Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and Gas Dynamics

The book discusses processes common in the three major areas of thermal science - Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and Gas Dynamics. The usual hardship in understanding of thermal science results from the fact that it is a vast field of knowledge where a large number of concepts is applied to study a very broad range of problems. To make the field more transparent and comprehensive, the author starts with the basic natural laws, and formulates the general thermodynamic approach...
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The book discusses processes common in the three major areas of thermal science - Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and Gas Dynamics. The usual hardship in understanding of thermal science results from the fact that it is a vast field of knowledge where a large number of concepts is applied to study a very broad range of problems. To make the field more transparent and comprehensive, the author starts with the basic natural laws, and formulates the general thermodynamic approach capable to accurately analyze an extensive range of physical phenomena. Subsequently, the approach is `reduced' in a clear way to `thermodynamics of chemical reactions' (Thermochemistry) and to `thermodynamics of flowing gases' (Gas Dynamics). Numerous illustrative problems with solutions are scattered through the text in order to help readers increase their understanding of the studied concepts and methods. Since thermal processes are important in most areas of physical science, this text will be useful to graduate and undergraduate students, and professional physicists, chemists, as well as engineers, including those in inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary areas of science and technology, who have no extended training in thermal science but often face problems similar to those discussed in this book.