BPHYM102/202 Applied Physics for ME Stream – vtuease

BPHYM102/202 | Applied Physics for ME Stream

Module -I: Oscillations and Shock waves: Oscillations: Simple Harmonic motion (SHM), Differential equation for SHM (No derivation), Sprigs: Stiffness Factor and its Physical Significance, Series and Parallel combination of springs (Derivation), Types of Springs and their applications. Theory of Damped oscillations (Qualitative), Types of Damping (Graphical Approach). Engineering applications of Damped oscillations, Theory of Forced oscillations (Qualitative), Resonance, Sharpness of resonance. Numerical Problems. Shock waves: Mach number and Mach Angle, Mach Regimes, Definition and Characteristics of Shock waves, Construction and working of Reddy Shock tube, Applications of Shock Waves, Numerical problems.

Elasticity Stress-Strain Curve, Stress hardening and softening. Elastic Moduli, Poisson’s ratio, Relation between Y, n and σ (with derivation),mention relation between K, Y and σ, limiting values of Poisson’s ratio. Beams, Bending moment and derivation of expression, Cantilever and I section girder and their Engineering Applications, Elastic materials (qualitative). Failures of engineering materials – Ductile fracture, Brittle fracture, Stress concentration, Fatigue and factors affecting fatigue (only qualitative explanation), Numerical problems.

Thermoelectric materials and devices: Thermo emf and thermo current, Seeback effect, Peltier effect, Seeback and Peltier coefficients, figure of merit (Mention Expression), laws of thermoelectricity. Expression for thermo emf in terms of T1 and T2, Thermo couples, thermopile, Construction and Working of Thermoelectric generators (TEG) and Thermoelectric coolers (TEC), low, mid and high temperature thermoelectric materials, Applications: Exhaust of Automobiles, Refrigerator, Space Program (RTG), Numerical Problems

Cryogenics: Production of low temperature – Joule Thomson effect (Derivation with 3 cases), Porous plug experiment with theory, Thermodynamical analysis of Joule Thomson effect, Liquefaction of Oxygen by cascade process, Lindey’s air liquefier, Liquefaction of Helium and its properties, Platinum Resistance Thermometer, Applications of Cryogenics, in Aerospace, Tribology and Food processing(qualitative), Numerical Problems

Material Characterization and Instrumentation Techniques: Introduction to nano materials: Nanomaterial and nanocomposites. Principle, construction and working of X-ray Diffractometer, Crystallite size determination by Scherrer equation, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM): Principle, construction, working and applications, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Numerical Problems.

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