Description: Now in a Third Edition, this book/disk package explains the rationale of thermodynamics from an experimental perspective. It offers a thorough update and is unique in its recognition of the ever-expanding role of the personal computer in engineering practice. Offers a companion CD-ROM that contains: nine executable programs and three spreadsheets for carrying out professional-level calculations; POLYMATH, a general purpose numerical analysis software package; WASP, a computerized steam table; and EQUATIONS OF STATE, a graphics program for visualizing thermodynamic processes in terms of three-dimensional PVT diagrams. It also includes spread sheets that provide details for the numerous book examples involving intensified computing as well as a new chapter that presents the philosophy and practice of modeling thermodynamic systems.

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