Half of the battle is already won if you have the right books for the challenging GATE exam! Yes, you read it right.
To fulfil a dream as big as cracking the GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) exam, you should have the best study material at your hand. You could have a well-structured study plan and all the time at your hand, but if you don’t have the best books to refer to, you will indeed lag in your GATE exam preparation.
Mechanical Engineering is one of the most popular streams where students opt for this paper as the mechanical branch through GATE opens the gateway to some elite PSUs like Indian Oil, ONGC, NTPC, DRDO, HPCL, BPCL etc.
To streamline your preparation process, we have compiled a list of the best books for GATE Mechanical Engineering. Refer to these books to get an edge in your exam preparation.
GATE Mechanical Engineering Best Books
Refer to the below-mentioned books to ace the GATE ME exam with flying colours.
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
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
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It is imperative to solve previous year’s question papers and attempt Mock Tests on a regular basis to make the most of these books.
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Raminder Singh
Raminder is a Content Manager at PrepLadder. He has worked in several aspects of the education industry throughout his career and has assisted numerous candidates in cracking major competitive exams.
