B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 5

Theory of Machines

FMPE5.2 Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 01Simple mechanism: Elements, links, pairs, kinematics chain, and 2 mechanisms
2. 02Classification of pairs and mechanisms; lower and higher pairs
3. 03Four bar chain, slider crank chain and their inversions
4. 04Velocity mechanism: determination of velocity and acceleration using 4 graphical (instantaneous centres) method
5. 05Types of gears, law of gearing, velocity of sliding between two teeth in 2 mesh; Involute and cycloidal profile for gear teeth; Spur gear, nomenclature
6. 06Introduction to helical, spiral, bevel and worm gear
7. 07Simple, compound, reverted, and epicyclic trains; determining velocity ratio 3 by tabular method
8. 08Turning moment diagrams, coefficient of fluctuation of speed and energy, 2 weight of flywheel, flywheel applications
9. 09Belt drives: Types of drives, belt materials, length of belt, transmitted 3 power, velocity ratio, belt size for flat and V belts; effect of centrifugal tension, creep and slip on power transmission
10. 10Chain drives, classification of chain drive, terms used in chain drive
11. 11Types of friction, laws of dry friction; friction of pivots and collars; single 2 disc, multiple disc, and cone clutches, rolling friction
12. 13Static and dynamic balancing, balancing of rotating masses in one and 2 different planes

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.