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Heat Treatment Processes
Summarizes and definitions of the some common heat treatment processes like annealed, normalized, quench hardened and tempered are given below.…
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Types Of Ships
The great majority of ships that are neither military vessels nor yachts can be divided into several broad categories: cargo…
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Governor Types – Centrifugal Governor and Inertia Governor
Governor is a device used to maintain the speed of an engine within specified limits when the engine works in…
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Essential software skills for Mechanical Engineers
1. AutoCAD ( A basic CAD software for design and drafting purpose) 2. Pro/Engineer ( A complete parametric 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software) 3. C Language (A programming language) 4. ANSYS ( An analysis…
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Gas turbine and nuclear power
The gas turbine engine, essentially a jet engine coupled to a turbine that is geared to a propeller shaft, appeared to have…
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Detonation or Knocking in IC Engines
Detonation or knocking in I.C. Engines – The loud pulsating noise heard within the engine cylinder of an I.C. engine…
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Difference between 2 stroke and 4 stroke Engine
The stroke of an engine is referred to the distance covered by the piston from the top dead center to…
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Propulsion and auxiliary machinery
At the beginning of the 20th century the near-universal ship-propulsion device was the reciprocating steam engine, furnished with steam from fire-tube boilers…
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Engineering Materials – Introduction
The knowledge of engineering materials and their properties is of great importance for a design engineer. A design engineer must…
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Factors affecting material properties:
Heat treatment: Heat treatment is used to control heating and cooling of the metals to change the properties and also…
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Ship motions in response to the sea
In manoeuvring, a ship experiences yaw (rotation about a vertical axis) and sway (sideways motion). More generally, motions are possible in all…
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Differences Between Centrifugal and Axial Flow Compressors
S.no Centrifugal Compressors Axial Flow Compressors 1 In centrifugal compressors air flows radially in the compressor In Axial flow compressors…
