Written with the first year engineering students of undergraduate level in mind‎,‎ the well‎-designed textbook‎,‎ now in its Third Edition‎,‎ explains the fundamentals of mechanical engineering in the area of thermodynamics‎,‎ mechanics‎,‎ theory of machines‎,‎ strength of materials and fluid dynamics‎.‎ As these subjects form a basic part of an engineer’s education‎,‎ this text is admirably suited to meet the needs of the common course in mechanical engineering prescribed in the curricula of almost all branches of engineering‎.‎ This revised edition includes a new chapter on ‘Fluid Dynamics’ to meet the course requirement‎.‎Key Features • Presents an introduction to basic mechanical engineering topics required by all engineering students in their studies‎.‎ • Includes a series of objective type question ‎(‎True and False‎,‎ Fill in the Blanks and Multiple Choice Questions‎)‎ with explanatory answers to help students in preparing for competitive examinations‎.‎• Provides a large number of solved problems culled from the latest university and competitive examination papers which help in understanding theory‎.‎