Concise Thermodynamics

Principles and Applications in Physical Science and Engineering

J Dunning-Davies (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2008 | 2nd edition
Horwood Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-904275-31-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Jeremy Dunning-Davies, University of Hull, UK

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2008
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
ISBN-10	1-904275-31-1 / 1904275311
ISBN-13	978-1-904275-31-2 / 9781904275312
Zustand	Neuware