Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics

by Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471737593

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Book Description

Offering a concise, highly focused approach, Sonntag and Borgnakke's Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics, 2nd Edition is ideally suited for a one-semester course or the first course in a thermal-fluid sciences sequence.

Based on their highly successful text, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics, 2nd Edition covers both fundamental principles and practical applications in a more student-friendly format. The authors guide students, from readily measured thermodynamic properties through basic concepts like internal energy, entropy, and the first and second laws, up through brief coverage of psychrometrics, power cycles, and an introduction to combustion and heat transfer.

A focused look at the principles and applications of thermodynamics

Highlights of the Second Edition

• New chapter on Chemical Reactions.
• Revised coverage of heat transfer, with a stronger emphasis on applications.
• New Concept Checkpoints, which allow students to test themselves on how well they understand concepts just presented.
• How-to sections at the end of most chapters, which answer commonly asked questions.
• Revised examples, illustrations, and homework problems, as well as a large number of new problems.
• ThermoNet online tutorials, with accompanying graphics, animations, and video clips. Available online with the registration code in this text.
• Computer-Aided Thermodynamic Tables 2 Software (CATT2) by Claus Borgnakke, provides automated table lookup and interpolation of property data for a wide variety of substances. Available for download on the text's website.

Customer Reviews

This is solid introductory text for several reasons:a) ample example problems, b) a gentle progression for simple to complex subjects, c) concept questions that go beyond simply numbers, d) a how-to section that addresses critical areas typically not understood on first go-round, and e) a concise writing style that differs from most other texts. Well done.

This is a good introductory text, covering both very theoretical derivations and many practical problems related to real world performance of thermodynamic devices (ICs, VCCs, etc). It provides a reasonably sized group of tables for many common gases and refrigerants as an appendix, in both English and Metric units. Having taken a course from the author using the book, I can say that it presents the material in a way well suited for a 1st and 2nd level thermodynamics course.