Engineering Thermodynamics: SI Edition

✍ Scribed by Dwight C. Look Jr., Harry J. Sauer Jr. (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 791
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Energy-its discovery, its availability, its use-concerns all of us in general and the engineers of today and tomorrow in particular. The study of thermodynamics-the science of energy-is a critical element in the education of all types of engineers. Engineering Thermodynamics provides a thorough intro­ duction to the art and science of engineering thermodynamics. It describes in a straightforward fashion the basic tools necessary to obtain quantitative solutions to common engineering applications involving energy and its conversion, conser­ vation, and transfer. This book is directed toward sophomore, junior, and senior students who have studied elementary physics and calculus and who are majoring in mechanical engineering; it serves as a convenient reference for other engineering disciplines as well. The first part of the book is devoted to basic thermodynamic principles, essentially presented in the classic way; the second part applies these principles to many situations, including air conditioning and the interpretation of statistical phenomena.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Fundamental Concepts and Definitions....Pages 1-36
Physical Properties....Pages 37-61
Gases....Pages 62-100
Forms of Energy....Pages 101-120
The First Law of Thermodynamics....Pages 121-158
Thermodynamic Systems and Cyclic Processes....Pages 159-174
The Second Law of Thermodynamics....Pages 175-222
Basic Systems and Cycles....Pages 223-307
Power Cycle Improvements and Innovations....Pages 308-371
Availability and Irreversibility....Pages 372-410
More Thermodynamic Relations....Pages 411-436
Mixtures and Psychrometrics....Pages 437-480
Elements of Combustion....Pages 481-528
Refrigeration Systems and Heat Pumps....Pages 529-591
Thermofluid Mechanics....Pages 592-647
Introduction to Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics....Pages 648-707
Back Matter....Pages 709-781

✦ Subjects

Mechanics