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Earl Logan, Jr., "Thermodynamics: Processes and Applications"

Preface

This book is intended as a reference work in thermodynamics for practicing

engineers and for use as a text by undergraduate engineering students. The goal

is to provide rapid access to the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and

to provide an abundance of applications to practical problems. Users should

have completed two years of an undergraduate program in engineering, physics,

applied mathematics, or engineering technology.

The material in this book includes equations, graphs, and illustrative

problems that clarify the theory and demonstrate the use of basic relations in

engineering analysis and design. Key references are provided at the conclusion

of each chapter to serve as a guide to further study.

Additionally, many problems are given, some of which serve as numerical

or analytical exercises, while others illustrate the power and utility of thermal

system analysis in engineering design. There is sufficient material in Chapters

1-2 and 5-11 for an introductory, one-semester course. A more theoretical

course would include Chapters 3 and 4, and a more applied course would extract

parts of Chapters 12-14 to supplement material presented in Chapters 8-11.

Although this text shows the relationship of macroscopic thermodynamics

to other branches of physics, the science of physics is utilized only to give the

reader greater insight into thermodynamic processes. Instead of emphasizing

theoretical physics, the book stresses the application of physics to realistic

engineering problems.

An ideal gas is used initially to model a gaseous thermodynamic system

because it is an uncomplicated, yet often realistic model, and it utilizes the

reader's basic knowledge of physics and chemistry. More realistic models for

solid, liquid, and gaseous systems are progressively introduced in parallel with

the development of the concepts of work, heat, and the First Law of

Thermodynamics. The abstract property known as entropy and its relation to the

Second Law complete the treatment of basic principles. The subsequent

material focuses on the use of thermodynamics in a variety of realistic

engineering problems.

Thermodynamic problems associated with refrigeration, air conditioning,

and the production of electrical power are covered in Chapters 8-14. Chapter 14

treats the special topic of high-speed gas flow, providing the connection between

thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. Applications in this chapter are found in

aerodynamics, gas turbines, gas compressors, and aircraft and rocket propulsion.

Earl Logan, Jr.

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