ISBN: | 9789701056110 |
Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Interamericana |
Published: | 27 February, 2007 |
Format: | Paperback |
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Overview This book moves students toward a clear understanding and a firm grasp of the basic principles of thermodynamics. It communicates directly with tomorrow’s engineers in a simple yet precise manner that encourages creative thinking. Features of this Edition • An early introduction to the First Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 2) establishes a general understanding of energy, mechanisms of energy transfer, and the concept of energy balance, thermo-economics, and conversion efficiency. • Over 700 new homework problems which further enhance the extensive and diverse homework problem sets. • Physical intuition to help students develop a sense of the underlying physical mechanisms and a mastery of solving practical problems that an engineer is likely to face in the real world. Free Student Resources DVD containing • Limited Academic Version of EES (Engineering Equation Solver) software with scripted solutions to selected text problems • Physical experiments in thermodynamics with videos and complete write-ups of the experiments, as well as actual data • Interactive Thermodynamics Tutorial to reinforce student learning of thermodynamics concepts
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