K Raghavendra is currently Assistant Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ballari Institute of Technology and Management (BITM), Ballari, Karnataka. He graduated from RYME College, Ballari, and obtained his postgraduation from Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT),Bangalore,under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU),Belagavi. He started his teaching career as Lecturer in VVS Polytechnic, Ballari, followed as Lecturer at RYME College,Ballari,before joining as Assistant Professor at BITM,Ballari.He has also worked as a CAD designer for civil works.
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">This book is written in accordance with the syllabus of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) for sixth semester students of mechanical engineering course. It also covers the syllabi of KTU, Kerala, and similar Indian Technological Universities, Institutions, and State Boards of Technical Education. The book is concise and concepts can be easily understood. Different approaches have been discussed in detail to solve similar problems.</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">At the end of each chapter, more than 50 VTU question papers are given for the students as exercise problems; some of these problems are solved. Another popular CBS source book Design Data Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, fourth edition by K Mahadevan | K Balaveera Reddy has been used as reference in preparing the material of this book.</p><h3 style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.35; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Salient features:</h3><ol style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 15px 0px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Follows a simple approach.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Presents a collection of more than 50 VTU question papers at the end of each chapter as exercise problems.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Structured and designed as per VTU syllabus.</li></ol><p><br></p>
