Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; Part I: Engineering Thermodynamics; 1. Introductory Concepts and Definitions; 2. First Law of Thermodynamics; 3. The Second Law of Thermodynamics-Entropy and Availability; 4. Properties of a Pure Substance; 5. Gas Power Cycles; 6. Vapour and Combined Power Cycles; Part II: Engineering Fluid Mechanics - 7. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics; 8. Fluid Statics; 9. Kinematics of Fluid; 10. Dynamics of Fluid Flow; 11. Viscous Incompressible Flow; 12. Viscous Flow Through Pipes; 13. Dimensional Analysis and Similitude; 14. Open Channel Flow; 15. Compressible Flow; Multiple-choice Questions; Supplementary Reading; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

AKSHOY RANJAN PAUL, (M.M.E., Gold Medallist, Jadavpur University), is with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, West Bengal. He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education. SANCHAYAN MUKHERJEE, (M.E. BITS, Pilani), is with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, West Bengal. A reciplent of the prestigious POLAR science scholarship, he has been associated with various industrial organizations as a design engineer. PIJUSH ROY, (M.Tech., IIT, Kharagpur), is with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Textile Technology, Serampore, West Bengal. They are also the authors of the book titled Mechanical Sciences: Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials (Prentice-Hall of India, 2004).