This book has been written specially to meet the exhaustive requirements of the subject Basics of Mechanical Engineering of B.E. 1st year Examination of MDU, Haryana.

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:

SECTION A1.Introduction to Machine Tool to Commonly Used Machine Tools in a Workshop 2.Basic Concepts of First Law, Second Law and Third Law of Thermodynamics 3.Properties of Steam and Steam Generator SECTION B 1. Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning 2. Hydraulic Turbines, Pumps and Hydraulic DevicesSECTION C 1.Power Transmission Methods and Devices 2.Clutches, Brakes and Dynamometers 3.Stresses and StrainsSECTION D 1.NC And CNC Systems.