In the twenty-first century, engineering thermodynamics plays a central role in developing improved ways to provide and use energy, while mitigating the serious human health and environmental consequences accompanying energy—including air and water pollution and global climate change. Applications in bioengineering, biomedical systems, and nanotechnology also continue to emerge. This book p…
In this fifth edition we have retained the objectives of the first four editions: * to present a thorough treatment of engineering thermodynamics from the classical viewpoint, * to provide a sound basis for subsequent courses in fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and * to prepare students to use thermodynamics in engineering practice. While the fifth edition retains the basic organizati…