AUIS, ENGR 352: Thermodynamics, Fall 2017

• ENGR 352 Syllabus (for Section 1)
• Schedule for Section 1, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 9.15 - 10.15, A-G-05
• Section 2: Please refer to Prof. Dr. S. Vafaeyan

Note: Q&A and problem solving sessions will be held on Wednesdays, 8.00 - 9.00, A-G-05. Dates: Sept. 27, Oct. 4, Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Nov. 8., Nov. 15, and Nov. 22.

Introduction to thermal sciences with an emphasis on the foundations of thermodynamics (first law, second law, thermodynamic properties) and their application to stationary and instationary, reversible and irreversible processes, cycles, properties of pure fluids, gas mixtures, phase equi­libria, and chemical reactions.

Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin Thomas Horsch, martin.horsch@auis.edu.krd, B-F2-18, +964 53 511 1983.

Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 10.45 - 11.45, B-F2-18.

Tutorial assignments:

• Assignment 1: Thermodynamic Systems; submission deadline: Sept. 25 (time: 11.45); tutorial discussion: Oct. 14
• Assignment 2: First Law of Thermodynamics; submission deadline: Oct. 15 (time: 10.15); tutorial discussion: Oct. 22
• Assignment 3: Applications of the First Law; submission deadline: Oct. 22 (time: 10.15); tutorial discussion: Oct. 31
• Assignment 4: Cycles and Entropy; submission deadline: Nov. 14 (time: 10.15); tutorial discussion: Nov. 19
• Assignment 5: Entropy and the Second Law; submission deadline: Nov. 23 (time: 10.15); tutorial discussion: Nov. 28
• Assignment 6: Equations of State and Gas Mixtures; submission deadline: Dec. 5 (time: 10.15); tutorial discussion: Dec. 10

Exam problems:

• Term Exam I, Oct. 12
• Term Exam II, Nov. 12
• Quiz: Carnot Cycle, Nov. 26
• Final Exam, Dec. 14

Data on thermodynamic properties:

• Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems, public domain resource of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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