Maple and the art of thermodynamics

✍ Scribed by Richard Baur; Jeremy Bailey; Bradley Brol; Adam Tatusko; Ross Taylor

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 634 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1061-3773
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0542(1998)6:4<223::aid-cae2>3.0.co;2-j

✦ Synopsis

Maple is a computer algebra system that has the potential to be the tool of choice for many computational problems in science and engineering. In this article, we show how Maple can be used to develop graphical images of thermodynamic functions. We also describe ThermoView, a standalone program that can display Maple-based images and animations. The visual images and tools described here can be used to enhance thermodynamics courses and give students an improved perspective on the relationships between thermodynamic state variables.