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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Department of Mechanical Engineering

1st Semester 2020-21

ME 579: Advanced Thermodynamics

(L-T-P-S-C: 3-0-0-6-3)
Details of Course Coordinator(s):
Name: Dr. Himanshu Tyagi
Office: Room 327 (2nd Floor) – Satish Dhawan Block (Main Campus)
Phone: 97796-12972 & 01881-232363
Email: himanshu.tyagi[AT]iitrpr.ac.in
Web: http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/smmee/himanshutyagi &
https://sites.google.com/site/tyagihimanshu/teaching
Office hours: By appointment

Details of Teaching Assistant(s):

Name: Mr. Kapil Garg Name: Mr. Vismay Kulkarni
Email: kapil.garg[AT]iitrpr.ac.in Email: 2019mem1043[AT]iitrpr.ac.in
Phone: 82839-24389 Phone: 83297-03968
Office hours: By appointment Office hours: By appointment

Textbook:
1. F. W. Sears and G. L. Salinger, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics,
Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 3rd edition, 1998.

Useful Book(s):
1. M. J. Moran, and H. N. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th edition, John
Wiley and Sons, 2010.
2. Thomas Engel and Philip Reid, Thermodynamics, Statistical thermodynamics, and Kinetics,
Pearson, 2006.
3. H. B. Callen, Thermodynamics and Thermostatistics, 2nd edition, Wiley, 1985.
4. F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, McGraw-Hill, 1965.
5. Lucien Gilles Benguigui, Statistical Mechanics for Beginners, World Scientific, 2010.
6. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Pearson, 1965.
7. R. K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
8. A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 3rd edition, John Wiley and sons, 2006.
9. M. W. Zemansky and R. H. Dittman, Heat and Thermodynamics, 7th edition, McGraw Hill
International Editions, 2007.
10. K. Annamalai, I. K. Puri, M. A. Jog, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 2nd edition, CRC Press,
2011.

Course Content:
Review of first and second law of thermodynamics, Maxwell equations, Joule-Thompson
experiment, irreversibility and availability, exergy analysis, phase transition, types of equilibrium
and stability, multi-component and multi-phase systems, equations of state, chemical
thermodynamics, combustion. Third law of thermodynamics, Kinetic theory of gases- introduction,
basic assumption, molecular flux, equation of state for an ideal gas, collisions with a moving wall,

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principle of equipartition of energy, classical theory of specific heat capacity. Transport

phenomena-intermolecular forces, The van der Waals equation of state, collision cross section,
mean free path, Statistical thermodynamics- introduction, energy states and energy levels, macro
and microscales, thermodynamic probability, B-E, F-D, M-D statistics, distribution function, partition
energy, statistical interpretation of entropy, application of statistics to gases-mono-atomic ideal
gas.

Tentative Marks Distributions*:

Task Range of marks (in percentage)
Assignments/Reports 25% - 35%
Quiz 25% - 35%
End-Semester Exam 30% - 40%
TOTAL 100%

Grading Scheme*:
Institute rules will be followed for assigning the final grade for this course. The minimum pass marks for
this course will be 30%.

*: Please note that this information is currently tentative, and may need to be modified subject to directives received
from the institute in the future, or due to change in COVID-based situation as per future directions from
district/state/central government agencies.

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