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.

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.