GE 308 Thermodynamics

     

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    Topics

    temperature, heat, work, first law of thermodynamics. kinetic theory of ideal gases, diffusion. second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle, engines and refrigeration, entropy and disorder. conduction heat transfer, convection heat transfer, radiation heat transfer. principles of statistical physics and thermodynamics, energy distribution functions. selected applications.
     

    Readings

    Textbooks

    D. Halliday and R. Resnick, Physics, Chapters 19--22 (3rd edition), Chapters 22--26 (4th edition), John Wiley, 1992.
    J. P. Holman,  Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill, 1990, 7th edition.
    J. P. Holman,  Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1988, 4th edition.
     

    References

    J. S. Hsieh, Engineering Thermodynamics, Prentice Hall, 1993.
    F. Reif,  Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, McGraw-Hill, 1985.
    C. Kittel and H. Kroemer,  Thermal Physics, W. H. Freeman, 1980.
    R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I, Addison-Wesley, 1966.

    Grading

    Midterm Exam 35%
    Final Exam 45%
    Project 20%

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