SEMESTER II GE1151 BASIC ENGINEERING SYLLABUS

ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620 024
Regulations 2007 Syllabus Common to all B.E. / B.Tech.
(Except B.E. Marine Engineering)
SEMESTER II GE1151 BASIC ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UNIT I SOURCES OF ENERGY AND POWER PLANTS 6
Renewable and Non-renewable resources – Thermal Power Plant – Hydro-Electric Power
Plant – Nuclear Power Plant – Diesel Engine Power Plant – Gas Turbine Power Plant –
Solar Power Plant – Wind Power Generation.

UNIT II INTERNAL COMBUSTION 8
Engines – Working principle of Petrol and Diesel Engines – Four stroke and Two stroke
cycle – Fuel system in a Petrol Engine – Single jet carburetor – Coil ignition system –
Sparkplug – Cooling system in I.C. Engines – Lubrication system – Fuel system for
Diesel Engines – Fuel injector.

UNIT III BOILERS AND WELDING 8
Classification – Working of Cochran Boiler – Locomotive Boiler – Babcock and Wilcox
Boiler – Modern High Pressure Boilers – Lamont – Benson – Boiler Mountings –
Principle of welding – Types of welded joints – Arc welding – Gas welding – Resistance
welding – Spot welding – Gas cutting – Brazing – Soldering.

CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIT IV BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND FOUNDATION 6
Constructions: Properties - Uses of constructions materials namely Bricks, Stones,
Steel-sections, Cement, Cement concrete, Plywood, Plastics and Composite materials.
Foundation: Selection of site – Objectives of foundation – Requirement of good
foundation – Loads on foundation – Types of foundation.

UNIT V ROADS, BRIDGES, RAILWAYS AND WATER SUPPLY 8
Roads: Introduction – Advantages of good system of Roads – Classification of Roads,
Bridges: Introduction – Necessity of Bridges – Components of Bridges – Classification
of Bridges.
Railways: Introduction – Advantages of Railways – Railway track and Components of
Railway track.
Water Supply: Introduction – Objective of protected water supply – Steps involved on
planning water supply system – Per captia consumption and factors affecting per captia
consumption.
Total: 36



TEXT BOOKS
1. M.S. Palanichamy, C. Shanmugham, “Basic Civil Engineering and Basic
Mechanical Engineering”, Tata McGraw–Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 2000.

REFERENCES
1. K. Venugopal and V. Prabhu Raja, “Basic Mechanical Engineering”, 6th
Edition,
Anuradha Agencies, 2005.
2. R. Rudramoorthy, “Thermal Engineering”, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing
Company Ltd, 2005.
3. S. Ramamrutham, “Basic Civil Engineering”, Dhanpat Rai Publishing Company
(P) Ltd., 1999.

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