The course of “Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics” is introducing fundamental aspects of heat flow behavior. Statistical mechanics deals with average effects of large number of individuals.Thermodynamics literally means heat in motion. It is that branch of physics which deals with transformation of heat energy in to mechanical energy and vice versa. It is widely used in the design of heat engine, steam turbines, refrigerator, physical chemistry and chemical physics. To get a deeper inside and understanding in to the laws of thermodynamics, the molecular concept of matter can be incorporated into the study of thermodynamics by means of statistical mechanics.

Prerequisites:

Physics-III

Learning Outcomes:

To enable students to:

Understand the origin of heat and temperature
The basic laws of thermodynamics
The applications of laws controlling the heat phenomena
Understand analyses and design the heat engines, various devices and components working on the basis of heat flow.
Study of thermodynamics by means of statistical mechanics.

Recomended Books/Readings:

1. Fundamental of Classical and Statistical thermodynamics Bimalendu N. Roy Wiley & Sons Inc.,

2. Physics by D. Halliday, R. Resnick and K. S. Krane, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 5th Ed. (2003).

3. Fundamental of Physics by D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker, Extended. John Wiley & Sons Inc., (2008).

4. University Physics by Young, Freedman and Ford, Seers and Zemansky’s Pearson Education Inc., (2008).

5. Thermal Physics by S.C. Garg., R.M. Bansal, C.K.Ghosh, 2nd edition ,McGraw Hill Education Private Limited

6. Thermodynamics & Modern physics by M.Kleem Akhtar, based on 4th & 5th Edition of Physics by D. Halliday, R. Resnick and K. S. Krane,

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