Chapter 2 Basic concepts, of the course:
Thermodynamics for Engineers

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2 Basic concepts

  1. Systems
    2. System, neighborhood and boundaries; types of systems; Macroscopic versus microscopic views
    Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  2. State, state properties and processes
    3. Definition of a state, a process and a cycle; the concept of equilibrium; types of state properties: extensive, intensive and specific state properties Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  3. Concepts and laws
    4. Relations between concepts and laws; Principle versus theorem Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  4. Dimensions and units
    5. Difference between a dimension and a unit, SI system, primary units, derived units Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  5. Density
    6. Density, specific volume, and related properties; units and how to measure it Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  6. Pressure
    7. Pressure, absolute and gauge; units and how to measure it Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  7. Temperature
    8. Temperature and the Zeroth Law, temperature scales and fixed points; temperature units and how to measure it Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
  8. Conservation of mass
    9. Non-relativistic steady and unsteady continuity equations Video lecture: English text & narration - English text+Arabic narration
    Video worked examples: Example 1 (English) - Example 1 (Arabic); Example 2 (English) - Example 2 (Arabic)
    Exercises and quizzes
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