ME-602 RGPV B.Tech
Machine Component and Design (MCD)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
5 papers, latest Jun 2026
- ME-602 paper, Jun 2026
- ME-602 paper, Jun 2025
- ME-602 paper, May 2024
- ME-602 paper, May 2023
- ME-602 paper, May 2022
Syllabus, notes and important questions for ME-602
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction to stress in machine component 20 topics
- Stress concentration and fatigue
- Causes of stress concentration
- Stress concentration in tension, bending and torsion
- Reduction of stress concentration
- Theoretical stress concentration factor
- Notch sensitivity
- Fatigue stress concentration factor
- Cyclic loading
- Endurance limit
- S‑N curve
- Loading factor
- Size factor
- Surface factor
- Design considerations for fatigue
- Goodman diagram
- Modified Goodman diagram
- Soderberg equation
- Gerber parabola
- Design for finite life
- Cumulative fatigue damage factor
Unit 2 Shafts 6 topics
- Design of shaft under combined bending, twisting and axial loading
- Shock and fatigue factors in shaft design
- Design for rigidity of shafts
- Design of shaft subjected to dynamic load
- Design of keys
- Design of shaft couplings
Unit 3 Springs 12 topics
- Design of helical compression springs
- Design of helical tension springs
- Dimensional and functional constraints for springs
- Design of leaf springs
- Design of torsion springs
- Fatigue loading of springs
- Surge in spring performance
- Special spring types
- Design of power screw and power nut
- Differential screw design
- Compound screw design
- Design of simple screw jack
Unit 4 Brakes & Clutches 12 topics
- Materials for friction surfaces
- Uniform pressure theory
- Uniform wear theory
- Design of friction clutches – disk clutches
- Design of friction clutches – plate clutches
- Design of friction clutches – cone clutches
- Design of friction clutches – centrifugal clutches
- Design of brakes – rope brakes
- Design of brakes – band brakes
- Design of brakes – block brakes
- Design of internal expanding brakes
- Design of disk brakes
Unit 5 Journal Bearing 23 topics
- Types of lubrication
- Viscosity considerations
- Hydrodynamic theory of bearings
- Design factors for journal bearings
- Temperature and viscosity effects
- Reynolds' equation
- Stable operation of journal bearings
- Unstable operation of journal bearings
- Heat dissipation and thermal equilibrium
- Boundary lubrication regime
- Dimensionless numbers in bearing analysis
- Design of journal bearings
- Rolling‑element bearings – types of rolling contact bearings
- Bearing friction and power loss
- Bearing life estimation
- Radial loads on bearings
- Thrust loads on bearings
- Axial loads on bearings
- Static load capacities
- Dynamic load capacities
- Selection of ball bearings
- Selection of roller bearings
- Lubrication and sealing of bearings
Unit 6 == END OF UNITS==
The syllabus lists no separate topics for this unit.
Exam insights
Counted from 4 past ME-602 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Introduction to stress in machine component 30 marks
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Unit 2 Shafts 16 marks
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Unit 3 Springs 14 marks
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Unit 4 Brakes & Clutches 16 marks
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Unit 5 Journal Bearing 21 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
Asked again and again
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Explain the design procedure for shafts subjected to combined bending and torsion, including equivalent bending moment and equivalent twisting moment and when they are used.
Asked 2 times: 2026, 2023
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Explain fluctuating stresses and Goodman and Modified Goodman diagrams with neat sketches
Asked 2 times: 2026, 2020
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Explain the friction materials used in brakes and clutches and their properties.
Asked 2 times: 2026, 2020