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This unit aims to teach the basic laws of thermodynamics and heat transfer. At the end of this unit students will have: an understanding of the basic laws of thermodynamics and heat transfer; The ability to analyse the thermodynamics of a simple open or closed engineering system. The basic knowledge to analyse and design 1D thermal circuits. Course content will include concepts of heat and work, properties of substances, first law of thermodynamics, control mass and control volume analysis, thermal efficiency, entropy, second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, isentropic efficiency, power and refrigeration cycles, heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation, 1D thermal circuits and transient heat transfer.
Code | AMME9262 |
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Academic unit | Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic |
Credit points | 6 |
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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AMME5200 |
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Students are expected to be familiar with basic, first year, integral calculus, differential calculus and linear algebra |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
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