This course is a continutation of AME 20231, Thermodynamics. The course will cover fundamental topics which are in widespread use in industries such as automotive/aircraft engine design, large scale power generation, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. The course is also useful to anyone considering graduate study in the thermal sciences. Some of the topics give more depth to topics covered in AME 20231, and many topics are new. Topics which are continued include a detailed coverage of a wide variety of thermodynamic cycles.  New topics include thermodynamics of mixtures (e.g. water/air, influence of humidity), mathematical foundations of thermodynamics, equilbrium chemistry, introduction to finite-rate combustion, and, if time permits, compressible flows.

The class will use the text of Sonntag, Borgnakke, and Van Wylen. Some material will be drawn from other sources, to be determined. Weekly homeworks will be assigned which will at times include some computational work requiring the use of matlab, mathematica, or a compiled language. There will be two examinations a final examination.