Tribology detailed Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU 8th Sem ME Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit Mechanical Engineering 8th Sem 2018 Scheme. For all the Professional Elective-4 subjects refer to Professional Elective-4 Scheme. The detail syllabus for tribology is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction to tribology: Historical background, practical importance, and subsequent use in the field. Lubricants: Types and specific field of applications. Properties of lubricants, viscosity, its measurement, effect of temperature and pressure on viscosity, lubrication types, standard grades of lubricants, and selection of lubricants.
Module-2
Friction: Origin, friction theories, measurement methods, friction of metals and non-metals. Wear: Classification and mechanisms of wear, delamination theory, debris analysis, testing methods and standards. Related case studies.
Module-3
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Module-4
Plane slider bearings with fixed/pivoted shoe: Pressure distribution, Load carrying capacity, coefficient of friction, frictional resistance in a fixed/pivoted shoe bearing, center of pressure, numerical examples. Hydrostatic Lubrication: Introduction to hydrostatic lubrication, hydrostatic step bearings, load carrying capacity and oil flow through the hydrostatic step bearing, numerical examples. Introduction to Hydrostatic journal bearings.
Module-5
Bearing Materials: Commonly used bearings materials, and properties of typical bearing materials. Advantages and disadvantages of bearing materials. Introduction to Surface engineering: Concept and scope of surface engineering. Surface modification – transformation hardening, surface melting, thermo chemical processes. Surface Coating – plating, fusion processes, vapor phase processes. Selection of coating for wear and corrosion resistance.
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Introduction to Tribology B. Bhushan John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York 2002
- Engineering Tribology Prasanta Sahoo PHI Learning Private Ltd, New Delhi 2011
- Engineering Tribology J. A. Williams Oxford Univ. Press 2005
Reference Books:
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