1. TITLE OF THE PROJECT REPORT
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A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree
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of
B.TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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by
NAME
REG. NO
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SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND BUILDING SCIENCES(<16 bold>)
VIT <32 bold>
UNIVERSITY <14 bold>
(Estd. U/s 3 of UGC Act 1956) <7 normal>
Vellore – 632014, Tamil Nadu, India <12 normal>
www. vit.ac.in <13 bold>
APRIL, 2010 <14 bold>

2. Dedication to
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3. CERTFICATE (14 Bold Cap)
This is to certify that the thesis entitled “ (Title of the thesis)” is submitted by (NAME and Reg.
No in 12 bold) to the School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore,
for the award of the degree in B.Tech Mechanical Engineering is a bonafide record of work
carried out by him under my supervision. The contents of this thesis, in full or in parts have not
been submitted to any other Institute or University for the award of any degree or diploma.
Guide Dean
Internal Examiner External Examiner
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4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ( 14 bold all Caps)
Text should be in times new roman 12 font size with both side justification in double line
spacing .
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5. ABSTRACT (14 Bold Caps)
(150 to 500 Words)
Text will be in double Line Spacing
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6. CONTENTS (14 Caps)
Chapter No. Title Page No.
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION (12 Bold All Caps)
1.1 Introductory Remarks (12 Bold) (All First Letters Cap)
1.1.1 Remarks (12 Bold, First Letter Cap)
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW (14 Bold All Caps)
2.1 ………………………………………
CHAPTER 3 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS (14 Bold All Caps)
CHAPTER 6 SCOPE OF FUTURE WORK
PAPERS PUBLISHED BASED ON THIS WORK
REFERENCES (14 Bold All Caps)
APPENDICES
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7. LIST OF TABLES (14 BOLD CAPS)
Table No Title Page No
1.1 ………………………………………. 1
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8. LIST OF FIGURES (14 Bold Caps)
Figure No Title Page No.
Fig. 1.1 …………. Page No.
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9. NOMENCLATURE (14 BOLD CAPS)
Example
α - Constant
β - Breadth
The listing must be in alphabetical order
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10. CHAPTER 1 (14 Bold Caps)
INTRODUCTION (14 Bold Caps)
1.1 Introductory Remarks (12 Bold) (First Letter Caps)
1.11
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CHAPTER 2 (14 Bold Caps)
LITERATURE REVIEW (14 Bold Caps)
2.1 Heading (1.5 Line spacing)
Between paragraphs
CHAPTER 3 (14 Bold Caps)
EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENT (14 Bold Caps)
3.1 Heading
3.1.1 (1.5 Line spacing)
CHAPTER 5 (14 Bold Caps)
CONCLUSION (14 Bold Caps)
APPENDIX A (1.5 Line spacing)
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REFERENCES (14 Bold Caps)

11. ( To be arranged in alphabetical order )
Example:
1. Newman, B.G., Patel, R.P., Savage, S.B. and Tjio, H.K. (1972) Three
dimensional wall jet originating from a circular orifice. Aero, Quarterly, 23,
188-200.
2. Schlichting, H. (1968) Boundary layer theory, McGraw-Hill ed.-6.
Papers
Books
Internet Sources
Pamphlets / Manuals
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12. Points to be observed while writing Thesis
1. Visuals and Figures appear within a page after they are mentioned in the text and
not before they are mentioned.
2. References should be mentioned in the text with author name & year with in brackets given
in the Reference Chapter.
3. Equations should be written with Chapter Number as shown below.
Eg (1.1) or (2.1) or (3.1) etc.
4. Figures should be given with Chapter No.
Fig. 1.1, Fig. 2.2
5. Tables should be given with Chapter No.
Table 1.1, Table 2.1
6. References should follow the ASME/IFEE Standards.
7. Complete thesis should be in Times New Roman Font 12 size.
8. After Reference keep a page for the list of publications based on the thesis.
9. All paragraphs should be left aligned.
10. Titles of the figures, Tables should be centered.
11. Figure titles should be below the figure and Table titles should be above the table.
12. Text should be justified.
13. Number of pages should not exceed 200.
14. All the front-pages including synopsis with Roman numbering. The page number should
follow from introduction chapter. The page numbering should be centered to each page at
the bottom.
15. Page dimensions for printing.
Top 35 mm
Bottom 30mm
Left 40mm
Right 25mm
16. The paper size should be A –4 with good quality.
17. The thesis submitted should be bound using flexible white hard paper, spine for the Bound
volume should be of black calico.
18. Cover should be printed with black letters.
19. No of copies to be submitted is 4 .
20. Photographs to be pasted on thick bond hard paper with proper adhesive .