A CLASS TEST length 2 hours weighted at 100% (learning outcomes 1 and 2)

Module only available to students enrolled on the International Year One Engineering Certificate Programme.

Mechanical Engineering laboratories

Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, YA Cengel, J.M. Cimbala, RH Turner, 4th Edn., McGraw-Hill, 2012, ISBN 0071325115

Thermodynamics-an engineering approach, YA Cengel, MA Boles, McGraw-Hill, 2010, 7th Edn., ISBN-13: 9780071311113

Principles of Engineering thermodynamics, MJ Moran, HN Shapiro, DD Boettner, MB Bailey Wiley, 2012, ISBN 978-0-470-91801-2

Thermodynamic properties and processes, property charts and tables, Zeroth, 1st, and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics. Thermodynamic work. State and equilibrium, cycles, open and closed systems, phase change of pure substances, Ideal gas equation of state, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, specific heat, reversible and irreversible processes.

Learning on all aspects of the contents will be facilitated by attending lectures.
Problem solving and student centred learning(background reading, revision etc)
Contact time: 24hrs lectures; 24 hrs tutorials