ASSOCIATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME)

ASSOCIATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

(ASME)

The executive committee of the ASME

S.No Name Roll.No

1 Y.Venkat Rahul 15071A0353

2 P.Surya 16071A03B2

3 K.Sruthi 15071A0310

4 T.Sanjith 16071A03B5

5 K.Kiran 15071A0390

6 D.V.J.Lekya 15071A0308

7 V.Rama Krishna Pardhu 17071A03B8

8 B.Sravanthi 16071A0370

9 V.Hari hara sai 16071A0380

10 S.V.N.S.Tarun 16071A03A7

11 M.V.S.N.Raju 16071A0390

12 P.Bhavesh 16071A03A2

13 Md.Nissar 15071A0336

14 K.Sreeteja 15071A0329

15 Dr. B. Satyanarayana, Professor Coordinator

16 L.Sandeep Raj, Assistant Professor Co-Coordinator

Activities done under ASME-VNRVJIET

2017-18

1. ASME HPVC

“PEGASUS” is the vehicle that the “Team Cruzers” of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and

Technology came up with, for entering the 2018 ASME HPVC Asia Pacific. PEGASUS was intended and

accordingly designed to be compact, agile and innovative while maintaining reliable safety conditions.

PEGASUS is fabricated with utmost priority to the riders comfort. Design, Comprehensive Analysis and

Physical Testing of PEGASUS ensure that the vehicle meets the American Society of Mechanical

Engineering. Human Powered Vehicle Challenge safety and design requirements. Various factors were

taken into the consideration for material selection in order to the vehicle to be agile, light in weight. This

comes a cost efficient substitute for carbon fiber. The structural frame of PEGASUS was made of

CHROMOLY 4130, which is tough, hard and strong. Selection of components and corresponding design

of frame was done with an intention of ready availability and replacement. Safety was given the utmost

priority while designing PEGASUS. The vehicle comes with braking lights, disc brakes for effective

braking, 3 point harness was incorporated which is the epitome of safety for the rider. Compact and

robust rollover protection system protects the rider from top and sides

2. ESVC- ELECTRIC SOLAR VEHICLE CHALLENGE

“Energy Demand” is one of the major threads in our country. Finding solutions, to meet the energy

demand is the greatest challenge for Social Scientist, Engineers, Entrepreneurs and Industrialists of our

Country. Now-a-days the Concept and Technology employing this renewable energy becomes very

popular for all kinds of development activities. It’s a proactive approach to shift our source.

The chief objective is to create a strong and well balanced skeleton for the vehicle to provide proper

support structure and a rigid means for all the other mountings on the vehicle. The chassis has been

designed using highly durable and considerably light, AISI 4130 steel suitable to absorb all the real-time

impacts and roll over loads.

The Solar Vehicle was designed and fabricated by students of Mechanical Engineering under the

guidance of the faculty. The total expenses were provided by the college for the fabrication and

competition. The solar vehicle was awarded the best idea in the open house of the National level

Technical Symposium- CONVERGENCE- 17 and 18 at VNRVJIET. The competition was conducted by

ISIE at Bhimavaram with teams from all over the country.

Our team SOLARIANS was awarded the best vehicle dynamic design at the competition, along with

appreciation for the driver.

3. ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND

APPLICATIONS (31/01/2017).

Eminent Scientists from various divisions of Defense Research and Development Organization

(DRDO) delivered the lectures for the workshop. The workshop was organized by the Department of

Mechanical Engineering, with the funding of TEQIP-II under ASME-VNRVJIET.

The Eminent resource persons of the workshop from the DRDO included:

● Dr. K. Veerabrahmam, Scientist, ASL, DRDO.

● M. Murali Mohan, Scientist, RCI, DRDO.

● A. O. Sidiqui, Scientist, ASL, DRDO.

● Dr. Sanjay Khalane, Scientist, ASL, DRDO.

Research organizations in the country are strenuously working on development and testing of functional

materials with enhanced mechanical, electronic and thermal properties for wide range of applications.

This workshop “Advanced Engineering Materials & Applications” was organized to address the

development of such advanced materials and their applications in numerous areas. The workshop

essentially discusses the advances in composite materials, nanomaterials, smart materials and their

preparation and characterization.

This workshop provided an excellent platform to learn the concepts and advances in advanced

engineering materials from eminent experts working in the field and to interact with them directly. With

over 300 participants including students, research scholars, professionals from the industries and faculty

from various colleges and universities attended this workshop.

4. ASME STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE

This year's challenge was to design a device (or a team of devices) to play an unconventional game of

soccer, where 4 teams are to compete at once. The rules also specify that it is not acceptable for the device

to push the ball into the goal, and hence, we had to make a mechanism to propel the ball. We made a base

and two wheels of hylam. The wheels were run by DC servo motors controlled by an RC transmitter and

receiver. For the mechanism, we used a high torque, high speed motor with an attached metal limb, to act

like a kicking foot. A c shaped bracket in the front constrained the ball, while moving it around. At the

venue, there were close to 25 teams. We have decided to opt for umbilical cords rather than wireless

remote controls, and heavy batteries were placed externally, on the controller.

2016-17

1. HPVC -HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE CHALLENGE 2017 (03/03/2017 – 05/03/2017).

“ALPHA” is the vehicle that the “Infinity Racing” of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and

Technology came up with, for entering the 2017 ASME HPVC Asia Pacific. ALPHA was intended and

accordingly designed to be compact, agile and innovative while maintaining reliable safety conditions.

ALPHA is fabricated with utmost priority to the riders comfort. Design, Comprehensive Analysis and

Physical Testing of ALPHA ensure that the vehicle meets the American Society of Mechanical

Engineering. Human Powered Vehicle Challenge safety and design requirements. Various factors were

taken into the consideration for material selection in order to the vehicle to be agile, light in weight. The

fairing material used is polycarbonate which is a strong, stiff, corrosion resistant and durable in all

weather conditions. This comes a cost efficient substitute for carbon fiber. The structural frame of

ALPHA was made of chromoly 4130, which is tough, hard and strong. Selection of components and

corresponding design of frame was done with an intention of ready availability and replacement. Safety

was given the utmost priority while designing ALPHA. The vehicle comes with braking lights, disc

brakes for effective braking, 5 point harness was incorporated which is the epitome of safety for the rider.

Compact and robust rollover protection system protects the rider from top and sides.

The vehicle was designed and fabricated by II & III B. Tech mechanical engineering students with all the

industrial practices and were able make this a LOW cost project by utilizing several innovative

manufacturing processes. This vehicle represented the college at an International Platform. The ASME E-

FEST ASIA PACIFIC 2017 where the team was awarded 4th position in Innovation and 8

th position for

the design of the vehicle.

2. ELECTRIC SOLAR VEHICLE CHALLENGE

For the first time in VNRVJIET the department of mechanical engineering along with ASME VNRVJIET

has started working on greener automobile alternatives. With this aim in mind a team of 30 enthusiatic

young engineers from all the years of B.tech have come together to form the team SOLARIANS. The

teams mission was to build a durable electric solar vehicle that runs solely on solar power at low cost and

at high speeds that are required to effortless travelling.

A solar vehicle was fabricated in the college premises with the equipment available in various workshops

of department of mechanical engineering and ASME Workshop. The material used for the chassis was

chromoly and a 2.5kv traction motor was used. The vehicle could achieve speeds of 45kmph at the initial

stages.The vehicle was tested for its ruggedness, durability and stability. The vehicle HAS road and off-

road capabilities with a powerful suspension system.

The vehicle competed with similar vehicles form around the country at ISIE ESVC competition held at

Bhimavaram in March 2017.

3. A GUEST LECTURE ON “ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING” (25/10/2016).

Additive Manufacturing (also known as 3D-printing or ALM additive layer manufacturing) is a

production technology which involves highly complex processes, dependent upon many process

parameters. Compared to conventional manufacturing processes, AM parts may result in different

microstructures, defect species, residual stresses, inspect ability, post-processing requirements, ultimately

structural performance and durability. The requirements for design, structural assessment, quality

assurance, and on-going manufacturing quality control need review and careful consideration to ensure

that qualification processes for AM parts are safe and robust enough to guarantee repeatable good

material quality.

The workshop primarily aimed at providing an update on aviation industries status on AM technology and

as well the current technical and functional support of 3D-printing machine vendors to the aviation

industry.

2015-2016

1. THREE DAY NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING:

SHAPING THE FUTURE - TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES &

APPLICATIONS" (03/05/2015).

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and the ASME VNRVJIET organized a National Workshop

on Additive Manufacturing: Shaping the Future - Trends, Opportunities, Challenges & Applications" (3D

Printing) on 3rd

-5th May 2015 at VNRVJIET, Hyderabad. Keeping in view the latest trends in the area of

manufacturing, the Workshop imparted a fundamental understanding on a range of topics within the

domain of additive manufacturing, exploring the current state of research and development.

The Workshop intensively covered additive manufacturing (AM) which has gained much attention over

the last decade and has now been identified by all major Medical, Defense, Consumer Products and

Electronics, Aerospace and Automobile Agencies as a key enabling technology. A talk on “Multi-station

multi-axis metallic 3D printing” on “Reverse engineering and 3D printing of medical implants along with

experts from the Industry.” Design Tech Systems gave a 3D Printing demonstration and injection molding

and the participants were also given hand-on experience on 3D Printing during the workshop. Possibilities

of joint efforts in Teaching and Research were also discussed during the workshop. A few critical issues

and new research direction on AM technologies were identified during the workshop and a tentative road

map also established among different premier institutes in India and abroad.

2. BLACK HAWK (2015-16)

‘BLACK HAWK’ is a vehicle which was designed and fabricated for 4 months during the months of

September to January in the year 2015-2016. The whole vehicle is made by a team of 12 members under

the guidance of Associate Professor, Pujari. It was manufactured in the college premises itself and can go

upto a speed of 60 kmph. Basically it is an all-terrain vehicle.

2014-2015

1. MONOWHEEL

A monowheel is a one-wheeled single-track vehicle similar to a unicycle. Instead of sitting above the

wheel as in a unicycle, the rider sits either within the wheel or next to it. The wheel is a ring, usually

driven by smaller wheels pressing against its inner rim.

The basic principle of the monowheel is easy to understand: Build a big enough wheel, and you can put a

rider insider of it along with a motor to move the whole works forward. Early versions featured various

combinations of motors (gas, electric, pedal-powered) and gear assemblies and are said to have reached

speeds up to 93mph—though their manufacturers were known to claim ludicrous speeds. A similar model

had been developed at VNRVJIET in the year 2014-15.

2. SUPRA - Formula Student India 2015

Students of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VJIET) here in Hyderabad

have created an engineering marvel in the form of a ‘formula’ sports car that is capable of zooming at a

whopping 150 kmph. Called the VF-05, it is the fifth mean machine from the institute’s garage and was

the centre of attraction at the recently concluded automobile expo at HITEX here. ‘Fierce Formula VNR

VJIET’, a group of 20 Automobile and Mechanical Engineering students, has developed the super car

with a 600cc engine which churns a good 110 horse power. While the engine for the car is from a Honda

CBR 600F4i cc bike and another crucial element, the ‘differential’, were imported from the US, most of

the parts, including the chassis, are custom made here.

“It cost us `10 lakh to build the car, and took us about six months to complete it. Work had started in June

2014. After that, our team had participated in the FDC-2015, a competition where the VF-05 was the

second most popular car,” explains N Gautham, a third-year mechanical engineering student from VJIET,

who is part of the group. J Sushant, a fourth-year Automobile Engineering student from the team, says

some of the parts like the frame were built in VJIET itself while others like the knuckles (assembly of

wheels) and air-intake were made at workshops in Bala Nagar, Hyderabad. Another group member, Rony

Mathew, a fourth-year Automobile Engineering student, points out that everything about the car was

designed, analysed, validated and fabricated at the institute itself and a part of the total cost was provided

by the college management. The team also has the distinction of having a marketing team that brings in

the sponsors. Given the horse power of VF-05, the formula car gives a measly six to seven kilometres per

litre, and due to its imported engine, it runs on high-octane petrol Speed 97, available only at one petrol

pump in Hyderabad.

2013-2014

1. GO KART CHALLENGE 2014

TEAM PACERS have fabricated a go kart to participate in go kart challenge which was conducted in the

month of March in 2014. The team comprises of 15 students under the guidance of Assistant Professor,

Jayashri Nair. The vehicle was made completely by Mild Steel. Prior to the competition, many trails were

made in testing the speed, safety and efficiency which helped it to attain good position in the competition

2012-2013

1. SEGWAY:

A self-balancing scooter (SEGWAY) is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two

motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. The rider

controls the speed by leaning forwards or backwards, and direction of travel by twisting the pads.A

similar model had been developed at VNRVJIET in the year 2012-13.

2. SUPRA :

The team, founded in 2007, have participated twice in Formula SAE Japan in 2011 and 2012, FSAE

Australia, Supra SAE 2012 and Formula Student India 2015 using earlier versions of the car. Though they

did not win in Japan or Australia, participation in such competitions is of high regard. In the 2015

Formula Student India, they won the second most popular car and 10th best business presentation. The

team is currently working on R&D of the car to improvise on it so as to participate in Formula Student

India scheduled in January next year. “We improvise on our models and bring better versions with an aim

to tap the creativity in the young aspiring engineers that we are and to translate our dormant abilities into

innovative realities,” says Rony Mathew, a fourth-year Automobile Engineering student.

HONDA R&D team visit to hire SUPRA Team members:

A new Formula car design has landed a job with auto major Honda for two students of VNR Vignana

Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNR VJIET) here.A team of final-year engineering

students from the mechanical and electrical department of the institute had designed the Formula car.

The model was the only qualified model to be featured in an international competition on designed

Formula cars organised by the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE), Japan, recently.

One of the participants at the competition, Honda, was impressed by the design of the students.

Subsequently, a Honda R&D India team headed by Hidehiko Numata visited the college and inspected

the design in a test-drive.

The Honda team also took a test drive of the vehicle and was impressed enough to offer them jobs in their

R&D division.

A member of Honda India R&D team test driving the Formula car model designed by students of VNR

VJIET in Hyderabad.