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Research Into the Origins of Engineering Thermodynamics by Adrian Bejan is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Research Into the Origins of Engineering Thermodynamics about?
This paper draws attention to a series of misconceptions and misstatements regarding the origin and meaning of some of the most basic concepts of engineering thermodynamics. The six examples exhibited in the paper relate to the concepts of reversibility, entropy, mechanical equivalent of the calorie, the first law of thermodynamics for open systems, enthalpy and the Diesel cycle. A complete list of the pioneering references concludes the paper.
Who reads Research Into the Origins of Engineering Thermodynamics?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Adrian Bejan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0735-1933)
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)