Engineering Mechanics: Problems and Solutions

Arshad Noor Siddiquee is Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His research interests include materials structure property correlation, welding engineering, machining and optimization of design and process parameters using the fuzzy modelling. He has published more than 75 articles in journals of national and international repute. He served as Assistant Director at the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) from 2005–07.

Zahid A. Khan is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. His research interests include optimization of design and manufacturing processes parameters, the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and fuzzy modelling and environmental ergonomics. He has published more than 90 articles in journals of national and international repute.

Pankul Goel is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad. He has more than fifteen years of teaching and industry experience and has published several papers in journals of national and international repute. His areas of research include machining, friction stir welding, and optimization of design and process parameters.