VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE: CHENNAI 600066

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT FOR

B.E. / B. TECH.
1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as
follows:
1. Cover Page & Title Page (Appendix 1)
2. Bonafide Certificate (Appendix 2)
3. Certificate from Industry (Applicable only Industrial Projects)
4. Certificate of Evaluation (Appendix 3)
5. Abstract
6. Acknowledgement
7. Table of Contents
8. List of Tables
9. List of Figures
10. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
11. Chapters
12. Appendices
13. References

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION, BINDING SPECIFICATIONS AND TYPING INSTRUCTIONS

The dimension of the Project report should be in A4 size. The Project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick White art paper. The cover should be printed
in black letters and the text for printing should be identical.
(Recommended Margin; Top: 0.8”, Bottom: 0.6”, Left: 1.1”, Right:1”)

The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour. One and a half spacing should
be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in the Font style ‘Times
New Roman’ and Font size 14.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:

3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the project
report are given in Appendix 1.

3.2 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font
Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2.

The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s
name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
 department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student.
The term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name
and academic designation.
3.3 Certificate from Industry: The scanned copy of the certificate received from the industry to be
attached in this page. (If Applicable)

3.4. Certificate of Evaluation –The Certificate of evaluation shall be in double line spacing using
Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 3.

3.5 Abstract – Abstract should be one- p a g e synopsis of the project report typed double line
spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.

3.6 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material w h ich precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate w ill not find a place
among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in
lower case Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter
under this head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in
Appendix 4.

3.7 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the
tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.
3.8 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the
figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head.

3.9 List of Symbols, Abbreviations a n d Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be
adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be
used.

3.10 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into parts (i). Introduction chapter
(ii). Literature Review (iii). Chapters developing the main theme of the project work (like
methodology, Experimental Set up) (iv). Results and discussion (v). Conclusion
(vi). Future Scope, (vii). References

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided
into several divisions and sub-divisions.
Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.
 Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited.
 Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed
directly underneath in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.11 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.
 Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.
 Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and
referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
 Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made
in the contents page also.
3.12 List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading
“REFERENCES” in alphabetical o r d e r in single spacing left – justified. The reference
material s h o u ld b e listed in the alphabetical o r d e r of the first author. The name of the
author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.

A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.

REFERENCES

1. Arockia Jaswin M. and Mohan Lal D. (2011) ‘Effect of Cryogenic treatment on the
tensile behaviour of En 52 and 21-4N valve steels at room and elevated temperatures’,
Materials & Design, Vol. 32, Issue 4, pp. 2429-2437.

2. Alok Nayar, “The steel handbook”, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi India, pp.751-775,
2007.

3. ASTM International, “Standard test method for elevated temperature tension

tests of metallic materials”, E21-03a, pp.150-157, 2004.

4. Bensely, A., Prabhakaran, A., Mohan Lal, D. and Nagarajan, G., “Enhancing the
wear resistance of case carburized steel (En 353), by cryogenic treatment”,
Cryogenics, Vol.45, pp.747-754, 2006.

3.10.1 Ta b le and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data i n the body of the
project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of
the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams
may be designated as figures.

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 APPENDIX 1
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TITLE OF THE PROJECT REPORT

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A PROJECT REPORT
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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE (Register Number)

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE (Register Number)
NAME OF THE CANDIDATE (Register Number)
NAME OF THE CANDIDATE (Register Number)
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in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

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NAME OF THE DEGREE

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IN
BRANCH OF STUDY
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VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI-66.

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(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
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November 2022
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 APPENDIX 2
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VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

CHENNAI -66
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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
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Certified that this Project report “…TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..” is the

bonafide work of “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATES.…………” who

carried out at the project work under my supervision.

<<Signature of the Head of the Department>> <<Signature of the Supervisor >>

<<Name>> <<Name>>
PROFESSOR & HEAD SUPERVISOR

<<Academic Designation>>

<<Department>> <<Department>>

<<Full address of the Dept & College >> <<Full address of the Dept & College >>
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CERTIFICATE OF EVALUATION
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COLLEGE NAME : VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE
BRANCH :
SEMESTER :

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Name of the students Name of supervisor

Sl. No Title of the Project
who has done the project with designation
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This report of Project work submitted by the above students in partial fulfillment for
the award of Bachelor of …………………………… Degree in Anna University
was evaluated and confirmed to be reports of the work done by the above student
and then assessed.

Submitted for Internal Evaluation held on........................

Internal Examiner External Examiner

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

iii
ABSTRACT
iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLE xvi
LIST OF FIGURES xviii
LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii

1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 .... ......... 2
1.2.1 General 5
1.2.2 ........... 12
1.2.2.1 General 19
1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.2.3 ............ 30
1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45
1.4 .................. 58
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69
2.1 GENERAL 75
2.2 .......... 99
2.2 ……………. 100