Concise Thermodynamics

Principles and Applications in Physical Science and Engineering
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-904275-31-2
Verlag: Woodhead Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten

This one-semester course text introduces basic principles of thermodynamics and considers a variety of applications in science and engineering. The modern coverage is compact yet self-contained and holistic, with adequate material in a concise and economically-priced book for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates reading for first and higher degrees, and for professionals in research and industry. The mathematical prerequisite is an understanding of partial differentiation.


- Introduces basic principles of thermodynamics and considers a variety of applications in science and engineering
- The modern coverage is compact yet self-contained and holistic, with adequate and concise material

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunning-Davies, J

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction

2: The Zeroth Law
- Exercises A

3: The First Law
- Some Applications of the First Law
- Exercises B

4: The Second Law
- Exercises C

5: The Second Law and Non-static Processes.

6: The Third Law.

7: Extension to open and non-equilibrium systems.

8: Thermodynamic cycles.
- Exercises D

9: Negative Temperatures and the Second Law.

10: Phase Transitions

11: Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Stability

12: Concavity of the Entropy and Negative Heat Capacities

13: Black Hole Entropy and an Alternative Model for a Black Hole

14: Energy Sources and the World's Energy Requirements
- Traditional sources of energy.
- Nuclear power.
- Conventional methods for the disposal of radioactive waste.
- An alternative method for disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

15: Concluding Remarks

Appendix
- Partial derivatives
- The Chain Rule
- Homogeneous Functions
- Taylor's Theorem for a Function of Several Variables
- Extreme Values of Functions of Several Variables

Answers and Solutions to Exercises
- Exercises A (p.8)
- Exercises B (p. 21)
- Exercises C (p.36)
- Exercises D(p.57)

Glossary

List of symbols

References and suggestions for further reading

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dunning-Davies, J
Jeremy Dunning-Davies, University of Hull, UK

Jeremy Dunning-Davies, Hull University, UK