Kathmandu University · Dept. of Mechanical Engineering · B.E. Year IV, Sem I

Advanced Machine Design — Definitive Interactive Guide

Everything for the MEPP 436 end-semester exam in one place: a complete study guide built from your slides and the reference texts, an interactive question bank with explained answers, a subjective bank with fully-worked numericals, and a randomized model-exam generator in the real KU format.

75-mark final: 20 objective + 55 subjective Instructor: Dr. Surendra Sujakhu Sources: slides + Norton · Shigley · Juvinall · Shukla · Ulrich–Eppinger

★ Newest paper prioritised — First Internal Assessment, 25 May 2026 The most recent paper is fracture- and fatigue-heavy and is sourced from Juvinall & Marshek (Ch. 6 fracture “similar sheet”, Ch. 8 fatigue S-N with C_L/C_G/C_S factors) and Shukla — Practical Fracture Mechanics in Design (Ch. 5 Paris-law crack growth). Its four questions are worked in full in the Subjective Bank and flagged ★ throughout.

1 Start here

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Complete Study Guide

All 11 topics across Parts I–III, with derivations, worked examples, reference-book elaborations and 12 built-in diagrams. Read for understanding.

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Interactive Objective Bank

90+ MCQs. Click an option to get instant feedback on your choice and the correct one, with a one-line reason. Filter by topic, track your score.

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Subjective Bank & Numericals

Section-B questions by block with full model answers, derivations and step-by-step numericals — including every past-paper and internal-assessment problem.

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Randomized Model Exam

Generate a fresh 75-mark paper (20 MCQs + 4 Section-B questions) in the exact KU format, or a 10-mark internal. Reveal answers when ready.

2 Exam blueprint

Section	Format	Marks	Time	What it tests
A	20 MCQs × 1 mark — attempt all	20	30 min	Definitions, concepts & quick one-step numericals across the whole syllabus
B	4 long questions in parts — attempt ALL	55	2 h 30 min	Q1 elasticity/failure · Q2 fracture · Q3 fatigue · Q4 design-for-X, reliability & ergonomics

Exam tipThe four Section-B questions map one-to-one onto the four teaching blocks — you cannot skip a topic. Budget ≈ 30 min per Section-B question. For every numerical: write the formula → substitute in SI units → box the answer with units.

3 Where the marks concentrate

Priority	Topic cluster	Why
★★★ Very high	Fatigue (S-N/Basquin, Paris-law life, damage tolerance) & Fracture (K, Kᴵᴄ, critical crack length, energy release rate, modes)	Dominated Feb & July 2025 and the 2026 internal; heavily slided
★★ High	Elasticity (3-D stress tensor, Hooke's law, Tresca/Von Mises), material-selection charts	Section-B Q1; several MCQs
★★ High	Reliability (Normal & Weibull, series/parallel, exponential), DFMA guidelines, ergonomics	All of Q4; several MCQs
★ Solid	Design factor/FoS, tolerances, bathtub curve, MTTF/MTBF, fail-safe variants	Reliable 1-mark MCQ sources