Use this schedule to plan your reading and studying. The topic sequence is good, but the actual dates will change based on our progress.
Readings are keyed to Sonntag, Borgnakke, and Van Wylen Fundamentals of Thermodynamics (6th ed.).
| August 22 | Administrivia | |
| Thermodynamics: Introduction | Text p. 14 | |
| Definitions | Text pp. 14-18 | |
| August 24 | Definitions | Text pp. 14-18 |
| Concept Review: Moles | Text pp. 19-20 | |
| Concept Review: Force | Text pp. 20 | |
| August 26 | Concept Review: Force | Text pp. 20 |
| Pressure | Text pp. 25-31 | |
| August 29 | Pressure | Text pp. 25-31 |
| August 31 | Energy | Text pp. 21-23 |
| Phase Behavior | Text pp. 44-51 | |
| September 2 | Phase Behavior | Text pp. 44-51 |
| September 7 | Thermodynamic Tables | Text pp. 51-59 |
| September 9 | Thermodynamic Tables | Text pp. 51-59 |
| September 12 | Equations of State | Text pp. 61-69 |
| September 14 | Equations of State | Text pp. 61-69 |
| September 16 | Work | Text pp. 84-99 |
| September 19 | Work | Text pp. 84-99 |
| Heat | Text pp. 100-01 | |
| Heat Transfer | Text pp. 101-03 | |
| September 21 | First Law Analysis (Closed Systems) | Text pp. 116-24, 141-43 |
| September 23 | Internal Energy | Text pp. 124-26 | Enthalpy | Text pp. 130-33 |
| September 26 | Specific Heat | Text pp. 133-35 |
| Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases | Text pp. 135-41 | |
| September 28 | Thermodynamic Properties of Solids & Liquids | |
| Polytropic Processes | ||
| Closed System Example | ||
| September 30 | Closed System Example | |
| October 3 | Conservation of Mass | Text pp. 143-44, 162-65 |
| First Law Analysis: Open Systems | Text pp. 165-67 | |
| October 5 | Steady Flow Processes | Text pp. 167-69 |
| October 7 | Common Steady Flow Devices | Text pp. 169-83 |
| October 10 | Test 1 | |
| October 12 | Common Steady Flow Devices | Text pp. 169-83 |
| Steady Flow Mixing Problems | ||
| October 14 | Steady Flow Examples | |
| October 24 | Uniform State/Uniform Flow Processes | Text pp. 183-93 |
| October 26 | Uniform State/Uniform Flow Processes | Text pp. 183-93 |
| October 28 | Heat Engines | Text pp. 214-20 |
| October 31 | Thermal Efficiency | Text pp. 214-20 |
| 2nd Law of Thermodynamics | Text pp. 220-23 | |
| November 2 | Reversibility | Text pp. 223-27 |
| Carnot Cycle | Text pp. 227-33, 236-39 | |
| November 4 | Entropy | Text pp. 251-57 |
| November 7 | Test 2 | |
| November 9 | Entropy Data | Text pp. 257-59 |
| Calculating Entropy Changes: Reversible Processes | Text pp. 259-64 | |
| November 11 | Calculating Entropy Changes: Closed Irreversible Processes | Text pp. 264-66 |
| November 14 | Entropy Generation and Increase | Text pp. 266-72 |
| November 16 | Process Entropy Changes | Text pp. 272-82 |
| November 18 | 2nd Law Analysis of Open Systems | Text pp. 282, 302-3, 316-17 |
| November 21 | 2nd Law Analysis of Open Systems | Text pp. 282, 302-3, 316-17 |
| 2nd Law Analysis of Flow Processes | Text pp. 304-16 | |
| November 23 | Test 3 | &nbps |
| November 28 | Mechanical Energy Balance | Text pp. 304-16 |
| November 30 | Efficiency | Text pp. 317-23 |
| December 2 | Efficiency | Text pp. 317-23 |
| December 5 | Assessment Quiz | |
| December 7 | General Review | |
| December 9 | Test 4 | |
| December 13 | Final Exam |
Revised: 7 July 2011 by RMP