Book excerpt: This book is designed to build up a strong foundation for the new students entering in Engineering field. It is strictly as per the revised syllabus prescribed by AICTE model curriculum. It has been written to fulfil all the requirements of B.E/B.Tech second semester students (All Branches of Engineering) of Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai. The essential feature of this book is that apart from theoretical background, it provides sufficient number of solved examples with detailed steps in easy and simple language along with problems for practice. Suitable figures have also been incorporated to ensure an easy understanding of the concepts. Short and very short answer type questions are also included. We hope that this book will be of great use for which it has been designed