Facilities
The scope of the department is to provide the students with a very good exposure to the fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering. The students enjoy their engineering studies by involving in the experiments and projects carried out in the laboratories under the supervision of a very supportive staff. The resources of the department consist of,
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Elementary Thermodynamics Lab
This lab is dedicated for conducting laboratory experiments on fundamentals of thermodynamics and related areas. Accordingly laboratory experiments for all first year undergraduates, the second year undergraduates except for the student who are specilizing in computer engineering are conducted in this lab. The main equipment housed in this laboratory are :
- Viscometers: Redwood viscometers (LT/RV – 12200); Rheo Sense micro VISC
- Calorimeters: Bomb calorimeters; Junkers gas calorimeter
- Marcet boiler
- Pressure gauge claubration apperatus
- Infrared Thermomenters
- Thermal image camera (Fluke)
- energy analyzer (Fluke)
- Sounds tester (KIMO)
- Exhaust gas analyzer (Quintox)
Computation & Simulation Lab
The computational and simulation laboratory focuses on providing the modern computer-based engineering resources for the students, to use them effectively and efficiently in their academic curriculum. The laboratory is located at the Heat Engines Laboratory and utilizes hardware resources in the drawing office, Computer Centre as well. The laboratory is equipped with engineering software packages such as Autodesk AutoCAD, DSS SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, MATLAB, COMSOL Multi-physics and a variety of open-source design and simulation software, to be used in their projects and other curricular requirements.
Currently students involve in computer-based engineering methodologies like Finite Element Analysis, Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multi-physics modelling. The facility is thoroughly beneficial to engineering students due to the availability of expert help and advice and the possession of powerful workstations with excellent collection of engineering software packages.
Steam Engineering Center
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The Thermodynamic Laboratory is consisting of steam area, which posses all the necessary facilities for the studies, experiments and demonstrations in steam engineering.
Facilities,
- Boiler 500kg ( Frob Marhall)
- Boiler (Jonsone)
- Steam Engine
- Steam Turbine
- Separating & Throttling Calorimeter
- etc.
Steam area is also equipped with the Steam Engineering Center. This is a unit operated under Engineering Design Center, Peradeniya in collaboration with Forbes Marshall (Pvt.) Ltd. Pune, India.
The Mechanical Engineering Degree Program is also supported by the following laboratories,
Mechanical Engineering students undertake several compulsory courses related to Fluid Statistics, Fluid Dynamics, Turbo Machinery, Aerodynamics, Model Testing, etc. The relevant experiments are carried out in the Fluid Laboratory. This well equipped laboratory has facilities to conduct the experiments in
- Model Testing
- Wind Tunnel Testing
- Performance Testing of Turbo Machinery
- Flow Visualization
Materials and Metallurgy Laboratory is one of the oldest laboratories in the faculty. This laboratory possesses most of the advance test equipments needed to analyse the mechanical properties and behaviours of metals and other materials.
Below are some of the experiments carried out by the mechanical engineering students during their degree programme.
- Non Destructive Testing
- Microscopic Analysis
- Metal Treatment
- Experiments on Mechanical Properties of Materials
The Electrical & Electronic Engineering Laboratory provides facilities for the mechanical engineering students to carry out tests and experiments on all the single-phase and three-phase machinery including generators, motors and transformers.
Normally the mechanical engineering students follow 2 compulsory courses units conducted by the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department which covers the fundamental theories of Electrical Engineering and also they have the ability to follow several Technical Elective courses on Electrical and Control Engineering.
The Engineering Workshop was established in 1950’s and consists of 5 major sections
- Carpentry Workshop
- Foundry Shop
- Machine Shop
- Motor Vehicle Repair Unit
- Welding Shop
All of the mechanical engineering undergraduates are exposed to get hands on experience in all manufacturing and metal working exercises in the Engineering Workshop from the beginning of their undergraduate degree program.