Review-journals In Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics may be a branch of physics which deals with the energy and work of a system. It was born within the 19th century as scientists were first discovering the way to build and operate steam engines. Thermodynamics deals only with the large-scale response of a system which we will observe and measure in experiments. Small scale gas interactions are described by the kinetic theory of gases of gases. Some of the principles are more easily understood in terms of thermodynamics and a few principles are more easily explained by kinetic theory of gases. There are three types of principal laws of thermodynamics which are described on separate slides. Each law results in the definition of thermodynamic properties which help us to know and predict the operation of a physical system. We will present some simple samples of these laws and properties for a spread of physical systems, although we are most curious about thermodynamics within the study of propulsion systems and high-speed flows. Fortunately, many of the classical samples of thermodynamics involve gas dynamics. Unfortunately, the numbering system for the three laws of thermodynamics is a bit confusing. We begin with the zeroth law. The zeroth law of thermodynamics involves some simple definitions of thermodynamic equilibrium. Thermodynamic equilibrium results in the large-scale definition of temperature, as against the small-scale definition associated with the K.E. of the molecules.