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 Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar 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.

Contents: 

PART - A: 1. Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics 2. First Law of Thermodynamics 3. Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy 4. Availability and Irresversibility; PART - B: 5. Gas Power Cycles 6. Internal Combustion Engines 7. Mechanisms and Simple Machines 8. Mechanics of Solids. AdditionalL Typicald Worked Examples; PTU Questions - "With Solutions".