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Introduction to Thermodynamics
Spring Term 2008
Course Content
The fundamental concepts and methods of thermodynamics are developed around the first and second law. The distinctions between heat, work, and energy are emphasized. Common processes for generating work, heat, or refrigeration or changing the physical or chemical state of materials are analyzed. The use of thermodynamic data and auxiliary functions such as entropy, enthalpy, and free energy are integrated into the analysis. The numerous problems show how theoretical energy requirements and the limitations on feasible processes can be estimated.
Each student is required to build a Stirling engine in the machine shop.
Instructor
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Classes
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 1:45 pm to 2:50 pm, Room 200, Cummings Hall. X-hour Thursday: 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm
The X-hours will be used predominantly for lectures on special topics, if an exam is scheduled during regular class time, or for visits to the College Power Plant, or Thayer School's HVAC System.
Text
Reading and most of the Problem Assignments will be taken from the book "Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics" by Moran and Shapiro (5th edition, 2003). Supplementary material will be handed out at times.
Prerequisites
MATHEMATICS 13, PHYSICS 13, COMPUTER SCIENCE 5, or ENGINEERING SCIENCES 20.
Blackboard
More information about this course can be found at the ENGS 25 Blackboard site. You can login to Blackboard using your DND username and password.