Machanics & Electroplating

Descreption:

Background in chemistry or electrochemistry that provides a comprehensive overview of numerous
plating processes and their associated sciences. Provides a clear understanding of metal finishing
technology, permitting the student to understand specifications, avoid routine finishing problems,
evaluate product output, and expediently resolve process difficulties.

Objectives:

1. To calculate the reactive forces.

2. To analyse the structures.

3. To know the geometric properties of the different shapes.

4. To teach energy and momentum methods.

5. Plating shop personnel and representatives of suppliers who want a more thorough understanding
of finishing processes. Those who would benefit from the introduction course to electroplating and
surface finishing would gain from this one as well, as would managers, QC personnel, researchers
and chemists.

Outcomes:

Upon the completion of the course, students are expected:

• Understand basic chemistry, including atomic structure, elements, molecules, pH, acids,
  bases, vital equations, neutralization, oxidation-reduction, reaction kinetics, analysis,
  titration, atomic weight, critical calculations associated with process solutions;

• Solve the engineering problems in case of equilibrium conditions.

• Calculate the reaction forces of various supports of different structures.

• Solve the problems involving dry friction.

• Determine the centroid, centre of gravity and moment of inertia of various surfaces and
  solids.

• Solve the problems involving dynamics of particles and rigid bodies

Mode of instruction:
The course combines lectures with presentations and discussion.

Topics:

1. Introduction to Electroplating in Mechanical Engineering

2. Unit I – Statics of Particle, Introduction to Mechanics, Fundamental Principles,  Laws of Mechanics, Lame’s theorem, Parallelogram and triangular Law of forces, Coplanar forces, Free body diagram …

3. Unit II – Statics of Rigid Body and Friction, Single equivalent force, Free body diagram …

4. Unit III – Properties of Sections, Centroid – First moment of area, Theorems of Pappus and Guldinus, Second moment of area, Moment and Product of inertia of plane areas …

5. Student Presentation/ mid exam

6. Unit IV – Dynamics of Particles Displacements, Velocity and acceleration, their relationship, relative motion, Curvilinear motion, Newton’s law, Work Energy Equation of particles, Impulse and Momentum …

7. Unit V Dynamics of Rigid Bodies General plane motion,Velocity and Acceleration, Absolute and Relative motion method, Equilibrium of rigid bodies in plane motion …

8. Final Exam