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Hans U. Fuchs - The Dynamics of Heat: A Unified Approach to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer - 9781493937028 - V9781493937028
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The Dynamics of Heat: A Unified Approach to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Description for The Dynamics of Heat: A Unified Approach to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer paperback. Extensively revised and updated, this volume includes new material on dynamical chemical processes, thermoelectricity, and explicit dynamical modeling of thermal and chemical processes. Suitable for various courses, the text is divided into introductory and more advanced and formal treatments. Series: Graduate Texts in Physics. Num Pages: 734 pages, 229 black & white illustrations, 49 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; PHH; PNR; TGMB; TH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1585.

Based on courses for students of science, engineering, and systems science at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences at Winterthur, this text approaches the fundamentals of thermodynamics from the point of view of continuum physics. By describing physical processes in terms of the flow and balance of physical quantities, the author achieves a unified approach to hydraulics, electricity, mechanics and thermodynamics. In this way, it becomes clear that entropy is the fundamental property that is transported in thermal processes (i.e., heat), and that temperature is the corresponding potential. The resulting theory of the creation, flow, and balance of entropy provides ... Read more

 

This extensively revised and updated second edition includes new material on dynamical chemical processes, thermoelectricity, and explicit dynamical modeling of thermal and chemical processes. To make the book more useful for courses on thermodynamics and physical chemistry at different levels, coverage of topics is divided into introductory and more advanced and formal treatments. Previous knowledge of thermodynamics is not required, but the reader should be familiar with basic electricity, mechanics, and chemistry and should have some knowledge of elementary calculus. The special feature of the first edition -- the integration of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and chemical processes -- has been maintained and strengthened.

 

Key Features:

·         First revised edition of a successful text/reference in fourteen years

·         More than 25 percent new material

·         Provides a unified approach to thermodynamics and heat transport in fundamental physical and chemical processes

·         Includes worked examples, questions, and problem sets for use as a teaching text or to test the reader's understanding

·         Includes many system dynamics models of laboratory experiments

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
734
Condition
New
Series
Graduate Texts in Physics
Number of Pages
734
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493937028
SKU
V9781493937028
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

Reviews for The Dynamics of Heat: A Unified Approach to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
From the reviews of the second edition: “A vigorous approach to the exposition of the fundamentals of thermal-fluid sciences by employing a unified approach to thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electricity. Fuchs (Zurich Univ. of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) argues, with extensive topical depth … can be used to describe the dynamics of thermal energy (heat) transport. This flow and balance ... Read more

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