screw jack
9. 10Analysis of simple framed structures, methods of sections, for citable, methods 3 of joints, hinged joints, roller support, vertical and inclined loads
10. 11Simple stresses and strain, Hooke's law, Poisson's ratio, modulus of elasticity
11. 12Shear force and bending moment, fundamentals of shear force and bending 4 moment, SFD and BMD of cantilever and simply supported and overhanging beams, point of contra-flexure
12. 13Torsion of circular shaft, torsional effect, hoop stress, power transmitted by a 2 shaft
13. 14Principal stresses and strain, analysis of plane and complex stress, principal 3 planes and principal Stresses, Mohr's circle, finding out principal stresses, different analysis

Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.