Download or read book Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics written by Prakash M. N. Shesha and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a basic under-graduate textbook for first-year students of all branches of engineering, though especially designed to conform to the syllabus of visvesaraya technological university (vtu). The book imparts basic knowledge in various facets of civil engineering and the related engineering structures and infrastructure such as buildings, roads, highways, dams and bridges, inter alia, emphasizing the role and responsibilities of a civil engineer in modern society. It also briefly explains the broad scope of allied fields of civil engineering such as surveying, transportation, water resources, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, foundation engineering, and construction technology. The engineering mechanics portion of the book is comprehensively covered in eight chapters divided into topics on forces, centroid, moment of inertia and friction. Each chapter introduces the concepts to the reader gradually and stepwise. Providing a wealth of practice examples, the book em