SSC JE Mechanical Engineering Syllabus

SSC JE Mechanical Engineering Syllabus

The standard of  the  questions  in  Engineering  subjects  will  be approximately of the level of Diploma in Engineering (Civil/ Electrical/ Mechanical). The details of the syllabus are given below:

SSC JE Mechanical Engineering Paper I Syllabus 

General Intelligence & Reasoning syllabus For SSC JE Mechanical Engineering

• Analogy
• Classification
• Arithmetical Number Series
• Coding Decoding
• Blood Relations
• Syllogisms
• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangements
• Non Verbal Reasoning
• Venn Diagram
• Order and Ranking
• Alphabetical Series
• Matrix
• Word formation
• Miscellaneous

General Knowledge syllabus For SSC JE Mechanical Engineering

• History
• Geography
• Economics
• Polity
• Computer
• Science
• Static GK
• Current Affairs

Part-C Mechanical Engineering):

• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• IC Engines
• Power Plant Engineering
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
• Strength of Materials
• Theory of Machines
• Machine Design
• Production Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics

SSC JE Mechanical Engineering Paper II Syllabus 

Part-C (Mechanical Engineering):

Theory of Machines and Machine Design:

Concept of simple machine, Four bar linkage and link motion, Flywheels and fluctuation of energy, Power transmission by belts – V-belts and Flat belts, Clutches – Plate and Conical clutch, Gears – Type of gears, gear profile and gear ratio calculation, Governors – Principles and classification, Riveted joint, Cams, Bearings, Friction in collars and pivots

Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials:

Equilibrium of Forces, Law of motion, Friction, Concepts of stress and strain, Elastic limit and elastic constants, Bending moments and shear force diagram, Stress in composite bars, Torsion of circular  shafts, Bucking of columns–Euler's and Rankin's theories, Thin walled pressure vessels

Thermal Engineering:

Properties of Pure Substances:  p-v  &  P-T  diagrams  of  pure  substance like H2O, Introduction of steam table with respect to steam generation process; definition of saturation, wet & superheated status Definition of dryness fraction of  steam,  degree  of  superheat  of  steam  H-s  chart  of steam (Mollier's Chart)

1st Law of Thermodynamics: Definition of stored energy & internal energy, 1st Law of Thermodynamics of cyclic process, Non Flow Energy Equation, Flow Energy & Definition of Enthalpy, Conditions for Steady State Steady Flow; Steady State Steady Flow Energy Equation

2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Definition of Sink, Source Reservoir of Heat, Heat Engine, Heat Pump & Refrigerator; Thermal Efficiency of Heat Engines & co-efficient of performance of Refrigerators, Kelvin – Planck & Clausius Statements of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, Absolute or Thermodynamic Scale of temperature, Clausius Integral, Entropy, Entropy change calculation of ideal gas processes Carnot Cycle & Carnot Efficiency, PMM-2; definition & its impossibility

Air standard Cycles for IC engines: Otto cycle; plot on P-V, T-S Planes; Thermal Efficiency, Diesel Cycle; Plot on P-V, T-S planes; Thermal efficiency.

IC Engine Performance, IC Engine Combustion, IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication

Rankine cycle of steam: Simple Rankine cycle plot on P-V, T-S, h-s planes, Rankine cycle efficiency with & without pump work

Boilers; Classification; Specification; Fittings & Accessories: Fire Tube & Water Tube Boilers

Air Compressors & their cycles; Refrigeration cycles; Principle of a Refrigeration Plant; Nozzles & Steam Turbines

Fluid Mechanics & Machinery:

Properties & Classification of Fluid: ideal & real fluids, Newton's law of viscosity, Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids, compressible and incompressible fluids

Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point

Measurement of Fluid Pressure: Manometers, U-tube, Inclined tube

Fluid Kinematics: Stream line, laminar & turbulent flow, external & internal flow, continuity equation

Dynamics of ideal fluids: Bernoulli's equation, Total head; Velocity head; Pressure head; Application of Bernoulli's equitation

Measurement of Flow rate Basic Principles: Venturimeter, Pilot tube, Orifice meter

Hydraulic Turbines: Classifications, Principles

Centrifugal Pumps: Classifications, Principles, Performance Production Engineering:

Classification of Steels : mild steal & alloy steel, Heat treatment of steel, Welding – Arc Welding, Gas Welding, Resistance Welding, Special Welding Techniques i.e. TIG, MIG, etc (Brazing & Soldering), Welding Defects  & Testing; NDT, Foundry & Casting – methods, defects, different casting processes, Forging, Extrusion, etc, Metal cutting principles, cutting  tools, Basic Principles of machining with (i) Lathe (ii) Milling (iii) Drilling (iv) Shaping (v) Grinding, Machines, tools & manufacturing processes.