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Fossil-fueled civilization

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sat, 07/18/2015 - 21:26

I'll be teaching an undergraduate course on engineering thermodynamics. We will use the textbook by Cengel and Boles. I will supplement the textbook using my own notes on thermodynamics. Teaching this course will give me an opportunity to revise these notes and add new pieces. Here are notes for the opening lecture.

Energy

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 15:04

The notes and slides are attached. See related notes on thermodynamics.

Carnot Cycle

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 20:54

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ES 181

Notes and slides for a course on engineering thermodynamics. I used the Dover edition of Carnot's book.

Reading list on solid mechanics for engineering students

Submitted by Kewei Li on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 18:02

Entropy

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sun, 10/08/2006 - 21:46

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A dissection of a sample space
Entropy of a dissection of a sample space

Probability

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sun, 10/08/2006 - 18:10

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An experiment that has many possible outcomes
Construct a sample space at a suitable level of detail
Probability of an event
Conditioning
Independent events
Random variable
Use a random variable to specify an event
Use a random variable to dissect a sample space
Probability distribution of a random variable
Variance of a random variable
A dimensionless measure of the fluctuation of a random variable

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Statistical Mechanics

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sun, 10/08/2006 - 18:01

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Update on 14 December 2019. By now I have taught undergraduate thermodynamics three times at Harvard. I have written up my lecture notes as a book, and posted the book online.

Here are sections that I have now:

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