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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Applications

With Historical Annotations and Many Citations from Avogadro to Zermelo

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Authors:
  1. Ingo Müller

    1. Institut für Prozess- und Verfahrenstechnik Thermodynamik und Thermische Verfahrenstechnik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Wolfgang H. Müller

    1. Fakultät V - Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Self-contained Textbook for graduate students in engineering, chemistry and physics
  • Based on the successful german textbook Müller: Grundzüge der Thermodynamik, 3rd edition
  • Includes exercises, appropriate also for self-studies
  • Both authors have taught thermodynamics to students of engineering, chemistry, physics, and physical chemistry for years
  • Historical annotations offer some relaxing moments during the study
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Prologue on ideal gases and incompressible fluids

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    Pages 1-6

  3. Objectives of thermodynamics and its equations of balance

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    Pages 7-55

  4. Constitutive equations

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    Pages 57-82

  5. Reversible processes and cycles. “p dV thermodynamics” for the calculation of thermodynamic engines

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    Pages 83-104

  6. Entropy

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    Pages 105-133

  7. Entropy as S=k lnW

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    Pages 135-152

  8. Steam engines and refrigerators

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    Pages 153-169

  9. Heat Transfer

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    Pages 171-198

  10. Mixtures, solutions, and alloys

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    Pages 199-250

  11. Chemically reacting mixtures

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    Pages 251-284

  12. Moist air

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    Pages 285-300

  13. Selected problems in thermodynamics

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    Pages 301-342

  14. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes

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    Pages 343-393

  15. Back Matter

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About this book

Thermodynamics is the much abused slave of many masters • physicists who love the totally impractical Carnot process, • mechanical engineers who design power stations and refrigerators, • chemists who are successfully synthesizing ammonia and are puzzled by photosynthesis, • meteorologists who calculate cloud bases and predict föhn, boraccia and scirocco, • physico-chemists who vulcanize rubber and build fuel cells, • chemical engineers who rectify natural gas and distil f- mented potato juice, • metallurgists who improve steels and harden surfaces, • - trition counselors who recommend a proper intake of calories, • mechanics who adjust heat exchangers, • architects who construe – and often misconstrue – ch- neys, • biologists who marvel at the height of trees, • air conditioning engineers who design saunas and the ventilation of air plane cabins, • rocket engineers who create supersonic flows, et cetera. Not all of these professional groups need the full depth and breadth of ther- dynamics. For some it is enough to consider a well-stirred tank, for others a s- tionary nozzle flow is essential, and yet others are well-served with the partial d- ferential equation of heat conduction. It is therefore natural that thermodynamics is prone to mutilation; different group-specific meta-thermodynamics’ have emerged which serve the interest of the groups under most circumstances and leave out aspects that are not often needed in their fields.

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“The book is divided in twelve chapters which describe the fundamentals of thermodynamics and many applications, mainly in machines or chemical reactions. … The whole book is also illustrated with many figures and many historical notes concerning the pioneers of the thermodynamics. Engineers will find here an historical complete introduction of thermodynamics going to modern developments. Mathematicians involved in partial differential equations (pde) will find the physical and historical context which leads to the famous heat or wave equations, among other pdes.” (Alain Brillard, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1168, 2009)

“This is a remarkable book, which presents in a systematic way the fundamental aspects of classical thermodynamics. … The interesting feature of the book is that all applications are described using the rigorous concepts of thermodynamics. The book contains also many historical annotations and many mini-biographies of the pioneers. … The authors formulate and exploit the second law of thermodynamics, together with the concept of entropy. … The book ends with some studies about flames, linear viscoelasticity and shape memory alloys.” (Elvira Barbera, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 b)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Prozess- und Verfahrenstechnik Thermodynamik und Thermische Verfahrenstechnik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Ingo Müller

  • Fakultät V - Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Wolfgang H. Müller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Applications

  • Book Subtitle: With Historical Annotations and Many Citations from Avogadro to Zermelo

  • Authors: Ingo Müller, Wolfgang H. Müller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74648-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-74645-4Published: 11 May 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09411-8Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-74648-5Published: 12 March 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 404

  • Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics

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