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.