Overview
Civil Engineering : Macroscopic vs. microscopic viewpoint; states and processes; energy conservation and transformation. Phase equilibrium; equations of state; thermodynamic properties; work; heat; First Law of thermodynamics; internal energy; enthalpy; specific heat; thermodynamic processes: reversibility, polytrophic processes, applications of First Law; Second Law; entropy; introduction to heat transfer.
Terms: Fall 2009
Instructors: Keane, Angela (Fall)
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