I am purchasing diploma engineering in Ist semester..so tell me what is the best book of mechanics
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Hello, I've listed topic-wise 1st semester Mechanics books :
1. Enginnering Thermodynamics: PK Nag
2. IC Engine: ML Mathur and RP Sharma
3. Gas Turbine and Propulsive Systems: PR Khajuria & SP Dubey
4. Fluid Mechanics: Modi & Seth, RK Bansal
5. Compressible Flow: SM Yahya
6. Heat and Mass Transfer: JP Hollman, RC Sachdeva
7. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning: CP Arora, Domkundwar
8. Fluid Machinery: Jagdish Lal, RK Bansal
9. Theory of Machines: RS Khurmi, Malik & Ghosh
10. Mechanical Vibration: Grover
11. Machine Design: Shigley, VB Bhandari
12. Material Science: WD Callister, IP Singh
13. Production Engineering: Kalpkjian Schmid, Amitabh Ghosh & AK Malik
14. Industrial Engineering: O P Khanna, Buffa & Sarin
15. Operations Research: Kanti Swarup.
2. IC Engine: ML Mathur and RP Sharma
3. Gas Turbine and Propulsive Systems: PR Khajuria & SP Dubey
4. Fluid Mechanics: Modi & Seth, RK Bansal
5. Compressible Flow: SM Yahya
6. Heat and Mass Transfer: JP Hollman, RC Sachdeva
7. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning: CP Arora, Domkundwar
8. Fluid Machinery: Jagdish Lal, RK Bansal
9. Theory of Machines: RS Khurmi, Malik & Ghosh
10. Mechanical Vibration: Grover
11. Machine Design: Shigley, VB Bhandari
12. Material Science: WD Callister, IP Singh
13. Production Engineering: Kalpkjian Schmid, Amitabh Ghosh & AK Malik
14. Industrial Engineering: O P Khanna, Buffa & Sarin
15. Operations Research: Kanti Swarup.
Thankyou, hope it helped, feel free to approach for further queries.
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