LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2013946505 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780071830829 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Call number |
621.4021 PO TH |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Authors |
Potter, Merle C. |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Thermodynamics for engineers |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Merle C. Potter, Craig W. Somerton |
EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition |
3rd ed. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication |
New York : |
Publisher |
McGrawhill, |
Date |
c2014. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
x, 406 p. : |
Other Details |
ill. ; |
Size |
28 cm. |
SERIES STATEMENT |
Series statement |
Schaum's outline |
GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Previous edition: New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. |
CONTENTS |
Contents |
1. Concepts, definitions, and basic principles -- Introduction -- Thermodynamic systems and control volume -- Macroscopic description -- Properties and state of a system -- Thermodynamic equilibrium, processes -- Units -- Density, specific volume, specific weight -- Pressure -- Temperature -- Energy -- 2. Properties of pure substances -- Introduction -- The P-v-T surface -- The liquid-vapor region -- Steam tables -- The ideal-gas equation of state -- Equations of state for a nonideal gas -- 3. Work and heat -- Introduction -- Definition of work -- Quasiequilibrium work due to a moving boundary -- Nonequilibrium work -- Other work modes -- Heat -- 4. The first law of thermodynamics -- Introduction -- The first law of thermodynamics applied to a cycle -- The first law applied to a process -- Enthalpy -- Latent heat -- Specific heats -- The first law applied to various processes -- General formulation for control volumes -- Applications of the energy equation -- 5. The second law of thermodynamics -- Introduction -- Heat engines, heat pumps, and refrigerators -- Statements of the second law of thermodynamics -- Reversibility -- The Carnot engine -- Carnot efficiency -- 6. Entropy -- Introduction -- Definition -- Entropy for an ideal gas with constant specific heats -- Entropy for an ideal gas with variable specific heats -- Entropy for substances such as steam, solids, and liquids -- The inequality of Clausius -- Entropy change for an irreversible process -- The second law applied to a control volume -- 7. Reversible work, irreversibility, and availability -- Basic concepts -- Reversible work and irreversibility -- Availability and exergy -- Second-law analysis of a cycle -- |
SUMMARY |
Summary |
Suitable for engineers, this title includes more than 500 solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills of thermodynamics. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Thermodynamics |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Thermodynamics |
General |
Problems, exercises, etc. |
ADDED ENTRY |
Name |
Somerton, Craig W. |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/06h7rrrj2mn21w4u8lp9vn1regntjnzk |
Public note |
Location Map |
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