A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines Review This book is a must buy for AMIE students. Contains 90 % of the syllabus of AMIE. Great & simple explanations of topics. All in one book for fluid mechanics subjects for AMIE students --Mehul Patel Dec 1, 2014No words for this awesome good although there are some other good books too which are of foreign authors but this one gives you step by step treatment,right now i am preparing for UPSC and I am from civil engineering stream 2012 passout,this book saved me in college,and hoping again it'll shower its magic onto me :) --Abhishek Kuril Jun 11, 2013simply it's awsme it's language is really vry easy espacially whn u need to understand sumthng quickly in a vry less tym n vry nicely you should really have to go through this book.... It made u understand each n every topic very-very nicely and can say that the solved examples are of high level you could also practice for GATE by these questions... --Sohil Tiwari Jun 3, 2012 				    	 					 About the Author Prof. R. K Bansal was born on Jan. 1, 1943. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1966. and joined Delhi College of Engineering in 1967 as lecturer and rose to the post of professor in 1995. Prof. Bansal did M. Tech Degree in 1975 with Honors from I.I.T. Delhi and Ph. D. from University of Delhi in 1981. He guided many final year projects, 08 M.E. Thesis and 01 Ph.D. student. He published many papers and two of his papers Application of F.E.M. to potential flow over a cylinder and F.E. analysis of ideal fluid flow over an Axi-symmetric solid body got Certificate of Merit from Institution of Engineers (India). Prof. Bansal held the position of Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, faculty of Technology University of Delhi from 1st Jan 2000 to 31.12.2002. He also served as Dean (U.G. Studies) and Dean (P.G. Studies) in Delhi College of Engineering.Prof. Bansal is the author of many Engineering books which are followed as Text books in most of Engineering Institutions of the country. He got First Ever, Distinguished Authors Award in 1999 by the Federation of Educational Publishers in India.