Guidelines & Thesis

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FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJ ECT REPORT

FOR

B.E. / B. TECH. / M.E/ M.Tech.

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be asfollows:

1. Cover Page & Title Page2. Bonafide Certificate

3. Acknowledgement4. Abstract5. Table of Contents6. List of Tables7. List of Figures8. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature9. Chapters10. References11. Appendices

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be hardbound with thick black art paper. The cover should beprinted in golden lettersand the textfor printing should be identical.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:3.1 Cover Page & Title Page A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the project

report are given inAppendix 1.

3.2 Bonafide Certificate The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using FontStyle Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format inAppendix 2.

The certificate shall carry the supervisors signature and shall be followed by the supervisorsname, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student.The term SUPERVISOR must be typed in capital letters between the supervisors nameand academic designation.


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3.3 AcknowledgementMany people have contributed to this project work by their physical or intellectual support.

First I would like to thank to my supervisor and promoter Prof. Schipper for his support and

ideas in writing this thesis. He guided me very well during my studies and preparation of this

thesis. I would also like to thank the other committee members: Prof. dr. ir. M.F.A.M.

Maarseveen, Prof. dr. ir. J . Huetink, Prof. ir. H.M.J.R. Soemers, Prof. dr. M.C. Elwenspoek,

Prof. dr. ing. S. Cretu, Prof. dr. ir. P. De Baets. I am grateful to ir. Arjen Brandsma and ir.

Mark van Drogen for their support, collaboration and discussion in our meetings. Special

thanks to Erik de Vries and Willie Kerver for their help with design and Walter Lette for his

solution to the problems related to computers. Many thanks to Belinda Bruinink for her

support in the bureaucratic difficulties I faced. During the past four years I have enjoyed the

pleasant working environment in the Tribology group and I want to thank the (ex-) staffmembers: Wijtze ten Napel, Dik Schipper, Kees Venner, Matthijn de Rooij, Erik de Vries,

Walter Lette, Belinda Bruinink, Willie Kerver and the (former) PhD students: Ako, Bert,

Bernd, Caner, Ellen, George, Gerrit, Isaias, Jamari, Jan Willem, Loredana, Mark, Marc,

Rihard and Quiang. I want to thank George, Izabela, Loredana, Szabolcs, Liviu, Oxana,

Gratiela, Bogdan, Octav, Rita, Emad and Kitam for their friendship and support during my

stay in the Netherlands. Finally I express my deep gratitude and love to my parents for their

never-ending support in my work.

3.4 Abstract Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed 1.5 line spacing,Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 10.

3.5 Table of Contents The table of contents should list all material following it as well as anymaterial which precedes it. The title page, Bonafide Certificate and Acknowledgement willnot find a place among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers ofwhich are in lower case Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typingthe matter under this head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report isgiven inAppendix 3.

3.6 List of Tables The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above thetables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under thishead.


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isoH curve fit isothermal minimum film thickness at =1.0, mX

oh minimum film thickness, m

thH thermal minimum film thickness at =1.0, mX

thH curve fit thermal minimum film thickness at =1.0, mX

Greek

pressure viscosity coefficient, m2/N

temperature coefficient of viscosity, K-1

dimensionless parameter, 2 z / h

viscosity of lubricant, Pa-s

0 viscosity of lubricant at , Pa-s0T

fluidity function, (1/)

3.9 Chapters The chapters may be broadly divided into 2 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii)Chapters developing the main theme of the project work .

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided

into several divisions and sub-divisions.

Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity (after) ofthe reference where they are cited.

Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placeddirectly underneath in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.10 List of References The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading

REFERENCES in alphabetical order in single spacing left justified. The referencematerial should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name of theauthor/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.

A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.


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REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel XAsx, Pramana Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.

2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) Applications of Convolution Operators to

Problems in Univalent Function Theory, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.8194.

3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) Open Loop Minimum Time Control ofMechanical Manipulations and its Applications, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego,CA, pp. 1231-1236.

3.11 Appendices Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is includedin the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix2, etc.

Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered andreferred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.

Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be madein the contents page also.

3.11.1Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of theproject report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body ofthe project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagramsmay be designated as figures.

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:

The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour. One and a half spacing shouldbe used for typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in the Font style TimesNewRoman and Font size 12. Left and right margin should be 1.25 and 1 respectively. Topand bottom margin should be set as 1 each. The complete report must be both sided justified.

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Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, itm University, Gurgaon

Title

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Submitted by: XXXXXXXXXXXX

Supervisor: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, (Designation)

Industry Supervisor: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Designation)

HUDA Sector 23-A Gurgaon - 122017.

Tel : + 91 124 2365811 to 13 Fax : + 91 124 2367488

Email : [email protected]

2012-2013

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CERTIFICATE

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Declaration

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The Project Dissertation is submitted in partial fulfilment of academic requirements for

_____________________. This dissertation is a result of my own investigation. All

sections of the text and results, which has been obtained from other sources, are fully

referenced. I understand that cheating and plagiarism constitute a breach of University

regulations and will be dealt with accordingly.

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Acknowledgement

1. Acknowledge your academic and industry supervisor2. Acknowledge your programme manager3. Acknowledge all those who have helped you directly or indirectly for the

successesful completion of your project work

4. Remember it is an opportunity to express your gratitude

Length: Not to exceed one page

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Table of Contents

A typical Table of Contents page looks like this

Certificate(ii)

Declaration.....(iii)

Acknowledgement..(iv)

Abstract ..(v)

Table of Contents.. (vi)

List of Tables..(x)

List of Figures(xi)

Nomenclature.(xii)

Chapter-1: Introduction..11.1 ..11.2

Chapter-2: Literature Review

Chapter-3: Problem Definition

Chapter-4: Model Construction and Solution

Chapter-5: Discussion of Results and Validation

Chapter-6: Conclusions and Recommendations for future work

References

Appendices

Appendix-A

Appendix-B

Appendix-C..80

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List of Tables

A typical List of Tables content page looks like this

How to represent a table:

Table number, Table title, Units of the parameters are important

Table 2. Enthalpy of formation of some common Elements and Compounds

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List of Figures

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Typical table of List of Figures

How to represent a Figure

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Nomenclature

a =Acceleration (m/s2)

F =Force (N)

T =Temperature (K)

t =Temperature (oC)

N =Speed (RPM)

CG =Centre of Gravity

DOF =Degrees of freedom

W =Track width (m)

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1 Introduction

Length of Introduction: 2-3 pages

What introduction should contain:

Introduction presents the specific problem under study. Introduction can have

1. General Introduction to the area of your work2. Actual Area of your work3. Specific Area of your work4. Specific topic of your work

You can use figures, tables and references while giving introduction

Assume that you are interested in developing optimised blade profile for a wind mill,

your introduction can have

1. General introduction-energy, importance, sources, merits and limitations2. Smooth transition should take over to Wind Energy and its relevance3. Then move over to Horizontal wind mills if you are working on horizontal

windmill blades and the introduce the blades

4. Bring the reason and importance of blade shapes and why they need to beoptimised

5. State that it is essential and important to work in this area as it going to benefit thesociety, connect it to the next chapter that is Literature Review.

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2 Literature Review

Length- 10-12 Pages

Minimum of 10 references

A literature review may constitute an essential chapter of a thesis or dissertation, or may

be a self-contained review of writings on a subject. In either case, its purpose is to:

Place each work in the context of its contribution to the understanding of thesubject under review

Describe the relationship of each work to the others under consideration Identify new ways to interpret, and shed light on any gaps in, previous research Resolve conflicts amongst seemingly contradictory previous studies Identify areas of prior scholarship to prevent duplication of effort Point the way forward for further research Place one's original work (in the case of theses or dissertations) in the context of

existing literature

Design students can bring in the work done by various designers and present and future

trends in the area (make use of photographs clearly indicating the references)

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3 Problem Definition

Length: 1-2 pages

3-4 lines of introduction to the chapter

Problem definition

Paragraph-1

Problem Statement

Pargraph-2

1. Objectives

Paragraph-3

Methodology adopted to meet the objectives

OBJ ECTIVES: Objectives are statements of mentions. They inform the reader clearly

what the researcher plans to do in his/her work. They must identify the variables involved

in research. Objective should start with an action verb and be sufficiently specific,

measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound (SMART).

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4 Model Construction and Solution

3-4 lines of introduction to the chapter

Mechanical

1. Specifications of the model you are trying to design and analyse2. Basic design calculations- Formulae, Flow charts, programme (Flow charts and

Programme can be pushed to Appendix)

3. Geometric model4. Mathematical model, Theoretical basis5. Discretisation of the Geometric Model, Grid independence6. Boundary conditions7. Solver settings and importance8. Solutions9. Modifications to the problem if any10. Repeating the procedure if required11. Manufacturing if any12.Test procedures and test results if anyDo not add screen shots of every step you work on in your report. Only main software

features that help you to create the models are required to be mentioned.

If it is totally experimental work:

1. Building up of experimental set-up2. Instrumentation involved and their accuracy3. Calibration of instruments and test set-up4. Measurement procedures5. Repeatability6. Tabulation of data and calculations7. Error Analysis

Product Design :

Design specifications, Design Concepts, sketches, Geometric Models, Mechanisms if

any

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5 Validation and Discussion of Results

RESULTSmust be presented in the form of

Text, Tables Illustrations-graphs, figures, circuit diagrams, animations

The contents of the tables should not be repeated in the text. Instead, a reference to the

table number must be given.

Validation:

Check whether

Theoretical solutions to your problem is available with you or in any references

Experimental results are available with you or with in some reference material

Verify /Validate your results with the available results.

If you are not verifying or validating your results, your results will be questioned; you

should be in a position to defend your results- in such cases bench marking is necessary.

To bench mark-choose a standard problem in the area for which theoretical or

experimental solutions are available, solve the problem using the method you have

chosen for your project and compare your results

Electronics students can check their algorithm by implementing on the hardware

Product design students can covert their ideas into physical modelling and results be

compared and do an analysis by preparing a questionnaire

You need to provide explanations for the trends in your graphs and tables. The

explanation should be based on theoretical background

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6 Conclusions and Recommendations for future work

This is the last section of the text in which conclusions or inferences drawn on the basis

of the results of study are described. The conclusions should be linked with the objectives

of the study. If possible to express your concluding remarks based on certain numbers,

please do so. If you have developed correlations, give such correlations.

Recommendations for further research may be included when appropriate e.g. if you find

a statistically significant number of cases of anaemia of severe degree in the school going

girls of a particular area you can recommend further research to probe the cause of

anaemia in that area.

It is important to be careful that the conclusions should not go beyond data and should be

based on the study results and population.

Sample:

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References

Harvard Method

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Appendix-B

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Appendix-C

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General Guidelines

1. A good dissertation can be written only if you have good piece of work2. A good piece of work will be ignored if not presented properly3. Remember you are writing it because you want others to read4. If you do not use sufficient care in writing, one will doubt whether you have taken

good care in your work either

5. Use clear and short sentences and write in third person. Avoid using bombasticwords

6. All the assumptions and input data should be documented7. It should be possible to reproduce your computations/experiments by others using

your dissertation.

8. Use British English-spelling9. Units and consistency in the use of units is important10.Use A4, white sheet for printing your dissertation. Use font size of 12, Times

Roman, headings can be of same font size but bold.11. Margins should be as shown in the figure

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