ENGINEERING PRACTICES LABORATORY
GROUP A (CIVIL and MECHANICAL) |
I CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE |
Buildings:
(a) Study of plumbing and carpentry components of residential and industrial
buildings. Safety aspects. |
Plumbing Works:
(a) Study of pipeline joints, its location and functions: valves, taps, couplings,
unions, reducers, elbows in household fittings.
(b) Study of pipe connections requirements for pumps and turbines.
(c) Preparation of plumbing line sketches for water supply and sewage works.
(d) Hands-on-exercise:
Basic pipe connections – Mixed pipe material connection – Pipe connections
with different joining components.
(e) Demonstration of plumbing requirements of high-rise buildings. |
Demonstration on Carpentry using Portable Power Tools only:
(a) Study of the joints in roofs, doors, windows and furniture.
(b) Hands-on-exercise:
Wood work, joints by sawing, planing and cutting. |
IIMECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE |
Welding:
(a) Forming & Bending:
(b) Model making – Trays, funnels, etc.
(c) Different type of joints. |
Sheet Metal Work:
(a) Forming & Bending:
(b) Model making – Trays, funnels, etc.
(c) Different type of joints. |
Machine assembly practice:
(a) Study of centrifugal pump
(b) Study of air conditioner |
Demonstration on:
(a) Turning and drilling practices.
(b) Smithy operations, upsetting, swaging, setting down and bending. Example –
Exercise – Production of hexagonal headed bolt.
(c) Foundry operations like mould preparation for gear and step cone pulley.
(d) Fitting – Exercises – Preparation of square fitting and vee – fitting models. |
GROUP B (ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONICS) |
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE:
1. Residential house wiring using switches, fuse, indicator, lamp and energy
meter.
2. Fluorescent lamp wiring.
3. Stair-case wiring
4. Measurement of electrical quantities – voltage, current, power & power factor
in RLC circuit.
5. Measurement of energy using single phase energy meter.
6. Measurement of resistance to earth of an electrical equipment |
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING PRACTICE:
1. Study of Electronic components and equipments – Resistor, colour coding
measurement of AC signal parameter (peak-peak, rms period, frequency)
using CR.
2. Study of logic gates AND, OR, EOR and NOT.
3. Generation of Clock Signal.
4. Soldering practice – Components Devices and Circuits – Using general
purpose PCB.
5. Measurement of ripple factor of HWR and FWR.
6. Study of Telephone, F.M Radio and Cell Phone. |
References |
1. K.Jeyachandran, S.Natarajan & S, Balasubramanian, “A Primer on
Engineering Practices Laboratory” , Anuradha Publications, (2007).
2. T.Jeyapoovan, M.Saravanapandian & S.Pranitha, “Engineering Practices Lab
Manual”, Vikas Puplishing House Pvt.Ltd, (2006)
3. H.S. Bawa, “Workshop Practice”, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company
Limited, (2007).
4. A. Rajendra Prasad & P.M.M.S. Sarma, “Workshop Practice”, Sree Sai
Publication, (2002).
5. P.Kannaiah & K.L.Narayana, “Manual on Workshop Practice”, Scitech
Publications, (1999). |
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