Facilities

Laboratories

All the Mechanical Engineering laboratories have spacious rooms and provided with latest infrastructure. Following are the laboratories of the Department:

Material Testing Laboratory:

Computerized 100 kN Electro-mechanical UTM with temperature attachment
Computerized 3000 kgf Brinell Hardness Testing machine
Manual and electronic readout Impact Testing Machine for Charpy and Izod tests
Bowers fully automatic micro-hardness testing machine
Meiji metallurgical microscope with digital photography and polishing machine
Erichsen cupping test for sheet metal formability
Modsonic ultrasonic non-destructive testing machine
Digital Rockwell hardness testing machine

Heat Transfer Laboratory:

Thermal conductivity apparatus by guarded hot plate method
Fin effectiveness apparatus
Thermal conductivity of insulating powder
Heat transfer in natural convection
Heat transfer in forced convection
Emissivity measurement apparatus
Stefan Boltzmann apparatus
Critical heat flux apparatus
Dropwise and filmwise condensation apparatus
Parallel flow and counter flow heat exchanger

Fluid Machines Laboratory:

Pelton wheel turbine test rig (3kW) with mechanical dynamometer
Francis turbine test rig (3kW) with mechanical dynamometer
Kaplan turbine test rig (3kW) with mechanical dynamometer (to be installed soon)
Centrifugal pump test rig (multi-stage, variable speed)
Reciprocating pump test rig
Axial fan test rig
Impact of jet on vanes
Losses due to friction in pipe lines
Losses due to pipe fittings, sudden enlargement and contraction

Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory:

Single cylinder two stroke petrol engine test rig
Computerized single cylinder four stroke petrol engine test rig
Twin cylinder four stroke water cooled diesel engine test rig
Computerized single cylinder four stroke water cooled diesel engine test rig
Double stage air compressor test rig
Cut section model of Maruti 800 engine
Model of hydraulic brake unit (single brake drum)

Center for Product Design and Realization:

LS-DYNA non-linear finite element simulation software
Design Expert DOE software
DELL Quad-core Workstation
Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0
Rank Taylor Hobson computerized surface roughness profilometer

Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory:

Hadinge/Bridgeport GX600 CNC Vertical Machining Center

Engineering Tribology Laboratory:

Pin-on-disc tribometer
DELL quad-core workstation for simulation of machining

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIND ENERGY: MATERIALS, ENGINEERING AND POLICIES

NOV 22-23, 2012, BITS PILANI, HYDERABAD CAMPUS

Renewable energy sources have become a necessity rather than a choice and there is a huge potential for wind energy but there is a lot to be perfected in all aspects. Particularly most regions of many countries including India are classified as low wind energy regimes necessitating identification of appropriate models for estimation and realization of potentials, site selection, new materials such as composites, new techniques of manufacturing, and policy making. This conference is aimed at providing a platform for discussion and dissemination of knowledge through the participation of all stake holders also leading to certain recommendations on future course of action.

For more details see the Conference website: www.wemep2012.com

Mechanical Engineering Department Brochure

Brochure

Text Books by Prof. S.P.Regalla

1. Srinivasa Prakash Regalla, "Computer Aided Analysis and Design", IK International Publishers, New Delhi, 2010.

2. Srinivasa Prakash Regalla and Kuldip Singh Sangwan, "Product Design and Manufacturing: A Collaborative and Product Lifecycle Approach", New Age International Publishers, 2010.

Achievements

1. Dr. N. S. K. Reddy got ABG seed grant in nano-lubrication in machining.

2. Almost 100% of the first semester on-campus final year students of BE (Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) are already placed in different companies, many of them in the core mechanical engineering companies. Several students have presented their project work in different International conferences.

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