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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The book has been written as per the latest syllabus of West Bengal University of Technology. Both statics and dynamics are dealt and a good number of problems are solved systematically so as to show the students how to solve the problems and present the solutions. Author hopes students and teachers will find it as an excellent textbook.....     View More Details

This revised edition contains the manufacturing processes physical and mechanical properties, economics and applications of building materials in sequential and lucid manner. Updated coverage of the newly developed building materials, combined with a plethora of exercises and objective type questions, makes this an excellent offering on the subject. Besides serving as a textbook for students o....     View More Details

This main hallmark of the book is simple language and systematic step by step procedure for better understanding of the concepts by student community of degree or diploma streams. Typical solved examples have been provided along with neatly drawn sketches in 1st angle projection as per BIS convention.
The contents are: Conventions, Scales, Conic sections, Projection of points, Straight line....     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

This edition is totally revised with two new additional chapters—Compressible Fluid Flow and Fluid Power Systems. The chapters on Buoyancy, Flow in Closed Conduits, FLow Measurements and Hydrodynamics are enlarged. Also in all chapters a number of new solved problems, examples and exercise problems have been added.

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• Guidance in building of phy....     View More Details

This book has been designed to meet the needs of the Civil Engineering Curricula for the courses in the subject of Geotechnical Engineering of Indian Universities. The topics have been dealt with in a logical sequence and the concepts explained in a lucid manner. Adequate number of well-graded illustrative examples and problems for practice have been included; the answers for the latter are gi....     View More Details

Today the attention of whole world is focussed on preservation of environment. Non-conventional Energy Sources can provide clean energy‚ preserving environment‚ reducing pollution and deforestation.This book discusses the developments in the field of Non-conventional Energy Resources and their applications. The topics are fully covered so that the students of B.Tech may use for....     View More Details

This book discusses the developments in the field of Non-conventional Energy Resources and their applications. The topics are fully covered so that the students of B. Tech. final year may use for their Elective courses such as Non-conventional Energy Resources, Renewable Energy and Solar Energy Engg. The topics are: Solar Radiation, Solar Energy Collectors, Energy Resources, Solar Cell, MHD Po....     View More Details

The sixth edition of this widely used book includes considerable new material to make the coverage more comprehensive and contemporary.

Significant additions include:

• Turbo C programs for several standard methods


• Detailed discussion of spline interpolation


• A large number of solved examples in each chapter


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Visveswaraya Technological University, Belgaum, revised the compulsory course of Ist year engineering students to be admitted from the academic year 2010-11 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 latest syllabus 10 CIV 13/10 CIV 23 of VTU. The author hopes the teachers and s....     View More Details

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

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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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The Eleventh Edition of this textbook is specifically tailored to meet the latest syllabus, offered in the First Year of B.E./B.Tech. of all the branches of the various Engineering Colleges affiliated to ANNA Universities - Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichirapalli, Madurai and Tirunelveli.

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• This textbook is in simple English and easy-to-understand.
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Salient Features:

• Data as per ISI Steam Tables in SI units
• Properties of Saturated Steam on mm of Mercury base for use for Condensers
• Extensive table of properties of saturated steam both temperature based and pressure based
• Elaborate table of properties of superheated steam with all required properties at single tabulation
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This book has been thoroughly revised and updated in its present Seventh Edition. Striking a neat balance between environmental chemistry and environmental chemical analysis, the book explains the various dimensions of environmental chemistry including latest concepts and developments in the subject with global and user-friendly approach.

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The book introduces to the reader all aspects of ground water i.e., its assessment, development, utilisation and management. Practical application of different formulae for field conditions, data collection and processing, test procedures and principles of design are worked out to illustrate the theory and design procedure.

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This revised edition of the book on Environmental Pollution Control Engineering features a systematic and thorough treatment of the principles of the origin of air, water and land pollutants, their effect on the environment and the methods available to control them. The demographic and environmental trends, energy consumption patterns and their impact on the environment are clearly discussed. ....     View More Details

An attempt is made to place before students (degree and post-degree) and professionals in the fields of Civil and Agricultural Engineering, Geology and Earth Sciences, this important branch of Hydroscience, i.e., Hydrology. It deals with all phases of the Hydrologic cycle and related topics in a lucid style and in metric system.

There is a departure from empiricism, with emphasis on co....     View More Details

The book provides a lucid and step-by-step treatment of the various principles, methods and instruments involved in land surveying. Modern methods and techniques are emphasised throughout the text.

After presenting the basic concepts and definitions, the book explains errors in survey measurement and their propagation. Survey measurements are detailed next. These include horizontal and ....     View More Details