“A vigorous approach to the exposition of the fundamentals of thermal-fluid sciences by employing a unified approach to thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electricity. Fuchs (Zurich Univ. of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) argues, with extensive topical depth … can be used to describe the dynamics of thermal energy (heat) transport. This flow and balance of entropy model is featured throughout the text with a system dynamics approach. … an invaluable self-study reference for advanced readers in the field. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers/faculty and professionals in thermal-fluid sciences.”
Solutions Manual for The Dynamics of Heat by Hans U. Fuchs Overview
This manual contains solutions to roughly half the problems in The Dynamics of Heat by Hans Fuchs. It should thus be of great use both to instructors teaching the course and to students who wish to test their understanding.
Based on courses for students of science, engineering, and systems science at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences at Winterthur, this text approaches the fundamentals of thermodynamics from the point of view of continuum physics. By describing physical processes in terms of the flow and balance of physical quantities, the author achieves a unified approach to hydraulics, electricity, mechanics and thermodynamics. In this way, it becomes clear that entropy is the fundamental property that is transported in thermal processes (i.e., heat), and that temperature is the corresponding potential. The resulting theory of the creation, flow, and balance of entropy provides the foundation of a dynamical theory of heat. This extensively revised and updated second edition includes new material on dynamical chemical processes, thermoelectricity, and explicit dynamical modeling of thermal and chemical processes. To make the book more useful for courses on thermodynamics and physical chemistry at different levels, coverage of topics is divided into introductory and more advanced and formal treatments. Previous knowledge of thermodynamics is not required, but the reader should be familiar with basic electricity, mechanics, and chemistry and should have some knowledge of elementary calculus. The special feature of the first edition – the integration of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and chemical processes – has been maintained and strengthened. Key Features: Presents a unified approach to thermodynamics and heat transport in fundamental physical and chemical processesFirst revised edition of a successful text/reference in fourteen yearsMore than 25 percent new materialProvides worked examples, questions, and problem sets for use as a teaching text or for self testingIncludes many system dynamics models of laboratory experiments
Based on courses for students of science, engineering, and systems science at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences at Winterthur, this text approaches the fundamentals of thermodynamics from the point of view of continuum physics. By describing physical processes in terms of the flow and balance of physical quantities, the author achieves a unified approach to hydraulics, electricity, mechanics and thermodynamics. In this way, it becomes clear that entropy is the fundamental property that is transported in thermal processes (i.e., heat), and that temperature is the corresponding potential. The resulting theory of the creation, flow, and balance of entropy provides the foundation of a dynamical theory of heat. This extensively revised and updated second edition includes new material on dynamical chemical processes, thermoelectricity, and explicit dynamical modeling of thermal and chemical processes. To make the book more useful for courses on thermodynamics and physical chemistry at different levels, coverage of topics is divided into introductory and more advanced and formal treatments. Previous knowledge of thermodynamics is not required, but the reader should be familiar with basic electricity, mechanics, and chemistry and should have some knowledge of elementary calculus. The special feature of the first edition – the integration of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and chemical processes – has been maintained and strengthened. Key Features: Presents a unified approach to thermodynamics and heat transport in fundamental physical and chemical processesFirst revised edition of a successful text/reference in fourteen yearsMore than 25 percent new materialProvides worked examples, questions, and problem sets for use as a teaching text or for self testingIncludes many system dynamics models of laboratory experiments
Solutions Manual for The Dynamics of Heat by Hans U. Fuchs Review
This thermodynamics textbook is different from the typical treatment. Instead of developing entropy as an abstract mathematical concept loosely connected with "disorder", Fuchs views entropy as a fluid, much like we view charge or momentum as a fluid. It is an odd fluid to be sure, since it is not conserved and is created in dissipative processes. Nevertheless, this approach allows us to bring much of our intuition of fluids to bear on thermo problems. As a result, we can know entropy in both a mathematical sense and an intuitive sense, and thus be more comfortable with the concept. The analogy to a fluid turns out to be a pretty good one. For instance, consider the comparison to electric charge. Currents of charge are driven by gradients of a potential. Currents of entropy are driven by gradients in temperature. Currents of energy are carried along with currents of charge. Likewise, currents of energy are carried with currents of entropy. Once you start thinking in these terms, problems that seemed very complex are suddenly straightforward.The book covers a wide range of topics in thermodynamics, plus there are chapters on related topics. There are many detailed example problems throughout the text, which help drive home the concepts, and there are many problems at the end of each chapter (without solutions). It looks like the book is designed primarily to be a textbook for undergraduate thermodynamics classes, but I bought it for self study and found it very readable and enjoyable.
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