This book has been written specially to meet the exhaustive requirements of the subject
"Basic Mechanical Engineering" of B.E. 1st year Examination of RGPV, Bhopal.
SALIENT FEATURES:- The presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of text is lucid, direct and easy to understand.
- The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter under wide range of topics mentioned in the syllabus of the above mentioned university, 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.
Table Of Contents :
UNIT I : MATERIALS
1. Engineering Materials and Their Testing
UNIT II : FLUIDS
2. Basic Concepts of Fluid and Fluid Machines
UNIT III : MEASUREMENT
3. Measurement of Temperature, Pressure, Flow Etc.
4. Measuring Tools
5. Machine Tools
UNIT IV : THERMODYNAMICS
6. First Law of Thermodynamics
7. Second Law of Thermodynamics
8. Boilers
9. Steam and its Properties
10. Refrigeration Cycles
UNIT V : Reciprocating Machines
11. Steam Engines
12. Gas Power Cycles
13. Internal Combustion Engines
Laboratory Experiments
Experiment No.1
Experiment No.2
Experiment No.3
Experiment No.4
Experiment No.5
Experiment No.6
Experiment No.7
Experiment No.8
Experiment No.9
Experiment No.10
Experiment No.11
Experiment No.12
Experiment No.13
Experiment No.14
Experiment No.15
Steam Tables and Mollier Diagram
About Author :
Er. R. K. Rajput, born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer?s Day) is a multi-disciplinary 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 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.EME-0572