| Course Name | Engineering Thermodynamics |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ME 201 | Fall | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course focuses on classical thermodynamics. Constructs the principles of thermodynamics such as mass, heat, energy, work, efficiency, ideal, and real thermodynamic cycles and processes. Covers open and closed systems, perfect gas law, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics with their applications in several engineering fields. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Heat, work, kinetic theory of gases, equation of state, thermodynamics system, control volume, first and second laws of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, introduction to basic thermodynamic cycles, system applications, entropy |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Basic concepts of temperature, temperature scales, pressure, and absolute and gage pressure and basic principles of thermodynamics such as system, state, state postulate, equilibrium, process, and cycle. | Textbook: Chapter 1 |
| 2 | Introduction to concepts of energy, forms of energy, three mechanisms of heat transfer, work, first law, energy balances. | Textbook: Chapter 2 |
| 3 | Pure substance and a discussion of the physics of phase-change processes. Demonstration the property tables and property diagrams, The compressibility factor, the equations of van der Waals, Beattie-Bridgeman, and Benedict-Webb-Rubin | Textbook: Chapter 3 |
| 4 | The moving boundary work, the conservation of energy principle for closed systems, and development of the general energy balance applied to closed systems | Textbook: Chapter 4 |
| 5 | Specific Heats, specific heat at constant volume and the specific heat at constant pressure, internal energy and enthalpy change in incompressible substances, thermodynamics aspects of biological systems | Textbook: Chapter 4 |
| 6 | Review and Midterm Exam I | |
| 7 | Conservation of mass principle, application of mass conservation to various systems, application the first law of conservation of energy principle to control volumes. | Textbook: Chapter 5 |
| 8 | Steady flow processes, analysis of steady flow devices, energy balance to general unsteady-flow processes | Textbook: Chapter 5 |
| 9 | The second law of thermodynamics, the valid processes as those statisfy both the first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermal energy reservoirs, reversible and irreversible processes | Textbook: Chapter 6 |
| 10 | Carnot Cycle, carnot principles, the idealized Carnot heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps | Textbook: Chapter 6 |
| 11 | Review and Midterm II | |
| 12 | Entropy to quantify the second-law effects, the increase of entropy principles, entropy changes in pure substances | Textbook: Chapter 7 |
| 13 | Isentropics processes, the reversible stady-flow work and the isentropics efficiencies of various devices, entropy balance | Textbook: Chapter 7 |
| 14 | Entropy balance | Textbook: Chapter 7 |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Yunus Çengel and Michael A. Bowles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill Book Company, Ninth Edition, 2019. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Moran, MJ; Shapiro, HN; Boettner, DD; Bailey, MB, “Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics (8th edition), Wiley, Singapore ISBN: 978-1-118-96088-2 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
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| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 15 |
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| Midterm | 1 | 35 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
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| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 3 | 6 | |
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| Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To have theoretical and practical knowledge that have been acquired in the area of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Aerospace Engineering. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to assess, analyze and solve problems by using the scientific methods in the area of Aerospace Engineering. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to design a complex system, process or product under realistic limitations and requirements by using modern design techniques. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to develop, select and use novel tools and techniques required in the area of Aerospace Engineering. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop communication skills, ad working ability in multidisciplinary teams. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to communicate effectively in verbal and written Turkish; writing and understanding reports, preparing design and production reports, making effective presentations, giving and receiving clear and understandable instructions. | |||||
| 8 | To have knowledge about global and social impact of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; to have knowledge about contemporary issues as they pertain to engineering; to be aware of the legal ramifications of Aerospace Engineering solutions. | |||||
| 9 | To be aware of professional and ethical responsibility; to have knowledge about standards utilized in engineering applications. | |||||
| 10 | To have knowledge about industrial practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; to have awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; to have knowledge about sustainable development. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the area of Aerospace Engineering, and to be able to communicate with colleagues in a foreign language (‘‘European Language Portfolio Global Scale’’, Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To recognize the need for lifelong learning; to be able to access information, to be able to stay current with developments in science and technology; to be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to Aerospace Engineering. | |||||
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