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Index of Chapters:

1. Introduction to Thermodynamics

2. The First Law of Thermodynamics

3. The First Law Applied to Engineering Cycles
4. Background to the Second Law of Thermodynamics
5. The Second Law of Thermodynamics

6. Applications of the Second Law

7. Entropy on the Microscopic Scale

8. Power Cycles with Two-Phase Media

9. Introduction to Propulsion

10. Integral Momentum Equation

11. Aircraft Engine Performance

12. Energy Exchange with Moving Blades

13. Aircraft Performance

14. Rocket Performance

15. Generating Heat: Thermochemistry

16. Conductive Heat Transfer

17. Convective Heat Transfer

18. Generalized Conduction and Convection

19. Radiation Heat Transfer

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Lecture	Date	Topic	Reading Assignments
T1	9/5	Course Introduction and Thermodynamic Concepts	Chapters 1.1 - 1.2
T2	9/8	Changing the State of a System with Heat and Work	Chapter 1.3
T3	9/9	Conservation of Energy - First Law of Thermodynamics	Chapters 2.1 - 2.2
T4	9/10	Enthalpy, Specific Heats	Chapters 2.3 - 2.4
T5	9/12	Control Volume Form of Conservation Laws	Chapter 2.5.1 - 2.5.2
T6	9/17	More on Control Volume Form of Conservation Laws	Chapter 2.5.1 - 2.5.2
T7	9/18	Stagnation Temperature and Stagnation Enthalpy	Chapter 2.5.3
T8	9/26	Example Applications of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics	Chapter 2.5.4
T9	9/29	Engineering Cycles - The Carnot Cycle	Chapter 3.1 - 3.3
T10	10/1	Refrigerators and Heat Pumps	Chapter 3.4
T11	10/6	Otto and Diesel Cycles	Chapters 3.5 - 3.6
T12	10/7	Brayton Cycle	Chapter 3.7
T13	10/9	Gas Turbine Technology and Thermodynamics	Chapter 3.7.2
T14	10/16	Reversibility and Irreversibility in Natural Processes	Chapter 4.1 - 4.3
T15	10/17	The Second Law of Thermodynamics	Chapter 5.1 - 5.2
T16	10/20	The Gibbs Equation	Chapter 5.3
T17	10/22	Entropy Changes	Chapter 5.4 - 5.5
T18	10/24	Limitations on Useful Work	Chapter 6.1
T19	10/30	T-s and h-s Diagrams	Chapter 6.3 - 6.4
T20	10/31	Lost Work	Chapter 6.5
T21	11/3	Unavailable Energy (Lost Work by Another Name)	Chapter 6.6
T22	11/5	Examples of Lost Work in Engineering Processes	Chapter 6.7
T23	11/13	More Examples of Lost Work in Engineering Processes	Chapter 6.7