There are several textbooks in the market meant for specific syllabi of various universities. However, books that cover the subject in a challenging and broad way, appealing to the curious and inquisitive student, are either highly priced or rare. In this work, I have attempted to use problems with some solutions which are drawn from my Indian experience and rely on my training in California, USA, where rote learning is discouraged. For a developing country like India, where memorizing has been inculcated from childhood, the graduating student has difficulty in facing real-world problems of a practical and technical nature. This being so, the big companies are hesitant to hire from all but a few top colleges and universities, and that too only from the top percentiles. As a result, the Indian industry has relied heavily on imported and licensed technology to a large extent.
Efforts to build indigenous fighter aircraft, engines, software and O/S have lagged far behind China, Taiwan and Japan, who were inferior in technology in the 1950's Part of the reason is the outdated syllabi of the universities, and part is due to the spoon-feeding of the students in various forms. It is sincerely hoped that this book makes some difference and is a help to those who read and use it.
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Rahul Basu
The author has taught at various universities and institutions including the Indian Institute of Science as a CSIR Officer, PSG Tech on a DRDO research Project, VTU Karnataka, Madanapalle Institute of Technogy under TEQUIP programme, and JNTU AP.
He was awarded a UGC Emeritus Professorship from UGC GOI, and various other fellowships including an NSF undergraduate grant at the California Institute of Technology, USA, and has degrees from USA (Caltech, UCLA), Bangalore and Mysore University, and is familiar with the syllabi of various Universities, including setting of papers for VTU and JNTU at the UG and PG levels in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science.
He has numerous International and National Papers in refereed Journals, and has written a few other books on the subject.
It is hoped that the book wold be a supportive guide and aid for UG and further studies. The book gives a broad selection of useful and illustrative problems from various areas of Engineering.
