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4. Governor - Determination of range sensitivity, effort etc., for Watts, Porter, Proell, and Hartnell
Governors.
5. Cams – Cam profile drawing, Motion curves and study of jump phenomenon
6. Spring Mass System – Determination of natural Frequency and verification of Laws of springs
– Damping coefficient determination.
7. Determination of torsional natural frequency of single and Double Rotor
systems.
8. Vibration of Equivalent Spring mass system – undamped and damped vibration.
9. Whirling of shafts – Determination of critical speeds of shafts with concentrated loads.
10. Balancing of rotating masses.
11. Transverse vibration of Free-Free beam – with and without concentrated masses.
1. Forced Vibration of Cantilever beam – Mode shapes and natural frequencies.
2. Determination of transmissibility ratio using vibrating table.

TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
OUTCOME:

 Ability to demonstrate the principles of kinematics and dynamics of machinery
 Ability to use the measuring devices for dynamic testing.

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ME17512 THERMAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
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OBJECTIVES:
 To study the performance characteristics of various engines
 To understand the need for proper IC engines
 To understand boiler and steam turbine operation
 To study the heat transfer characteristics of various heat transfer apparatus
 To study the performance of refrigeration cycle / components.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

I.C. ENGINE LAB 15
1. Theoretical and Actual Valve Timing and Port Timing diagrams.
2. Determination of Flash Point and Fire Point of various fuels / lubricants.
3. Performance test of Reciprocating Air compressor
4. Performance and Heat Balance Test on 4 – stroke Diesel Engine.
5. Retardation Test on a Diesel Engine.

STEAM LAB 3
1. Performance and Energy Balance Test on Steam Generators and Turbines.

HEAT TRANSFER LAB 18
1. Thermal conductivity measurement of pipe insulation using lagged pipe apparatus
2. Determination of heat transfer coefficient under forced convection from a tube.
3. Heat transfer from pin-fin apparatus (natural & forced convection modes)
4. Determination of Stefan – Boltzmann constant.
5. Determination of emissivity of a grey surface.
6. Effectiveness of Parallel / counter flow heat exchanger.

REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING LAB 9
1. Determination of COP of a refrigeration system
2. Performance test in a simple Air-Conditioning system

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