About Book:

   Authors are glad to present the book entitled, “Engineering Mechanics’ to the

Engineering students of all disciplines of Anna University, Tamilnadu, planned in such a way that the book covers the complete course of first year students of Anna University, Tamil nadu.

            During long experience of teaching, the authors have observed that the students face

difficulty in understanding Clearly the Dasie principles, fundamental concepts and theory with

out adequately solved problems alone  With the text. To meet this very basic requirement of the

students, a large number of the questions taken from different universities have been solved

along with the text in S.I. units at proper places.

         The book is written in a simple and easy-to-follow language, so that even an average

students can grasp the subject by self-study. At the end of each chapter highlights, theoretical

questions and many unsolved numerical problems with answers are given for the students to

solve them.

      We express our appreciation and gratefulness to our publisher, Shri R.K. Gupta (a

Mechanical Engineer) for his most co-operative, painstaking attitude and untiring effort tor

bringing out the book in a short period. We are thankful to the publisher who encouraged us to

write this book.

       Mrs. Nirnmal Bansal deserves special credit as she not only provided an ideal atmosphere

at home for book writing but also gave inspiration and valuable suggestions.

        Though every care has been taken in checking the manuscript and proofreading, yet

claiming protection is very difficult. We shall be very grateful to the readers and users of this

book for pointing out any mistake that might have crept in. Suggestions for improvement are most

welcome and would be incorporated in the next edition with a view to make the book more

useful.