MIT 2.43 Advanced Thermodynamics, Spring 2024
Instructor: Gian Paolo Beretta
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This lecture covers: Definitions of system, property, state, dynamical law, process, weight process. Statement of the First Law. Definition of energy. Energy balance. Definitions of steady, unsteady, nonequilibrium, and stable, unstable and metastable equilibrium states.
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Slides for this lecture: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-43-advanced-thermodynamics-spring-2024/resources/mit2_43_s24_lec01_pdf/
Key moments:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:11 - In 2024 Thermodynamics Turns 200 Years Old!
00:01:51 - Some Pioneers of Thermodynamics
00:03:11 - Reference Books by Members of the “Keenan School”
00:06:21 - Course Outline - Part I
00:11:01 - Course Outline - Part II
00:11:22 - Course Outline - Part III
00:12:11 - Course Outline - Grading Policy
00:15:52 - Begin Review of Basic Concepts and Definitions
00:18:32 - The Loaded Meaning of the Word System
00:28:12 - The Loaded Meaning of the Word Property
00:33:11 - What Exactly Do We Mean by the Word State?
00:46:41 - General Laws of Time Evolution
00:53:11 - Time Evolution, Interactions, Process
00:55:01 - Definition of Weight Process
01:06:01 - Statement of the First Law of Thermodynamics
01:08:51 - Main Consequence of the First Law: Energy
01:11:21 - Additivity and Conservation of Energy
01:15:11 - Exchangeability of Energy via Interactions
01:20:11 - Energy Balance Equation
01:24:11 - States: Steady/Unsteady/Equilibrium/Nonequilibrium
01:28:41 - Equilibrium States: Unstable/Metastable/Stable
01:36:31 - Hatsopoulos-Keenan Statement of the Second Law
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