Elements of Mechanical Engineering

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This book has been written specially to meet the exhaustive requirements of the subject "Elements of Mechanical Engineering" of B.E. 1st year Examination of K.U., Kurukshetra and M.D.U., Rohtak and other Courses of B.E., B.Tech., B.Sc. (Engg.), U.P.S.C., A.M.I.E.

Salient Features:

The presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of text is in a lucid, direct and easy to understand manner. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter under wide range of topics mentioned in the syllabus common to the above mentioned universities, including a large number of solved examples to support the text wherever required. A large number of solved examples, properly graded, have been added in various chapters to enable the students to attempt different types of Questions in the examination without any difficulty. At the end of each chapter Highlights, Objective Type Questions, Theoretical Questions and Unsolved Examples have been added to make the book a complete unit in all respects.

Contents:

UNIT – I 1.Properties of Steam 2.Boilers 3.Steam Trubines 4.Steam Condensers; UNIT – II 5.Internal Combustion Engines 6.Gas Power Cycles 7.Gas Turbines 8.Hydraulic Turbines, Pumps and Hydraulic Devices; UNIT – III 9.Simple Lifting Machines 10.Transmission of Power 11.Clutches, Brakes and Dynamometers; UNIT – IV 12.Simple Stresses and Strains 13.Principal Stresses and Stains 14.Bending Moments and Shearing Forces.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R K Rajput

Er. R. K. Rajput, born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer's Day) is a multidisciplinary engineer. He obtained his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (with Hons.-Gold Medal) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He is also a Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering. Apart from this he holds memberships of various professional bodies like Member Institution of Engineers (MIE); Member Indian Society of Technical Education (MISTE) and Member Solar Energy Society of India (MSESI). He is also a Chartered Engineer (India). He has served for several years as Principal of "Punjab College of Information Technology, Patiala" and "Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala". He has more than 40 years of experience in teaching different subjects of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has published/presented a large number of technical papers. He is the author of several books on the important subjects of Mechanical as well as Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has earned, by dint of hard work and devotion to duty, the following awards / honours Best Teacher (Academic) Award Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Gold Medal for an outstanding research paper (Institution of Engineers) Distinguished Author Award Man of Achievement Award.