Week 2- 2R Robotic Arm Challenge

project link : https://skill-lync.com/projects/frequency-analysis-of-a-rotating-shaft-62

AIM : To find out the critical frequencies of a rotating shaft in Solidworks. OBJECTIVES : To create 3D model of a rotating shaft. To perform frequency analysis on the rotating shaft and find out the critical frequencies. INTRODUCTION : For a rotating shaft there is a speed at which, for any small initial deflection,…

AIM : To  perform a buckling analysis on a cyclonic separator stand. OBJECTIVES : To create a metallic stiffener on the legs of the stand and run the analysis to find out the change in buckling factor of safety. To run a design study and find the optimum position for the stiffener.  INTRODUCTION : Cyclone…

AIM : To perform a static analysis on two models of plate with holes.  OBJECTIVES : To create the model in Solidworks and perform the analysis. To compare the results for stress, strain and displacement. INTRODUCTION : Plate structure with holes is widely applied in engineering practices. The reason…

AIM : To compare the performance of three types of beams under a bending load. OBJECTIVES : To design 3D models of beams according to given dimensions.  To run a static simulation for the three Cantilever beams with boundary conditions as, Apply a load of 1500N on the smaller face(i.e. 45mm face for case 1, 40mm…

 project link: https://skill-lync.com/projects/modelling-and-simulation-of-flow-through-a-flowbench-using-solidworks-2

AIM : To create a 3D model of a flow bench and run flow analysis. OBJECTIVES : To obtain plot of valve lift versus mass flow rate. Find effect of valve lift on mass flow rate. To run a parametric study for various valve lift. INTRODUCTION :  An air flow bench is a device used for testing the internal aerodynamic…

project link: https://skill-lync.com/projects/centrifugal-pump-design-and-analysis-using-solidworks-4

AIM : To design and analyse a Centrifugal Pump. OBJECTIVES : To create a 3D model of a centrifugal Pump. To obtain the relationship between Pressure ratio and mass flow rate using Performance diagram. THEORY : Centrifugal Pumps are the most popular and commonly used type of pump for the transfer of fluids.…

project link https://skill-lync.com/projects/flow-over-a-cylinder-using-solidworks-4

AIM : To simulate the transient state flow over a cylinder. OBJECTIVES : To run a baseline simulation and then calculate the Reynolds number.  To increase the Reynolds number by a factor of 20%, 40%, and 100% then run the transient flow simulation. INTRODUCTION :  Steady State Transient State The steady…

project link https://skill-lync.com/projects/flow-simulation-over-an-airfoil-5

AIM :  To model the flow over an airfoil for various angle of attacks. OBJECTIVES : To model the flow over an airfoil which can be obtained from here - airfoil data To compare the lift and drag forces for the angle of attacks 0,2,4,6,8,10 degrees. INTRODUCTION : An airfoil is the cross-sectional…

AIM : To run a pipe flow simulation with an inlet Reynolds number of 100,1000 and 10,000 in Solidworks OBJECTIVES : To create a 3D model of a pipe in Solidworks, To Simulate and analyse the fluid flow in pipes using the SolidWorks Flow Simulation add-ins. Place line probes at 95%, 90% and 85% of the pipe length.…

project link : https://skill-lync.com/projects/mbd-simulation-on-ic-engine-valve-train-49

AIM : To create 3D models for IC Engine Valve Train,assemble it, and run the simulations in Solidworks. OBJECTIVES : To run the motin study simulations for different cam heights. S.No. CAM lift (mm) Speed (RPM) Material 1. 3.5 1500 Cast Carbon Steel 2. 5 1500 Cast Carbon Steel   To plot the following quantiies - (i)…

project link https://skill-lync.com/projects/mbd-simulation-on-a-piston-assembly-56

AIM : To model all the parts of piston assembly and then assemble them in SolidWorks and run motion analysis. OBJECTIVE : To create 3D model of different components of piston assembly, To run motion study analysis for the following cases - S. No. Wrist Pin Offset Crank Speed (Rpm) 1. "0" mm 2000 2. 10 mm Positive …

project link - https://skill-lync.com/projects/planetary-gear-in-solidworks

AIM : To design and analyse planetary gear system in Solidworks. OBJECTIVES : To create internal ring gear with following properties - Module = 2.5 (You must use the metric system in design modeler) Number of teeth = 46 To create sun gear with following properties - Sun Gear Number of teeth = 14 Input Speed of the Gear…

project link - https://skill-lync.com/projects/internal-geneva-mechanism-85

AIM : To create a 3-D model of internal geneva mechanism and perform motion analysis on Solidworks. OBJECTIVE : To create 3-D model of driven and driving wheel according to problem statement. To perform it's motion analysis at 10 rpm and 20 rpm. To plot graphs of contact forces(between driving and the driven wheel), with…

Project link- https://skill-lync.com/projects/independent-research-project-4 .py files and ppt are also attached  

AIM : To solve an Air Standard Brayton Cycle (Joule cycle). OBJECTIVES : To solve an ideal air standard Brayton cycle based on user's input. To plot it's T-s diagram THEORY :  The Brayton cycle is a thermodynamic cycle named after George Brayton that describes the workings of a constant-pressure heat engine. The original…

AIM : To write a script that does data analysis on python. OBJECTIVE : Visualising the data, i.e., to plot graph between any two quantities according to user's input. Compatibility Check, i.e., code should exit gracefully, if a non-compatible file is provided as an input. To calculate basic engine performance calculations.…

Project link- https://skill-lync.com/projects/week-5-curve-fitting-on-python     .py file of the program is also attached

AIM : To write codes in Python to perform curve fitting. OBJECTIVE :  To wite codes to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the Cp data. To plot the linear and cubic fit curves along with the raw data points. To measure the fitness characteristics for both the curves. THEORY : Curve fitting is the way we model or…

AIM : To write a python script to solve for the minimum value of pressure using the newton raphson method. OBJECTIVES : To use the newton raphson method to find out the value of pressure for h = 0.6 . To find the optimal relaxation factor for this problem with the help of a suitable plot. To tabulate the results of…

Project link - https://skill-lync.com/projects/week-3-solving-second-order-odes-on-python   .py file is also attached

AIM :  To simulate the transient behaviour of a simple pendulum and to create an animation of it's motion. OBJECTIVE :  To write a program in Python that solves the second order ODE corresponding to motion of a simple pendulum and to plot its angular displacement and angular velocity wrt time. To create…

Project link- https://skill-lync.com/projects/week-2-air-standard-cycle-on-python .py file of the code is also attached here

AIM :  To write a program in Python to solve an Otto cycle and make plots for it. OBJECTIVE : To solve and find out different state variables in Otto cycle and plot it's p-V diagram. To calculate the thermal efficiency of the given Otto cycle. THEORY : The Otto cycle is the ideal cycle for spark-ignition…

AIM :  To write a program to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm in Python . OBJECTIVE : To solve and simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm. To create the animation of working of a 2R Robotic Arm. INTRODUCTION : A robotic arm is a robot manipulator, usually programmable,…

AIM: To Calculate Drag Force against a cyclist using Python Program. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To calculate Drag Force on a bicycle moving through air  To plot Velocity vs Drag force and to plot Drag Co-efficient vs Drag force. THEORY: The force on an object that resists its motion through a fluid is called ‘drag’.…

project link  https://skill-lync.com/projects/project-computing-design-parameters-according-to-theories-of-failure-som In addition to this matlab file is also attached for validation.

AIM : To compute design parameters according to Theories of Failure. OBJECTIVE :  To calculate principle stresses and maximum shear stress for 3D loading, To calculate factor of safety for different theories of failure and determinig which is suitable. INTRODUCTION :  The measurement and study of the stress-strain-strength…

AIM : To write a program in MATLAB for parsing NASA thermodynamics data. OBJECTIVE :   To write a function that extracts the 14  coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the data file.   To calculate the molecular weight of…

AIM : To create a Rankine Cycle Simulator using MATLAB. OBJECTIVE : To calculate the state points of the Rankine Cycle based on user inputs.  To plot the corresponding T-s and h-s plots for the given set of inputs. THEORY : The Rankine cycle is the fundamental operating cycle of all power plants where an operating…

project link https://projects.skill-lync.com/projects/Week-4-Genetic-Algorithm-92166

AIM : To calculate the global maxima of a stalagmite function in MATLAB. OBJECTIVE : To write a code in MATLAB to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. To plot graphs for all 3 studies and for F maximum vs no. of iterations. THEORY : Genetic Algorithm (GA) is a…

AIM : To write codes in MATLAB to perform curve fitting. OBJECTIVE :  To wite codes to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the Cp data. To plot the linear and cubic fit curves along with the raw data points. To measure the fitness characteristics for both the curves. THEORY : Curve fitting is the way we model or…

https://projects.skill-lync.com/projects/Week-3-Solving-second-order-ODEs-61723   Snaps of plot obtained:

AIM :  To simulate the transient behaviour of a simple pendulum and to create an animation of it's motion on MATLAB. OBJECTIVE :  To write a program that solves the second order ODE corresponding to motion of a simple pendulum and to plot its angular displacement and angular velocity wrt time. To create…

AIM :  To write a program in MATLAB to solve an Otto cycle and make plots for it. OBJECTIVE : To solve and find out different state variables in Otto cycle and plot it's p-v diagram. To calculate the thermal efficiency of the given Otto cycle. THEORY : The Otto cycle is the ideal cycle for spark-ignition…

AIM :  To write a program to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm in Matlab. OBJECTIVE : To solve and simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm and understand the movement of manipulator. To create the animation of working of a 2R Robotic Arm. INTRODUCTION : A robotic…

AIM : To create a row and column vector in Matlab. BACKGROUND INFORMATION : Vectors are a type of matrix having only one column or one row. A vector having only one column is called a column vector, and a vector having only one row is called a row vector.  OBJECTIVE : The objective of this program is…

AIM: To Calculate Drag Force against a cyclist using Matlab Program. THEORY: The force on an object that resists its motion through a fluid is called ‘drag’. When the fluid is a gas like air, it is called aerodynamic drag or air resistance. A drag force acts in opposition to the direction of motion and therefore…