COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERMODYNAMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 2011 THERMODYNAMICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RABIA TANEL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To introduce fundamental concepts and laws of thermodynamics. Make students to understand meanings of these concepts and laws, relationships between them.
To relate fundamental concepts and laws of thermodynamics with everyday life examples. To gain ability of problem solving by using Thermodynamics laws.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe the concepts which define macroscopic systems such as temperature, heat, pressure, internal energy and entropy.
2   Being able to describe the laws of Thermodynamics.
3   Being able to grasp the relationships between fundamental Thermodynamics concepts which define macroscopic systems such as temperature, heat, pressure, internal energy, entropy.
4   Being able to relate the laws of thermodynamics with everyday life examples and being able to give samples.
5   Being able to solve a faced problem or difficulty by using the laws of Thermodynamics.
6   Being able to describe the importance of the concepts and laws of Thermodynamics with justification.
7   Being able to give original, new examples on the laws of Thermodynamics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Thermodynamics and energy, closed and open systems, forms of energy, properties of system
2 State and equilibrium, state changes and cycles, state assumptions
3 Pressure, temperature and zero law of thermodynamics
4 Pure substance, phases of pure substance, phase changes of pure substance,
5 Characteristic diagrams, compressibility multiplier, other state equations
6 First law of thermodynamics, heat transfer / expansion, work
7 Internal energy, enthalpy and specific heat of ideal gases, internal energy, enthalpy and specific heat of solid and liquid,
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Thermodynamic analysis of control volumes, continuous flow open system, time varying open system
10 Introduction to the second law of thermodynamics; thermal energy stores, heat machines, cooling machines and heat pumps
11 Reversible and irreversible state changes, Carnot's principles
12 Carnot refrigerator and heat pump, Clausius inequality
13 Entropy, entropy increase principle, reasons for entropy change
14 Some continuous flow machines; Clapeyron equation.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Çengel, Y. A., Boles, M. A., Çeviren: Taner Derbentli, Mühendislik Yaklaşımıyla Termodinamik, McGraw-Hill-Literatür Yayıncılık, 1996.
2. Jones, J. B., Dugan, R. E., Çeviren: Hamra Atılgan, Mühendislik Termodinamiği, Beta Basım Yayım, 2003.
3. Recep Yamankaradeniz, Mühendislik Termodinamiğinin Temelleri, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2004.
4. Serway, R.A., Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik., Cilt I. (Çeviri Editörü: Çolakoğlu, K.),
Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, question and answer method, problem solving, active learning methods, group study, experimenting

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 1 4
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 69

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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