1.OBJECTIVE: - PROGRAM TO SIMULATE THE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR OF A SIMPLE PENDULUM AND TO CREATE AN ANIMATION OF IT'S MOTION.   2.THEORY: -   In Engineering, ODE is used to describe the transient behavior of a system. The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newton’s second law. When this law is written down,…

1. AIM :- Write a code in MATLAB to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function.   INTRODUCTION:  Genetic Algorithms (GAs) come under the category of evolutionary algorithms with working principle based on the mechanics of natural genetics. The basic objective in natural…

Rankine cycle Simulator 1. OBJECTIVES: 1) To Develop a  basic program that calculates the state points  2) To  add the thermodynamic relation to get the points inbetween the state variables. 3) To plot rankine cycle on T-s and H-s curve.   2. THEORY: The Rankine cycle is a model used to predict…

Parsing NASA thermodynamic data   1. OBJECTIVES: MATLAB program to fulfill  the following objectives : Writing a code in MATLAB to parse the NASA thermodynamic data file. Writing a function that extracts the 14 co-efficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the…

Internal Geneva Mechanism OBJECTIVES Create 3D models for driver and driven wheels. Perform motion analysis by rotating the driver wheel at 10rpm. Obtain the following plots Contact force (between driving and the driven wheel) as a function of time. Angular Displacement of the driven wheel. Compare the contact forces with…

Planetary Gear (SOLIDWORKS)   1. OBJECTIVES - Constructing a Planetary gear system with four planet gears and analyzing the angular velocities for different cases Sl.No Input Output Fixed 1 Sun Gear Carrier Ring Gear 2 Ring Gear Carrier Sun Gear 3 Sun Gear Ring Gear Carrier   2. GIVEN- Ring Gear Module =…

MBD Simulation on a Piston Assembly (SOLIDWORKS)   1. AIM- To model all the parts of the piston assembly and then assemble them to run a multibody dynamics simulation on that.   OBJECTIVE- The motion analysis is going to be carried out in three different conditions, Sl.No Wrist Pin Offset  Crank Speed…

MBD Simulation on IC Engine Valve Train   1. OBJECTIVES  Model the parts and assemble them in SolidWorks. Run the simulation using the below parameters Sl.No CAM Lift (mm) Speed (RPM)  Material  1 3.5 1500 Cast Carbon Steel 2 6 1500 Cast Carbon Steel a) To Plot  Valve Lift.  The contact…

Flow over a cylinder 1. OBJECTIVES In this Project, CFD analysis of a cylinder in which external flow takes place and running a baseline simulation and then calculating the Reynolds number and also the simulation end time. Then increase the Reynolds number by a factor of 20%, 40%, and 100% then run the transient flow simulation.…

Flow over an airfoil   1. OBJECTIVES In this Project, CFD analysis of the two-dimensional subsonic flow over a NACA 0017 airfoil at various angles of attack and compare the lift and drag force. The geometry of the airfoil is created using SOLIDWORKS. CFD analysis is carried out using Flow Simulation Wizard at various…

Modelling and simulation of flow through a flowbench OBJECTIVES The project aims to design a flow bench with an inlet valve and a port and the analysis is two-fold. Performance of a parametric test for the grid dependence of the analysis. Once the best grid is decided, analyzing the flow characteristics under various valve…

Air standard Cycle (Python)   1. OBJECTIVES:-THE OBJECTIVE IS TO FIND THE THERMAL EFFICIENCY AND PLOT THE P-V DIAGRAM FOR THE OTTO CYCLE   2. THEORY An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle that describes the functioning of a typical spark ignition piston engine. It…

Solving second order ODEs (Python) 1.OBJECTIVE: - PROGRAM TO SIMULATE THE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR OF A SIMPLE PENDULUM AND TO CREATE AN ANIMATION OF IT'S MOTION.   2.THEORY: -   In Engineering, ODE is used to describe the transient behavior of a system. The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newton’s second…

Curve fitting (Python) 1. OBJECTIVES The program should achieve the following objectives: Answer the questions Coding to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the given Temperature v/s Cp data. Plotting the linear and cubic fit curves along with the raw data points.    2. THEORY  Curve fitting is the way…

Data analysis (python) 1. OBJECTIVES Write a script that does the following. Link to data file 1. Data visualizer Write a script that should take column numbers as the input and plot the respective columns as separate images. Each file should be saved by the name of the column The plot labels should be extracted from the…

Centrifugal pump design and analysis (SOLIDWORKS) 1. OBJECTIVES Carry out a analysis of a made up centrifugal pump and Obtain the relationship between Pressure ratio and mass flow rate (Performance diagram) and explain the results. where, Pressure ratio = Outlet total pressure/ Inlet total pressure      …

Frequency Analysis of a rotating shaft (SOLIDWORKS) 1. OBJECTIVES Find out the critical frequencies of a rotating shaft in Solidworks by creating the Shaft model in Solidworks. Conduct a frequency analysis and apply a bearing fixture on the stepped face of the rod at the two ends and perform the analysis. Find out 5 mode…

ANALYSIS OF BUCKLING PHENOMENA (SOLIDWORKS)   1. OBJECTIVES Perform a buckling analysis on a cyclonic separator stand. Create a metallic stiffener on the legs of the stand and run the analysis to find out the change in buckling factor of safety. The next step is to run a design study and find the optimum position…

Analysis on a plate with a hole (SOLIDWORKS)  1. OBJECTIVES Perform a static analysis on two models of plate with holes. Create the model in Solidworks and perform the analysis. The dimensions are as follows: CASE 1                         …