MENG

364

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

(

3

cr )

Two class periods and one three hour laboratory. Prerequisite: ENGR 261. Offered in fall and spring.

Types of energy. The first law and the open and closed systems. Steady and transient processes. Perfect gas property relations. Imperfect gases. The Carnot cycle. The second law. Reversibility and entropy. Thermodynamic relations. Liquid and vapor properties and processes.
 

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