Civil Engineering: Conventional and Objective Type
Product Description
For more than 30 years, “Civil Engineering: Conventional & Objective Type” has been a comprehensive text for undergraduate students of Civil Engineering and has successfully helped them prepare for various competitive (such as GATE, UPSC, IAS and IES) as well as university examinations.
Key Features:
- Simple format ensures easy understanding and practice
- It now includes close to 4800 topic-wise solved and unsolved questions
Table of Content :
- Oscillations and Waves
- Electrostatics
- Magnetostatics and Electrodynamics
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Light
- Interference
- Diffraction
- Polarization
- Optical activity
- Optical fibres
- Architectural Acoustics
- Ultrasonics
- Electron Emission
- Electron Ballistics
- Electron Optics
- Elements of Thermodynamics
- Thermoelectricity
- Special Theory of Relativity
- Atomic Physics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Atomic Nucleus and Nuclear Energy
- Cosmic Rays and Elementary Particles
- Nuclear Instruments
- Lasers
- Holography
- Crystal Structures
- Crystal Defects
- Conductors
- Band Theory of Solids
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductor Diodes
- Bipolar Junction Transistor
- Dielectrics
- Magnetic Materials
- Superconductivity
- Modern Engineering Materials
- Non Destructive Testing
- Vacuum Technology
- Nanotechnology
- Geometrical Optics
About the Author
R.S Khurmi: He was born on 29 Aug 1939 in Sunam, a small town in Punjab. He completed his schooling in Sunam and then he completed his professional studies from Phagwara and Delhi. He started his career in Punjab Irrigation Department as an Engineer. After guidance from Professor Das of Chandigarh Engineering College, Dr. Khurmi came to Delhi and took up Teaching and Writing Engineering Text Books as a full time career. He had a great respect for his Guru Shri B.L. Theraja, who introduced him to S. Chand and Company. His books got a good market, not only in India but also abroad. According to the survey of UNESCO, he is the leading and No. 1 author of Engineering textbooks in Asia. He wrote his first book when he was just 26 years old. People in teaching profession always referred that Khurmi has revolutionized the way of writing Engineering Text Books. He was one of the founder members in Executive Committee of Afro-Asia Book Council.
