308800 (v.1) Thermodynamics 236

Area:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Once-only

Prerequisite(s):

307529 (v.2) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version
AND
307533 (v.2) Engineering Materials 100 or any previous version
AND
    307535 (v.2) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version
    OR
    307536 (v.2) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version
AND
    307537 (v.2) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version
    OR
    307538 (v.2) Engineering Mathematics 140 or any previous version
AND
307543 (v.3) Electrical Systems 100 or any previous version
AND
310205 (v.1) Engineering Foundations: Design and Processes 100 or any previous version
AND
310206 (v.1) Engineering Foundations: Principles and Communication 100 or any previous version
AND
310207 (v.1) Engineering Programming 100 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Thermodynamic system, control volume, Thermodynamic properties, processes and property diagrams. Thermodynamic equilibrium, zeroth law, work at system boundary, pure substances (steam/gas), ideal gas behaviour, first law, internal energy and enthalpy, heat and work conversion. Cyclic and non-cyclic processes, steady flow energy equation, second law, heat engine and heat pump - reversibility and irreversibility. Second law statements, clausius inequality, entropy as a property and measure of irreversibility.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

030701 Mechanical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External