Introduction and Basic Definations - Fundamentals of Thermal Sciences

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Objectives
Solid grounding in the theory of engineering thermodynamics.

The emphasis is on the fundamental concepts such as temperature, pressure, internal energy, energy transfer by heat, work, enthalpy, and properties of a pure substance

First and Second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, power & refrigeration cycles and engineering application of thermodynamics such as Basics of Heat Engines, Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines

Understanding of heat transfer, modes of heat transfer and their applications

Contents:

Topics Covered:

Introduction: Basic concepts of thermodynamics, properties of pure substances

Laws of Energy:
energy transfer by heat, work and mass, the first law of thermodynamics, introducing ideal gas model, the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, power and refrigeration cycles

Heat Transfer:
heat transfer, steady heat conduction, transient heat conduction, forced convection, natural convection, fundamentals of thermal radiation, radiation heat transfer.

Suggested Text:
Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by Michael J. Moran and Howard N. Shapiro
Fundamentals of thermal-fluid sciences by Younis A Cengel and Turner (McGraw-Hill)

Course Pre-requisites:
PHY-118: Applied Physics

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