@article{1461734,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Whitman, A. M.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1461734},
      title = {Thermodynamics : basic principles and engineering  applications /},
      abstract = {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 Newtons 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. Maximizes student  understanding of problem solving by creating a single  structure to solve all thermodynamic state change problems;  Presents tables of thermodynamic functions of vaporizable  liquids in a unique format that is easy to understand and  easy to use; Reinforces concepts covered with end of  chapter problems. Request lecturer material:  sn.pub/lecturer-material.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19538-9},
      recid = {1461734},
      pages = {1 online resource (366 pages) :},
}