A Text Book Of Automobile Engineering

This book on Automobile Engineering has been written for the students preparing for B.E./B.Tech., A.M.I.E. (Section B), Diploma and Competitive examinations. It consists of Twelve chapters in all, covering the various topics systematically and exhaustively; and an "Additional Objective Type Questions' Bank" at the end.

Salient Features:

• The presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of the text is lucid, direct and easy to understand.
• Each chapter of the book is saturated with much needed text supported by neat and self-explanatory diagrams to make the subject self-speaking to a great extent.
• 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 Short Answer Questions, 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 :
1.   Introduction
2.   Power Unit-Automobile Engineers
3.   Fuel Supply System
4.   Engine Friction and Lubrication Systems
5.   Cooling Systems
6.   Chassis and Suspension
7.   Transmission System
8.   Steering and Front Axle
9.   Braking System
10. Automotive Electrical System
11. Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Automobile
12. Miscellany.
       Additional Objective Type Questions Bank
       Appendices
       Index
About Author :
Er. R.K. Rajput, born on 15^th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineering'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 Engineering 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 35 years of experience in teaching different subjects of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has Pblished/present 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 papers (Institution of Engineering).
Distinguished Author Award.
Man of Achievement Award.
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