Text:WHAT IS THERMODYNAMICS? 1
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Reading Material:THE NATURE OF THERMODYNAMICS 21
Text:THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM,PROPERTY,STATE,AND PROCESS 30
Reading Material:SYSTEMS,PROPER-TIES,STATES,AND PROCESSES 55
Text:PRIMARY FORMULATION OF THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS 67
Reading Material:INTERNAL ENERGY 95
Text:TRADITIONAL FORMULATION OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMO-DYNAMICS 110
Reading Material:INTRODUCTIONTO THE SECOND LAW OF THERMO-DYNAMICS 138
Text:GENERAL METHODOLOGY FOR ENERGY ANALYSIS 153
Reading Material:PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES 176
Text:CARNOT CYCLE 186
Reading Material:CARNOT CYCLE AND CARNOT'S THEOREM 213
Text:THE RANKINE CYCLE AND VAPOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS 223
Reading Material:THE DIESEL CYCLE AND THE STIRLING CYCLE 243
Tex:HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF FLUID MECHANICS 259
Reading Material:SCOPE AND SIGNIF-ICANCE OF FLUID MECHANICS 290
Text:DEFINITION OF A FLUID 301
Reading Material:THE CONCEPT OF A CONTINUUM AND CLASSIFICATION OF FLUID FLOW 324
Appendix1.Index of New Words 336
2.Index of Phrases and Expressions 350
3.Index of Points Treated in Notes and Exereises 355
4.Suggested Answers to Exercises 360
5.Material Sources 425
6.Chinese versions of Texts and Reading Material 428