Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics
This note covers
the following topics: Thermal Sciences, Dimensions and Units, Thermodynamic
Systems, Thermodynamic Properties of Systems, Pressure, Temperature, State and
Equilibrium, Thermodynamic Processes, Pure Substances , Calculation of the
Stored Energy, Specific Heats: Ideal Gases, Solids and Liquids, First Law of
Thermodynamics, Control Volume, Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
Gibb’s Equation, Reversible Process, The Carnot Cycle, Cylindrical Systems,
Transient Heat Conduction, Heisler Charts, Natural Convection, Radiation Heat
Transfer.
Author(s): University of Waterloo
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