THERMODYNAMICS
Video lectures by Pervez Hoodbhoy in English and Urdu
These lectures are suitable for undergraduate level teaching (years 16-20) and provide the conceptual foundations of thermodynamics. Although several examples are worked out here, for a fuller grasp of the subject students should work out at least some problems in the texts recommended below.
Module 1.4
- Reversible and irreversible processes
- Isothermal expansion of a gas
- Adiabatic expansion of a gas
- Free expansion of a gas
- Application: speed of sound
Recommended textbooks and materials:
- Feynman Lectures in Physics – chapters 44, 45, 46
- Principles of Thermodynamics, Jean-Philippe Ansermet and Sylvain D. Brechet
- Essential Classical Thermodynamics, Ulf W. Gedde
- Problems and Solutions on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, World Scientific
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Thermodynamics Made Easy – Module 1.4 (English) – The Black Hole · April 12, 2022 at 3:54 pm
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