Engineering Thermodynamics Preface

1. MATTER EXISTS IN SPACE AND TIME

6. DISCUSSIONS OF CURRENT TEXTS

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Chapter 1 MATTER EXISTS IN SPACE AND TIME

1.1 IDEAS, DIMENSIONS, AND PROPERTIES
Basic Ideas
Dimensions and Units
About Presentation
♦ Eratosthanes
♦ LNG Tanker.
♦ Prove: (A - B) ² = ( A² - 2AB + B² )
Physical Properties
♦ Prove: ( -1 ) x ( -1 ) = 1
♦ Prove: sin²θ + cos²θ = 1
♦ Sphere, Tank, and Water

Chapter 2 IDEAL FLUIDS

2.1 IDEAL FLUIDS

Chapter 3 ENERGY AND WORK OF A BODY

Chapter 4 THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

4.3 Normal Properties - Other Substances
♦ Neon Signage
♦ Sausage Preparation
♦ 1861 - Rifle Musket
♦ Bismark's Rifles
♦ Laser Retina Surgery
♦ Ice Versus Dry-Ice Competition
♦ Nuclear Cremation
♦ Pressure Cooker

Chapter 5 THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS

APPENDIX A REVIEW OF CALCULUS AND PHYSICS

5.1 Mass Equation
♦ Freeze-Dried Rattlesnakes

5.2 Momentum Equation
♦ Reaction of a Jet

APPENDIX B THERMODYNAMICS: Derived Results

DISCUSSIONS OF TEXTS

Within this site are discussions of figures, examples and passages of text, of three of the dominantly commercial thermodynamics texts in the US. These are discussions; there are no text "solution manuals" here. Proceed to the discussions of your text. (Text editions are identical but for minor rearrangement of problems).

General Comments Regarding Texts

THERMODYNAMICS ~ AN ENGINEERING APPROACH
Cengel and Boles McGraw Hill Publishers - 4th Edition

Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics
Moran and Shapiro John Wiley Publishers - 6th Edition

FUNDAMENTALS of Thermodynamics
Sonntag, Borgnakke and Van Wylen John Wiley Publishers - 6th Edition

About THERMOMENTOR

THERMOMENTOR (meaning "thermodynamics mentor") was created to assist students in learning beginning thermodynamics. An earlier version of this site experienced difficulties for lack of an "online text." Such a text was written and is posted here. Presently the goal is attempted in three manners.

TEXT in Residence:
Here is presented a text or electronic book that explains topics of physics and calculus prerequisite and fundamental to thermodynamics. The coverage begins at the HS physics level and includes topics in parallel (with consistent notation) until about the third or fourth chapter of current Engineering Thermodynamics texts. Friction is encountered in a physical way. Entropy, availability, cyclic engines and other topics of thermo are not.

All principles of thermodynamics are alike when expressed as first-order, ordinary differential equations. This mathematics is introduced and used repeatedly with examples. Basics of fluid mechanics are included. Over 140 Examples are posed and solved.
DISCUSSIONS of Current Texts:
Virtually all students are obliged to purchase a course text. This site presents comments in specific reference to the current dominant Engineering Thermodynamics texts. Intended to be constructive, comments address principally the first three sectionters. This section will grow steadily. There are no "solutions manuals" posted here.
TUTORING:
Dr. Thermo, having taught thermo for some years, is familiar with the topic and its dominant texts. It is difficult to tutor via e-mail. All we can do is try. This site will sponsor conversation groups soon. Tutoring is free to the best of my ability to respond.

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PREFACE

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Examples are the teaching mode here. There are no questions, quizzes or other interactions. Examples present the cogent content, in application to a system, and with detail. Examples are entities. You can print an example and read it. Details and embellishments of examples are "linked" to them. The footnotes of Examples are the "repositories" of questions and answers.

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