As per syllabus of West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT)The book is primarily intended for the first-year undergraduate students of all branches of engineering as per the course curriculum of the West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT). It is a comprehensive textbook on fundamental concepts of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. It gives a detailed description of the theory along with the systematic applications of laws of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to engineering problems. The text is amply illustrated with worked-out examples, tables and diagrams to enable the students to comprehend the subject with ease. It is designed to take students from an elementary level to a level of sound understanding required for the analysis of practical problems.
Key Features
Deals with basic principles in a clear and easy-to-understand style.
Provides plenty of solved problems in each chapter.
Unsolved problems with hints and answers are included at the end of each chapter, to develop students’ problem-solving skills.
Multiple choice questions with answers are provided to help students assess their comprehension of the subject.
To make the students familiar with the examination pattern, previous years’ WBUT Examination Question Papers are given along with the solutions.About the AuthorAKSHOY RANJAN PAUL, M.E. (Gold Medallist, Jadavpur University), is Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. Earlier, he was with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, West Bengal. Professor Paul is a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). His research areas include fluid dynamics, CFD and turbulence.|SANCHAYAN MUKHERJEE, Ph.D. (Engineering, Jadavpur University), is Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, West Bengal. He has published several research papers in reputed national and international journals and also presented many papers at national and international conferences/seminars. He is a reviewer of many international journals such as Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE), Journal of Hydro-environment Research (Elsevier), Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier), and Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics (Hong Kong), apart from a few national journals. He was associated with various industrial organizations as a design engineer.
Dr. Mukherjee is a life fellow of the Association of Engineers (India) and a life member of The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (FOSET), and many other societies.
