Machining and Precision Manufacturing detailed syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engg) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Aerospace Engg students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Aerospace Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aerospace Engg 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Aerospace Engg Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of machining and precision manufacturing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MACHINE DESIGN AND PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENT
Background; philosophy; sources of error – Measurement basics; Abbe error – Metrology techniques – Metrology techniques, subsurface damage.
Unit II
ERRORS
Intro to mechanical error; Kinematic design – Review; Macro/micro-scale compliance; Bearings and spindles – Thermal effects; transfer parameters; specific examples; enclosures – Error budgets and mapping – Error mapping review; Intro to compliance errors – Deformation errors; structural effects – Vibrational errors.
Unit III
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Unit IV
PROCESSES
Diamond milling/turning; Micromachining – Ultraprecision abrasive methods; CMP; non-traditional -Semiconductor processes; nanotechnology; MEMS; microfluidics.
Unit V
PROCESS PLANNING
Process planning; capability; systems – Role of CAD/CAM in precision manufacturing – Metrics; measurement methods; energy consumption in processes.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Explain the machine tool elements and structure, sources of error.
- Describe the precision machining processes and process models.
- Analyse the sensors for process monitoring and control, metrology, actuators, and machine design case studies.
- Describe the precision component manufacture, role of CAD/CAM in precision manufacturing, and aspects of sustainable manufacturing and design for sustainability.
- Apply the ultraprecision abrasive methods in manufacturing
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Evans C., “Precision Engineering; An Evolutionary View”, Cranfield Press, 1989.
- Seyfried P., Kuntzmann H., McKeown P., and Weck M., “Progress in Precision Engineering”, Springer-Verlag, 1991.
- Tlusty, J., “Manufacturing Processes and Equipmen”t, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River NJ, 2000.
- Thomas, T., “Rough Surfaces”, 2nd Ed., Imperial College Press, London, 1999.
- Whitehouse, D. J., “Handbook of Surface Metrology”, Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia PA, 1994.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Aerospace Engineering 6th Sem, visit Aerospace Engg 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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