TSPSC Assistant Executive Engineers Practice Tests

Description

This course contains tests of various subjects related to Assistant Executive Engineers and Polytechnic lecturers. This test series consists of questions related to the following syllabus.

Section I: Applied Mechanics and Design

• Engineering Mechanics: Free-body diagrams and equilibrium; Friction, rolling friction, belt – pulley, screw jack, wedge, Trusses and Frames; Virtual work; Kinematics and Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies in Plane Motion; Impulse and Momentum (Linear and Angular) and Energy Formulations; Impact.

• Strength of Materials: Stress and Strain, Stress-Strain Relationship and Elastic Constants, Poisson’s Ratio; Mohr’s Circle For Plane Stress and Plane Strain; Thin Cylinders; Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams; Bending And Shear Stresses; Deflection Of Beams; Torsion Of Circular Shafts; Euler’s Theory Of Columns; Energy Methods; Thermal Stresses; Testing Of Materials with Universal Testing Machine (UTM); Hardness And Impact Strength.

• Theory of Machines: Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration Analysis of Plane Mechanisms; Dynamic Analysis of Slider-Crank Mechanism; Gears and Gear Trains; Flywheels, Gyroscope and Governors; Balancing of Reciprocating and Rotating Masses.

• Vibrations: Free and Forced Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems, Effect of Damping; Vibration Isolation; Resonance; Critical Speeds of Shafts.

• Machine Design: Design For Static and Dynamic Loading; Failure Theories; Fatigue Strength; S-N Diagram; Design of Machine Elements such as Bolted, Riveted and Welded Joints, Shafts, Spur Gears, Rolling and Sliding Contact Bearings, Springs, Brakes and Clutches.

Section II: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences

• Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Properties; Fluid Statics, Manometry, Buoyancy, Forces on Submerged Bodies, Stability of Floating Bodies; Fluid Acceleration; Differential Equations of Continuity and Momentum; Bernoulli’s Equation; Viscous Flow of Incompressible Fluids, Boundary Layer, Elementary Turbulent Flow, Flow Through Pipes, Head Losses in Pipes and Bends.

• Heat-Transfer: Modes of Heat Transfer; One Dimensional Heat Conduction, Resistance Concept, Electrical Analogy, Fins; Unsteady Heat Conduction, Dimensionless Parameters in Free and Forced Convective Heat Transfer, Various Correlations for Heat Transfer in Flow Over Flat Plates and Through Pipes, Effect of Turbulence; Radiative Heat Transfer, Black And Grey Surfaces, Shape Factors, Network Analysis, Heat Exchanger Performance, LMTD and NTU Methods.

• Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substances, behavior of ideal and real gases; zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work and heat in various processes; second law of thermodynamics; thermodynamics property, availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic relations.

• Power Engineering: Air compressors-Reciprocating and rotary compressors ;Rankine, Brayton Cycles with Regeneration, Inter cooling and Reheat.

• I.C. Engines: Air-standard Otto & Diesel Cycles, Combustion in S.I. & C.I. Engines, Performance & Testing of internal combustion engines.

• Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning: Vapour Refrigeration Cycle, Heat Pumps, Gas Refrigeration; Reverse Brayton Cycle; Moist Air: Psychrometric Chart, Basic Psychrometric Processes.

• Turbomachinery: Pelton Wheel, Francis and Kaplan Turbines, Impulse and Reaction Principles, Velocity Diagrams.

Section III: Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

• Engineering Materials: Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials, Heat Treatment, Stress-Strain Diagrams for Engineering Materials, Iron-carbon diagram.

• Metal Casting: Design of Patterns, Moulds and Cores; Solidification and Cooling; Riser and Gating Design.

• Metal Forming: Plastic Deformation and Yield Criteria; Fundamentals of Hot and Cold Working Processes; Load Estimation for Bulk (Forging, Rolling, Extrusion, Drawing) and Sheet (Shearing, Deep Drawing, Bending) Metal Forming Processes; Principles of Powder Metallurgy.

• Joining Processes: Principles (Gas, Arc, Resistance and Solid State) of Welding, Brazing, Soldering; Adhesive Bonding.

• Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of Machining; Basic Machine Tools; Single and Multi-Point Cutting Tools, Tool Geometry and Materials, Tool Life and Tool Wear; Economics of Machining; Principles of Non-Traditional Machining Processes; Principles of Work Holding Devices, Principals of Jigs and Fixtures.

• Metrology and Inspection: Limits, Fits and Tolerances; Linear and Angular Measurements; Comparators; Gauge; Interferometry; Form and Surface Finish Measurement; Alignment and Testing Methods; Tolerance Analysis in Manufacturing and Assembly.

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools.

• Production Planning and Control: Forecasting Models, Aggregate Production Planning, Scheduling, Materials Requirement Planning.

• Inventory Control: Deterministic Models; Safety Stock Inventory Control Systems.

• Operations Research: Linear Programming, Simplex Method Transportation, Assignment, Simple Queuing Models, PERT and CPM.

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