Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
Course Code: MEC 311
Credit Hour: 3
Course Group: Interdisciplinary Courses
Source of energy: Conventional and renewable; Introduction to IC engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning systems. Static’s of particles and rigid bodies: Forces in trusses and frames; Relative motion; Kinematics of particles; Newton's Second Law of Motion; Kinematics of rigid bodies. Introduction to Robotics; Plane, rotational and spatial motion with application to manipulators; geometric configurations: Structural elements, linkage, arms and grippers; Motion characteristics.
Reference Books:
- R.L. Timings: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering.
- Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, MEMS: Introduction and Fundamentals (Mechanical Engineering)
- V P Vasandani and DS Kumar: Heat Engineering
- P L Nag: Engineering Thermodynamics
- B. Lal and Subrahmanium: Heat and Thermodynamics