Thermodynamices (Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering)

Book Details

• Author: Elias P. Gyftopoulos, Gian Paolo Beretta

• Publisher: Dover

• Language: English

• ISBN: 9780486439327

• Pages: 800

• Cover: Paperback

• Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches

About the Book

"Thermodynamics: Foundations and Applications" by Elias P. Gyftopoulos and Gian Paolo Beretta is a comprehensive, authoritative text designed for both undergraduate and graduate students. This milestone work provides a foundational understanding of thermodynamics, making it an essential reference for physicists, engineers, and anyone looking to master the subject. The authors take great care to discuss basic concepts and applications in complete detail, ensuring generality and logical consistency, and eliminating the ambiguities often found in traditional presentations.

The book covers thermodynamic principles at varying levels of complexity:

• Introductory Level: Heat engines, stable equilibrium-state models for ideal gases, incompressible fluids, solid behaviors, energy conversion systems, and thermodynamic efficiency.

• Intermediate Level: Ideal and non-ideal mixtures, chemical reactions, chemical equilibrium, and combustion processes.

• Advanced Level: The text introduces a non-traditional order of concepts, starting with energy and entropy before defining temperature and heat, leading to rigorous general definitions of energy and entropy applicable to all systems (both large and small, few- and many-particle systems), and all states (stable and non-stable equilibrium, and non-equilibrium).

The authors emphasize the use of energy and entropy balances as powerful analytical tools, providing worked-out examples and end-of-chapter problems that help readers understand their application in real-world scenarios.

With this detailed treatment, "Thermodynamics: Foundations and Applications" serves as a unique and valuable resource for students and professionals, offering clarity and depth in its discussion of thermodynamic concepts and applications. Whether you're studying for an exam or seeking a reference for research, this book is an indispensable guide in the field of thermodynamics.