Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Engineering
Lecture Code K5026011 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 熱力学I
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ネツリキガク 1
Subject Name in
English
Thermodynamics I
Instructor ENDO TAKUMA
Instructor
(Katakana)
エンドウ タクマ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Mon3-4,Weds3-4:ENG 111
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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If face-to-face lectures are impossible by some reasons, the lectures will be given online (on-demand). 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 09 : Mechanical Engineering
Eligible Students
Keywords Heat, Work, Entropy 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Required subject 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Program of Mechanical Systems Engineering
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill.

Program of Transportation Systems
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・The area of environmental engineering and fluid dynamics: Technical knowledge on environmental engineering and fluid dynamics relating to transportation equipment and coexistence
(Abilities and Skills)
・The area of environmental engineering and fluid mechanics: The ability to use technical knowledge on environmental engineering and fluid dynamics to solve issues relating to transportation equipment and coexistence with the environment

Program of Material Processing
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquiring basis of mechanical system, material creation and processing engineering steadily, and being able to apply

Program of Energy Transform Engineering
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
To understand heat, work, and entropy. 
Class Schedule lesson1: Introduction
lesson2: The first law of thermodynamics
lesson3: The second law of thermodynamics (heat, heat bath, Kelvin's theorem, Carnot cycle)
lesson4: The second law of thermodynamics (heat engine, efficiency, temperature)
lesson5: Entropy
lesson6: General thermodynamic relations (equation of state, heat capacity, free energy)
lesson7: General thermodynamic relations (Maxwell's thermodynamic relations, thermodynamic identities)
lesson8: Ideal gas
lesson9: Miscellaneous
lesson10: Midterm examination
lesson11: Gaseous cycle (compressor, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle)
lesson12: Gaseous cycle (Stirling cycle, Brayton cycle, jet engine)
lesson13: Exergy
lesson14: Real-gas effects
lesson15: Phase

midterm examination and term-end examination 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Matsumura and Endo ed., Thermodynamics, Asakura, 2015, ISBN 978-4-254-23794-8 C3353 (in Japanese) 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) PC projector 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
lesson 1: Ch. 1
lesson 2: Ch. 2
lessons 3-4: Ch. 3
lesson 5: Ch. 4
lessons 6-7: Ch. 5
lesson 8: Ch. 7
lesson 9: Ch. 6
lessons 11-13: Ch. 8
lesson 14: Ch. 9
lesson 15: Ch. 13 
Requirements  
Grading Method midterm examination (weight: 50%) and term-end examination (weight: 50%)
60% or more in total is required. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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