ME 5720 - Advanced Thermodynamics

Conditions of equilibrium, process and thermodynamic engines, the extremum principle, Maxwell relations, stability of thermodynamic systems, phase transitions, chemical thermodynamics, irreversible thermodynamics, and introduction to the statistical thermodynamics.

Note: Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ME 4310 and ME 4320, with a grade of “B” or better in all prerequisites; or instructor approval.

Credits: 3 hours

Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (3 - 0)