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Thermodynamics: Basic Principles and Engineering Applications

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Authors:
  1. Alan M. Whitman

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, USA

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  • Maximizes student understanding of problem solving by creating a single structure
  • Presents tables of thermodynamic functions of vaporizable liquid
  • Explains the First Law of Thermodynamics and reinforces concepts
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Measurement and Properties of Matter

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    Pages 1-48

  3. Equilibrium

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    Pages 49-102

  4. Work and Heat

    • Alan M. Whitman
    Pages 103-144

  5. Energy and the First Law

    • Alan M. Whitman
    Pages 145-196

  6. Entropy and the Second Law

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    Pages 197-264

  7. Power and Refrigeration

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    Pages 265-313

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 315-357
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About this book

This new edition is designed for a one semester introductory course in thermodynamics, either in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or in an engineering science program. The book contains a section on the geometry of curves and surfaces, in order to review those parts of calculus that are needed in thermodynamics for discussing the thermodynamic equations of state of simple compressible substances, and their approximation by linear interpolation. It presents the First Law of Thermodynamics as an equation for the time rate of change of system energy, the same way that Newton’s Law of Motion, an equation for the time rate of change of system momentum, is presented in Dynamics, and presents the Second Law mathematically as a lower bound for the time rate of change of system entropy. Moreover, this emphasis illustrates the importance of thermodynamics to the study of heat transfer and fluid mechanics. These laws and the associated new thermodynamic properties, energy and entropy, are introduced with extended motivating discussions rather than as abstract postulates, and connections are made with kinetic theory. Thermodynamic properties of the vaporizable liquids- condensible gases needed for the solution of practical thermodynamic problems (e.g. water and a typical refrigerant) are presented in a unique tabular format that is both simple to understand and easy to use. All theoretical discussions throughout the book are accompanied by worked examples illustrating their use in practical devices. These examples of the solution of various kinds of thermodynamic problems are all structured in exactly the same way in order to make, as a result of the repetition, the solution of new problems easier for students to follow, and ultimately, to produce themselves. Many additional problems are provided, half of them with answers, for students to do on their own.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, USA

    Alan M. Whitman

About the author

Alan M. Whitman is Professor Emeritus, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University in Villanova, PA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thermodynamics: Basic Principles and Engineering Applications

  • Authors: Alan M. Whitman

  • Series Title: Mechanical Engineering Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19538-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19537-2Published: 15 March 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19540-2Published: 16 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19538-9Published: 14 March 2023

  • Series ISSN: 0941-5122

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-063X

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 357

  • Number of Illustrations: 153 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics

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