Publisher's Synopsis
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. Er. R. K. Rajput , born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer'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 Engineer 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 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 40 years of experience in
