IOE M.Sc. Syllabus For Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MI)

Curriculum / Syllabus / Prescribed Courses for Masters level Entrance exam for Institute of Engineering (IOE) Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal. Entrance Examination for Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MI) will be of a single paper of 2 hours duration consisting of two sections:

• Section- A: It common to all streams, consisting of 45 questions of 50 marks.
• Section-B: This section consists of stream specialized course with 50 nos. of questions of 1 mark each. Each question will be of objective type with multiple choice answers.

The Section-A syllabus which common for all streams for Masters level Entrance Exam in Institute of Engineering (IOE) Pulchowk Campus can be accessed from IOE M.Sc Entrance Syllabus page.

Section-B

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MI) [60 ×1]

1. Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer [14]

• Equality of Temperature and Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Work Transfer
• Control Mass and Control Volume Formulation of First Law, Steady State Applications
• Entropy, Second Law of Thermodynamics for an Isolated System, Control Mass and Control

Volume Formulation of

• Second Law, Entropy Relations and Isentropic Process, Heat Engine, Heat Pump and Refrigerator
• Carnot Cycle, Brayton Cycle, Rankin Cycle, Otto Cycle, Diesel Cycle, Vapour Compression Cycle
• One dimensional steady state heat conduction through a plane wall, Radial steady state heat conduction through a hollow cylinder, Heat flow through composite structures, Electrical Analogy for thermal resistance, Convection Fundamentals and Radiation Heat Transfer Fundamentals

2. Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machine [14]

• Basic concepts of fluid and flow
• Flow measurement
• Continuity equation, Momentum equation, Bernoull’s equation and their applications
• Viscous flow, flow inside closed conduits and head losses
• Water turbines
• Water pumps

3. Mechanics and Strength of Materials [14]

• Concept of particles and rigid bodies
• Effect of forces on particles and rigid body
• Applications of equilibrium equations for solving problems of particles and rigid bodies (in 2- dimensions and 3-dimensions.)
• Types of structures, statically determinate and indeterminate
• Moments and couples
• Distributed forces, C.G., Centroids, Area and mass moment of inertia,
• Kinematics of particles and Rigid bodies
• Equations of motion
• Dynamic equilibrium
• Kinetics of particles and rigid bodies
• Applications of Newton’s Second Law
• Application of Principle of Work and Energy
• Principle of Impulse and Momentum
• Conservation of Energy
• Concept of Stress and Strain
• Types of loads and beams
• Materials Properties and Material Testing
• Shear Force, Bending Moment diagram
• Torsion of Shafts
• Slope and deflection of beams.

4. Energy [10]

• Sources of conventional energy, fossil fuels, calorific values
• Renewable energy sources and their nature
• Basic concepts of: Solar thermal energy, Solar photo-voltaic energy, wind energy, Bio-mass, Geothermal energy and Hydraulic energy
• Consumption and environmental aspects of energy

5. Industrial Engineering and Management [8]

• Classification of manufacturing processes.
• Materials selection criteria.
• Elements of cost.
• Role of production, operation management and system concepts
• Production planning and control
• Plant location and plant layout design
• Forecasting techniques
• Inventory Control
• Decision making process
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control