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Thermodynamics
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Syllabus
- How to relate the zeroth, first and second laws to basic thermodynamic properties, like energy, temperature, and entropy, and to interactions like work and heat
- How to interpret entropy change and entropy production and the related terms isentropic and reversible
- How to derive property relations in an easy manner, and get used to the steam tables
- Solve problems by applying the first and second law of thermodynamics
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Instructors
Upendra Bhandarkar
Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
IITBombay
Uday N. Gaitonde
Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
IITBombay
M D Atrey
Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
IIT Bombay
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