1. Basic Mechanical Engineering Concepts

Nepal Engineering Council Registration Examination

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1. Basic Mechanical Engineering Concepts

1.1 Mechanical Drawing

• Machine drawing

• Welded joints

• Rivets and riveted joints

• Bolts, nuts & screw fasteners

• Keyways and keyed assembly

• Tolerance, limits and fits

• Surface finish

1.2 Engineering Materials

• Mechanical properties of materials and testing

• Metals and alloys

• Fatigue of metals

• Creep and stress fracture of metals

• Corrosion and corrosion control

1.3 Material Science

• Crystal structure

• Deformation process

• Solidification

• Phase relations and strengthening process

• Iron–carbon diagram

• Types of steel and cast iron

• Polymers and composite materials

1.4 Basic Electrical and Electronics

• Charge, current, voltage, power, energy

• Kirchhoff’s laws and Ohm’s law

• Series and parallel circuits

• AC circuits

• Motors and generators

• Induction machines and transformers

• Capacitors, resistors, filters, relays

• Diodes, transistors, amplifiers, oscillators, ICs

1.5 Mechanical Workshop

• Safety considerations

• Hand tools and machine tools

• Lathe, shaper, milling, grinding machines

• Drilling processes

• Joining and fabrication

• Arc and gas welding

1.6 Organization Management

• Organization and its types

• Modern management theory

• Leadership and communication

• Entrepreneurship and motivation

• Human Resource Management (HRM)

• Business plan development

• Management Information System (MIS)

• Technology management