In engineering, thermodynamic properties concern materials, devices, and machines that produce or exploit energy such as transportation systems, transformation systems, heating systems, and cooling systems.
Program:
- Understand the concept of an equation of state and know how to construct one for a gas.
- Understand the concept of internal energy, determine the work done by forces, and the quantities of heat exchanged for simple evolutions of closed systems.
- Identify the different forms of heat exchange and apply elementary laws and associated equations (conduction, convection, radiation).
- Understand the concept of entropy and the operation of thermodynamic machines.
- Study engine and generator cycles and calculate their efficiency.
