This is a very useful book in the subject `Water Management` for undergraduate & post graduate students. It is also very useful for practising engineers, farmers and policy-makers.

This book has various chapters dealing with Hydrological cycle, Groundwater occurrence, Water losses and its prevention, Water conservation, Rainwater harvesting, Artificial recharge methods, etc. Other topic....     View More Details

A rigorous mathematical approach to identify a set of design alternatives and selecting the best candidate from within that set, engineering optimization was developed as a means of helping engineers to design systems that are both more efficient and less expensive and to develop new ways of improving the performance of existing systems.

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This book presents an introduction to MATLAB and its applications in engineering problem solving. The book is designed as an introductory course in MATLAB for engineers. The classical methods of electrical circuits, control systems, numerical methods, optimization, direct numerical integration methods, engineering mechanics and mechanical vibrations are covered using MATLAB software.
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The book presents the basic ideas of the finite element method so that it can be used as a textbook in the curriculum for undergraduate and graduate engineering courses. In the presentation of fundamentals and derivations care had been taken not to use an advanced mathematical approach, rather the use of matrix algebra and calculus is made.

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Indian standard code of practice IS-456 for the design of plain and reinforced concrete was revised in the year 2000 to incorporate durability criteria and other research findings. Hence, there is a need to have students  and staff-friendly book in the R.C.C. Design as per IS-456, 2000 codal provisions. Author brought out the book, ``Design of R.C.C. structural elements (R.C.C. Volume I)`....     View More Details

This is a comprehensive book meeting complete requirements of Engineering Mechanics Course of undergraduate syllabus. Emphasis has been laid on drawing neat free-body diagrams and then applying laws of mechanics systematically. Standard notations are used throughout and important points are stressed. All problems are solved systematically to illustrate correct method of answering. A chapter on....     View More Details

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science in the real sense. To appreciate nature and its vagaries, one requires an intimate knowledge of chemical, physical and biological sciences. It is presumed that the reader is quite conversant with the fundamental principles of analytical chemistry and that he is primarily interested to understand their applications in solving problems in the....     View More Details

This handbook provides all aspects of piping design starting from fluid properties, stress analysis, construction and fabrication details, compensating methods for thermal expansion, erection, etc. to maintenance of all pipeworks whether underground or overhead, carrying any fluid like water, oil, air, industrial gases (like Oxygen, Nitrogen, Acetylene, etc.), steam and slurry. All theories, t....     View More Details

This book present as systematic exposition of basic principles and applications of commonly used materials. Both fabrication and application aspects are suitably discussed.

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Degrading quality of environment due to increasing industrialization and urbanization has become a matter of great concern. The information about the parameters affecting their quality is the prime requirement to meet the menace.

This book ``Practical Methods for Water and Air Pollution Monitoring`` brings together the various experimental methods for analyzing the available parameters.....     View More Details

A basic textbook on geotechnical earthquake engineering. It is lucidly written and is suitable for undergraduate as well as first year postgraduate course in civil engineering with soil mechanics and foundation engineering at undergraduate level as prerequisite.

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This book is written mainly to meet the requirement of the course on Elements of Civil Engineering of Gujarat Technological University. Since no present book covers all the topics of this course, there is need for such book. Author with his experience of writing most popular book on similar topic for students of Karnataka, has attempted this book. It is hoped that teachers and students of Guja....     View More Details

This book thoroughly covers syllabus for IV semester B.E. Civil/Transportation Engineering as prescribed by VTU. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of Engineering Geology are elaborated. Besides, this book comprises Model question paper and Viva-voce questions with answers. This manual will also be useful as a reference book to Engineers, Mineralogists and others.....     View More Details

Environmental Studies pertain to a systematic analysis of the natural and man-made world encompassing various scientific, economic, social and ethical aspects.

Human impacts leading to large scale degradation of the environment have aroused global concern on environmental issues in the recent years. The apex court has hence, issued directive to impart environmental literacy to all.
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Partially set concretes are the concretes left exposed idle till the time of casting. These concretes are neither fully fresh nor fully dead, but are in between these two. Even to day no information about the systematic study on the behavior of partially set concretes is available in published literature or elsewhere. The experience gained from the extensive pioneering works of the author for ....     View More Details

This book is written specially to meet the requirement of engineering students of EEE, EIE and ICE. Every care has been taken to cover the syllabus of all Indian universities. The special features of this book are: systematic presentation, neat illustrations and a large number of solved and exercise problems. This students-friendly book addresses itself to the needs of engineering students.     View More Details

This textbook covers the complete syllabus of the subject ENGINEERING DRAWING + AutoCAD, catering to the requirements of I B.E. / B. Tech..courses of Engineering Colleges affiliated to various Technical Unversities, Deemed Universities, Unitary Universities and Autonomous Institutions all over India, including AMIE course.

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Engineering Mechanics is a core subject taught to engineering students in the first year of their course. By going through this subject, the students develop the capability to model actual problem into an engineering problem and find the solutions using laws of mechanics. The neat free-body diagrams are presented and problems are solved systematically to make the procedure clear. Throughout SI....     View More Details

Visveswaraya Technological University, Belgaum, revised the compulsory course of Ist year engineering students to be admitted from the academic year 2006-07 onwards. Since no present book can cover all the topics of this course, there is a need for bringing out a book specially for this course. This book covers the syllabus 06 CIV 13/06 CIV 23 of VTU. The author hopes the teachers and students....     View More Details

Basic civil and environmental engineering paper has been introduced for the undergraduate students of Pune University. The course is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of civil engineering encompassing various types of constructions and automation in construction and environmental engineering covering ecology and ecosystem, environmental pollution, energy resources, EIA and built environm....     View More Details