General Thermodynamics by Donald Olander

By Donald Olander

  simply because classical thermodynamics advanced into many branches of technology and engineering, so much undergraduate classes at the topic are taught from the point of view of every sector of specialization. General Thermodynamics combines components from mechanical and chemical engineering, chemistry (including electrochemistry), fabrics technology, and biology to give a distinct and thorough remedy of thermodynamics that's broader in scope than different basic texts.

This e-book comprises classroom-tested fabrics designed to fulfill the educational requisites for college students from various medical and engineering backgrounds in one path. the 1st part makes a speciality of classical suggestions of thermodynamics, while the latter part explores field-specific functions, together with a distinct bankruptcy on biothermodynamics.

The book’s method is unified, concise, and multidisciplinary, permitting scholars to appreciate how the rules of thermodynamics follow to all technical fields that comment on this such a lot primary of clinical theories. It additionally bargains a rigorous method of the quantitative elements of thermodynamics, observed by means of transparent causes to aid scholars transition easily from the actual suggestions to their mathematical representations.

Each bankruptcy includes a number of labored examples taken from diverse engineering purposes, illustrations, and an in depth set of routines to aid the fabric. an entire strategies handbook is on the market to professors with qualifying path adoptions.

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