Best Books for GATE Mechanical Engineering Preparation
Oct 27, 2021
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GATE Mechanical Engineering Best Books
GATE 2022 Mechanical Engineering Exam Pattern
GATE Mechanical Engineering Best Books
Refer to the below-mentioned books to ace the GATE ME exam with flying colours.
| Section | Topics | Important Books |
| Engineering Materials | Basic Crystallography Mechanical Properties Phase Diagrams Phase Transformations Heat Treatment of Steels | William Callister KM Gupta |
| Thermodynamics | Basic Thermodynamic Concepts Energy Transfer & Analysis Second Law of Thermodynamic Entropy Availability & Irreversibility Properties of Pure Substance Thermodynamic Property Relations | Yunus Cengel PK Nag Onkar Singh |
| Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning | RC & Reversed Carnot Cycle Refrigerants Vapour Compression System Psychrometry of AC Processes | CP Arora Bill Whitman RS Khurmi |
| Internal Combustion Engine | Air-Standard Cycle Combustion of Fuel & Knocking Engine Performance Parameter Fuels Emission & Emission Control | V Ganesan ML Mathur |
| Power Plant Engineering | Steam Generators Analysis of Steam Cycles Fuels and Combustion Gas Turbines & Compressors | PK Nag AK Raja RK Rajput S Ramachandran |
| Heat and Mass Transfer | Basic Heat Transfer Concepts Heat Transfer by Conduction Heat Transfer by Convection Heat Exchangers Heat Transfer by Radiation | Incropera PK NAG Cengel RC Sachdeva JP Holman |
| Fluid Mechanics | Fundamental Concepts Fluid Statics Differential Analysis of FM Dynamics of Fluid Flow Internal Incompressible VF External Incompressible VF | Fox and Donald Frank M White Cengel K Subramanya Modi and Seth RK Bansal |
| Turbo Machinery | Hydraulic Turbine Centrifugal Pumps Reciprocating Pumps | Fox and Donald Frank M White Cengel K Subramanya Modi and Seth RK Bansal Jagdish Lal |
| Engineering Mechanics | Analysis of System of Forces Plane Trusses & Virtual WorkMotion | RC Hibbeler Timoshenko UC Jindal J.L MERIAM SS Bhavikatti |
| Strength of Material | Mechanical Properties of Material Simple Stresses & Strains Composite System & Thermal Stresses Complex and Principal Stresses BM & SF Slope & Deflection Torsion of Shafts Strain Energy & Springs Pressure Vessels | Beer Johnston James M.Gere Timoshenko BC Punmia S Ramamrutham |
| Theory of Machines | Mechanism and Machines Velocity & Acceleration Analysis Cams Gear GearTrains Balancing Gyroscope Governors and Flywheel Vibrations | SS Rattan Shigley VP singh |
| Design of Machine Elements | Static and Fluctuating Load Theories of Failure Shaft, Keys, Couplings & Spring Brakes Clutches Bearings Gear and Flywheel | Shigley VB Bhandari Robert Norton |
| Industrial Engineering | Inventory Control Aggregate Production Planning Material Requirement Planning Forecasting Line Balancing Sequencing and PERT-CPM Linear Programming Problem Computer Programming | OP Khanna Hira and Gupta Kanti Swaroop ND Vohra Ravi Shankar |
| Manufacturing Engineering | Metal Casting Metrology and Inspection Metal Welding Fundamentals of Machining Metal Forming Automation | Mikkel Groover Chattopadhyay Ghosh and Malik PN Rao PC Sharma |
Also read: GATE Preparation Tips For Mechanical Engineering
GATE 2022 Mechanical Engineering Exam Pattern
Particulars Details Exam Duration 3 hours Number of Questions 65 Total Marks 100 Types of Questions Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) QuestionsSections General Aptitude (15 Marks)
Engineering Mathematics (13 Marks)
Technical (72 Marks)Marking Scheme For 1 mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
For 2 marks MCQ, 2/3 marks will be deducted for every incorrect response.
There is no negative marking for NAT and MSQs
Also read: Tips To Prepare Engineering Mathematics For GATE 2022
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