Aim
The purpose of the course is that that the student should achieve basic knowledge and skills in technical (engineering) thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to define and/or clarify in short certain basic concepts, principles and phenomena in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics

• be able to describe shortly and generally formulate the basic relations considering properties of pure substances, mass and energy conservation, entropy generation and momentum balance, with a basic understanding of their limitations and applicability

• be able to account for and derive, from basic relations, certain technical important relations, within the scope of the subject

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to demonstrate a good engineering handling practice of property tables and diagrams and to be able to solve, in a systematic manner, basic energy- and fluid-related problems

• be able to shortly describe, clarify and analyse certain thermodynamic processes of technical importance

• be able to apply control volume analysis to the balances of mass, energy and linear momentum, for stationary flow with homogeneous in- and outlets

• be able to accomplish a basic fluid mechanical analysis of single pipe systems at stationary incompressible flow conditions

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to produce communication on problem-solving, in written, that is well-structured and illustrative, with clear references to external sources, attention to limitations and accuracy, and which demonstrate understanding of the subject

Contents
Basic concepts of thermodynamics such as temperature, heat, work, energy, entropy, and the basic laws of thermodynamics (primarily the first and second), including applications; properties of pure substances; thermodynamic properties; property diagrams; gas cycles; thermodynamic relations; ideal gas mixtures including air-conditioning. Basic concepts of fluid mechanics; the continuity equation; the Navier-Stokes equations; the extended Bernoulli equation (the energy equation); the linear momentum equation; similarity laws; flow around bodies; laminar and turbulent pipe flow.

Literature
Çengel, Y. A. & Turner, R. H.: Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill 2005. ISBN: 007-123926-X
Eriksson, D. & Norberg, C.: Kompendium i grundläggande strömningslära (in Swedish), Energivetenskaper, LTH 2006.