Textbook in PDF format A comprehensive and authoritative book in the subject is intended for the students of Mechanical/Chemical/Aeronautical/Production/Metallurgical engineering. The book underlies the objective of understanding of the physical phenomena involved, and the ability to formulate and solve typical problems. The subject-matter has been developed from scratch to a sufficiently advanced stage in a logical and coherent manner with neat illustrations and solved examples. Problems and solutions appended to each chapter should further help for better comprehension of the subject. A set of selected multiple choice questions along with its key is provided at the end of the book