This document provides an overview of mechanical engineering and its contributions to society. It discusses specialized subdisciplines like production, automobile and energy engineering. Automobile engineering section talks about the history and recent developments in automobiles like natural gas vehicles, driverless cars, anti-lock braking systems. Energy engineering deals with different forms of energy sources like solar, wind, tidal, geothermal and hydel power. It also discusses interdisciplinary concepts in mechanical engineering like mechatronics, computer integrated manufacturing, robotics and instrumentation engineering.

1. BE8252-BASIC CIVIL AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING

2. Unit -1
Overview of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering contributions to the welfare of
Society
• Specialized sub disciplines in Mechanical Engineering -
Production, Automobile, and Energy Engineering
• Interdisciplinary concepts in Civil and Mechanical
Engineering.

3. Automobile Engineering

4. Automobile Engineering
• Automobile is a “Self Propelled vehicle”
generally driven by IC Engine and it is used
for transportation of passengers & goods on
ground

5. History

8. • 1897 – Mr. Foster from Crompton greaves,
borrowed first motor car in india
• 1901 - Mr. Jamshed Ji TA
TA was the first
INDIAN to own a motor car .

12. RECENT
DEVELOPMENT
OF AUTOMOBILE

13. Natural gas vehicle

14. Driverless cars

15. Bullet proof cars

16. Antilock braking system (ABS)

17. Electronic stability control

18. Recycled cars

19. Ultra light cars

20. Automated manual transmission

21. Pre-collision technology

22. Hydrogen cars

23. Energy engineering
• Energy engineering is a broad field of
engineering that deals with different forms of
energy, power plant engineering and
alternative energy technologies

24. Different forms of energy
• Mechanical energy
• Electrical energy
• Electromagnetic energy
• Chemical energy
• Nuclear energy
• Sound energy
• Thermal energy

25. Mechanical energy

26. Electrical energy

27. Electromagnetic energy

28. Chemical energy

29. Nuclear energy

30. Sound energy

31. Thermal energy

32. Sources of energy
• Solar energy
• Wind energy
• Tidal energy
• Geothermal energy
• Bio-mass energy
• Ocean thermal energy
• Hydel power
• Nuclear power
• Energy from fossil fuels

33. Solar energy

34. Wind energy

35. Tidal energy

36. Ocean thermal energy

37. Geo-thermal engineering

38. Hydel power

39. Energy from fossil fuels

40. Interdisciplinary concepts in
mechanical engineering

41. Mechatronics
( MECH + CSE + ECE )

42. Computer Integrated Manufacturing
( MECH + CSE + EEE )

43. Robotics
( MECH + CSE + ECE )

44. Instrumentation Engineering
( MECH + EEE + ECE )

45. Aerospace Engineering
( MECH + AERONAUTICAL +
ASTRONAUTICAL )