This book equips the students with basic knowledge of certain facets of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics as needed by them in the beginning of their engineering education. The book is primarily tailored to conform to the first-year B.E. curriculum as per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, Karnataka. It is a basic undergraduate textbook useful for students of all branches of engineering not only under VTU but also for other universities.
The text, now in its Second Edition, is thoroughly revised and updated. Divided into five modules, the book spreads over 13 chapters. The first module discusses about Elements of Civil Engineering and the related engineering structures, such as buildings, roads, bridges, and dams as well as basic concepts of Engineering Mechanics. The second and third modules deal with the application of basic concepts of Engineering Mechanics in analyzing the coplanar force systems. In module four, centroids and moment of inertia of plane figures are discussed. The kinematics of bodies is presented in module five.
KEY FEATURES
• Written in such a style that students as well as instructors should find this text immensely useful
• Includes numerous exhaustive exercise problems and the practice problems, along with their solutions
• Explains theoretical concepts with worked-out examples
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• Rearrangement of chapters as per the latest curriculum
• Includes 2 new chapters on ‘Rectilinear Motion’ and ‘Curvilinear Motion’
• Incorporates new sections in Chapter 2 and Chapter 9
R.V. RAIKAR, PhD, is Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean Planning, KLE Dr. M.S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology, Belgaum, Karnataka. Dr. Raikar has taught Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics and Machines, Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering, Operations Research for more than 25 years. His areas of specialization are water resources engineering and sediment transportation. His research interests include fluvial hydraulics, study of flow field near structures, water resources systems, hydrology, artificial neural network and genetic algorithm. Dr. Raikar has published 60 research papers in international journals and conferences. He visits National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan as a Visiting Professor. The biographical sketch of Dr. Raikar has been published in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World.
Besides being a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Dr. Raikar is a member of numerous societies, such as ISH (India), ISTE (India), IAHR (Netherlands), IAHS (Wellingford), and WASER (Beijing). Dr. Raikar is a reviewer of various National and International Journals. He is also a member of various boards of studies and boards of examinations of various universities.
