Thermodynamics

by Sanford Klein, Gregory Nellis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521195705

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Book Description

This book differs from other thermodynamics texts in its objective which is to provide engineers with the concepts, tools, and experience needed to solve practical real-world energy problems. The presentation integrates computer tools (e.g., EES) with thermodynamic concepts to allow engineering students and practicing engineers to solve problems they would otherwise not be able to solve.

The use of examples, solved and explained in detail, and supported with property diagrams that are drawn to scale, is ubiquitous in this textbook. The examples are not trivial, drill problems, but rather complex and timely real world problems that are of interest by themselves. As with the presentation, the solutions to these examples are complete and do not skip steps. Similarly the book includes numerous end of chapter problems, both typeset and online. Most of these problems are more detailed than those found in other thermodynamics textbooks.

The supplements include complete solutions to all exercises, software downloads, and additional content on selected topics. These are available at the book web site www.cambridge.org/KleinandNellis

Book Reviews

"The quality of the paper and the print are excellent and the handling of the book is easy despite its volume. It deserves a recommendation for students in engineering, but also for physicists who are interested in technical realisation of physical concepts." - Manual Vogel, Contemporary Physics, 2013

"With supplements including software downloads and additional problems and solutions available on an accompanying website, this volume can serve as a lifelong resource for the practicing engineer." - CEP, April 2012

Customer Reviews

This book is essential to any engineering student or practicing engineer. It contains very well thought-through examples from experienced educators. It highlights the essential from the theoretical information in major engineering concepts in a unique way.

I took the Thermodynamics class that Mr. Klein taught at UW-Madison. This is the first edition of the book and also it was the first time he was using it for a class.

Overall the book has a practical solved example problems, all of which are solved in EES, which is great. The downside is that there aren't enough examples. The problems you would like to solve/learn how to do are are at the end of the chapters and these are neither solved nor have a final answer written under them.

I wouldn't recommend this book if you were trying to learn the material for the first time, but if you did want learn extensively about the functionality of EES(which the author created) this is a good book. If there was a solution manual out there(which there isn't, and is available only to instructors) I would say this is a great book. In fact, I'm looking for a good thermodynamics textbook containing EES problems(and the solutions!) right now.