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     MAE 501 Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics
 

Review of the first and second laws of thermodynamics and of thermodynamic properties; Availability analysis; Equations of state and property calculations; Thermodynamic property relations; Multi-component systems; Multiphase systems including phase equilibrium; Chemical reactions; Irreversible thermodynamics including applications to thermoelectric and diffusional processes. 3 credit hours

  
     

Prerequisite
  

Undergraduate thermodynamics and advanced calculus or consent of instructor.

 
Course Objectives  

Application of the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics to engineering systems. Development of equations of state and thermodynamic property relations. Multi-component and multiphase system analysis. Equilibrium chemical reaction calculations.

 
Course Requirements  

HOMEWORK: Eight Homework assignments

EXAMINATIONS: Two 75 minute exams and one 3 hour final exam

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: None

PROJECTS: None

 
Textbook  

An undergraduate level thermodynamics textbook.

Optional: Bejan, Adrian, John Wiley, Third Edition, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 1997. ISBN: 978-0-471-67763-5.

Instructor's notes will be available at no charge to all registered students via the web.

 
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Instructor  

Dr. Richard D. Gould, Professor
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
3211 Broughton Hall
Campus Box 7910
Raleigh, NC 27695-7910

Phone: (919) 515-5236
Fax: (919) 515-7968
E-Mail: gould@eos.ncsu.edu
Course Website: http://www.mae.ncsu.edu/courses/mae501/gould/