EAN: 9783031796203

SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ...

Engineering Thermodynamics is a core course for students majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering. Before taking this course  students usually have learned textit{Engineering
Mechanics}-Statics and Dynamics  and they are used to solving problems with calculus and
differential equations. Unfortunately  these approaches do not apply for Thermodynamics.
Instead  they have to rely on many data tables and graphs to solve problems. In addition  many
concepts are hard to understand  such as entropy. Therefore  most students feel very frustrated
while taking this course. The key concept in Engineering Thermodynamics is state-properties: If
one knows two properties  the state can be determined  as well as the other four properties.
Unlike most textbooks  the first two chapters of this book introduce thermodynamic properties
and laws with the ideal gas model  where equations can be engaged. In this way  students can
employ their familiar approaches  and thus can understand them much better. In order to help
students understand entropy in depth  interpretation with statistical physics is introduced.
Chapters 3 and 4 discuss control-mass and control-volume processes with general fluids  where
the data tables are used to solve problems. Chapter 5 covers a few advanced topics  which can
also help students understand the concepts in thermodynamics from a broader perspective.

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