This document outlines the syllabus for the ME 40 Thermodynamics course at UC Berkeley taught by Professor Carlos Fernandez-Pello during the Spring 2018 semester. The course will cover fundamental concepts and applications of thermodynamics over 15 weeks, including topics like the first and second laws of thermodynamics, gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and gas mixtures. Students will complete weekly problem sets, two midterms, and a final exam. The teaching assistants, office hours, and textbook are also listed.
This document outlines the syllabus for the ME 40 Thermodynamics course at UC Berkeley taught by Professor Carlos Fernandez-Pello during the Spring 2018 semester. The course will cover fundamental concepts and applications of thermodynamics over 15 weeks, including topics like the first and second laws of thermodynamics, gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and gas mixtures. Students will complete weekly problem sets, two midterms, and a final exam. The teaching assistants, office hours, and textbook are also listed.
This document outlines the syllabus for the ME 40 Thermodynamics course at UC Berkeley taught by Professor Carlos Fernandez-Pello during the Spring 2018 semester. The course will cover fundamental concepts and applications of thermodynamics over 15 weeks, including topics like the first and second laws of thermodynamics, gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and gas mixtures. Students will complete weekly problem sets, two midterms, and a final exam. The teaching assistants, office hours, and textbook are also listed.
This document outlines the syllabus for the ME 40 Thermodynamics course at UC Berkeley taught by Professor Carlos Fernandez-Pello during the Spring 2018 semester. The course will cover fundamental concepts and applications of thermodynamics over 15 weeks, including topics like the first and second laws of thermodynamics, gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and gas mixtures. Students will complete weekly problem sets, two midterms, and a final exam. The teaching assistants, office hours, and textbook are also listed.
Mechanical Engineering Professor C. Fernandez-Pello
Spring 2018
Lecture: MWF 2:00-3:00, Le Conte 4
Discussion: Th12:00-1:00, Barrows 170; Tu 1:00-2:00 Corey 289; Th 5:00-6:00 Le Conte 2 Instructor: Carlos Fernandez-Pello, 6105A Etcheverry Hall, ferpello@me.berkeley.edu. Phone 510-642-6554 Office hours: MWF 11:00-12:00, 6105A Etch. Hall and by appt. Text: Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, Y.A. Cengel and M. A. Boles, McGraw Hill, Problem Sets: Weekly, due on Friday Grading Policy: Homework 20%, Two Mid-terms 40%, Final Exam 40% Teaching Assistant: Zhenyuan Liu, at zhenyuan@berkeley.edu Office hours: Tu. 3:30-5:00, Th 2:00-3:30 Location Hesse Hall and Abdullah Kuraan at abdullah_kuraan@berkeley.edu Office hours: M, We, 1:00-2:00, Location Hesse Hall
Week Topics Chapter
1 (1/17) Introduction and basic concepts of thermodynamics. 1 2 (1/22) General Energy Analysis 2 3 (1/29) Thermodynamic properties and states. Property diagrams for phase 3/4 change. The first law of thermodynamics 4 (2/5) The first law of thermodynamics for closed systems, and applications 4 5 (2/12) The first law of thermodynamics for control volumes. Analysis and 5 applications to practical systems 6 (2/19) The first law of thermodynamics review. 1-5 7 (2/26) The second law of thermodynamics for enclosed systems and control 6 volumes. MT 1 (2/28) 8 (3/5) Entropy, and property diagrams involving entropy. Reversible work and 7 irreversibility. Isentropic processes 9 (3/12) The first and second law of thermodynamics review. 1-7 10 (3/19) Gas and vapor power cycles 11 (3/26) Spring Recess 9,10 12 (4/2) Refrigeration cycles. Review. MT 2 (4/6) 11 13 (4/9) Gas mixtures 13 14 (4/16) Gas vapor mixtures. Air conditioning 14 15 (4/23) Review (5/8) Final Exam 11:30-2:30