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This document provides information about the ME 40 Thermodynamics course offered in Fall 2010 at UC Berkeley. It outlines the instructor, teaching assistants, required textbook, prerequisites, meeting times, grading policy, homework and quiz schedules, and exam dates. The course covers topics in thermodynamics over 15 weeks, including properties of pure substances, closed and open systems analysis, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and thermodynamic property relations. Students will complete weekly homework assignments, four in-class quizzes, and a final exam.

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Me 40 Syllabus

This document provides information about the ME 40 Thermodynamics course offered in Fall 2010 at UC Berkeley. It outlines the instructor, teaching assistants, required textbook, prerequisites, meeting times, grading policy, homework and quiz schedules, and exam dates. The course covers topics in thermodynamics over 15 weeks, including properties of pure substances, closed and open systems analysis, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and thermodynamic property relations. Students will complete weekly homework assignments, four in-class quizzes, and a final exam.

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ME 40 Thermodynamics

Fall 2010

Instructor: Professor Robert Dibble


[email protected]
Phone: 510 642 4901
Office: ETCH 6159
OH: TBA

Graduate Student Instructors:

Casey Zak [email protected]


Olivier Causse [email protected]
GSI #3 TBA
Shuk Han Chan [email protected] (grader)

Office: Hesse 136

Text: Cengel, Boles. Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, McGraw


Hill, 2011.
Ed. 5-7 acceptable.

Prerequisites: Chem 1A, Eng 7, Math 1B, Phy 7B.

Lecture: MWF 12-1, 105 Northgate

Final Exam: Friday, December 17, 2010 11:30-2:30 PM

Grading Policy:

Homework 10%
Quizzes (4) 15% each
Final 30%

Attendance: Attendance to the lectures and discussions is expected but not required.

Homework: Homework will be assigned each Monday to be due at the beginning of


class the following Wednesday. 10 minutes after class begins a final call will be made for
homework and after this point no late work will be accepted. A single problem from each
homework set will be chosen and graded. Solutions for all problems will be posted to
Bspace.
Quizzes: Quizzes will be closed book/notes but a textbook will be required for
use of the included steam tables. Both multiple choice and open-ended questions will be
present. What topics are relevant to each quiz will be covered in lecture. The ability to
use the EES problem solving software to perform basic tasks will also be tested (see
below). Each quiz will be curved according to class performance. Cal IDs will be
required in order to take every quiz.

Final: The final will be comprehensive and similar in format to the quizzes
(closed book/notes etc). A significant portion of the problems on the final will come from
the homework sets.

EES: Engineering Equation Solver (EES) is an easy-to-use program that can


solve sets of equations, find thermodynamic properties, and output scripted equations for
use in publications, etc. A year-long license is available for download on the course’s
Bspace page. Students should familiarize themselves with the program because a basic
understanding of its functionality will be tested in the quizzes. It can also be used on
homework sets for quickly finding properties (keep in mind that using tables and
interpolating will still be required for the quizzes). A Windows operating system is
required. If accessing a Windows computer is an issue, contact Casey Zak.

Bspace: The official method of communication for this course will be the course’s
Bspace page. Announcements, grades, homework sets and solutions, as well as additional
documents pertinent to the course can be found here.

Cheating: Don’t do it. If you are unclear what constitutes cheating, especially
regarding homework sets, ask you GSI. As a member of the campus community, you are
expected to demonstrate integrity in all of your academic endeavors and will be evaluated
on your own merits. The consequences of cheating and academic misconduct —
including a formal discipline file, possible loss of future internship, scholarship, or
employment opportunities, and denial of admission to graduate school — are simply not
worth it.

Students with a Disability: If you need disability-related accommodations in this class,


if you have emergency medical information you wish to share with the instructor, or if
you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please inform the
course administrators immediately. Please see the instructor or a GSI privately after class
or during office hours.

Add/Drop: Visit http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates for pertinent


deadlines.
COURSE SCHEDULE:

Week Topic Reading HW


Due
Fri. Aug 27 First day of class Ch. 1,2

Ch. 1: Introduction
Aug. 30 –
Ch. 2: Energy Concepts and Analysis Ch. 3
Sept. 3
Ch. 3: Properties of Pure Substances
Ch. 3 continued Ch. 1,2
Sept. 6 - 10 Ch. 4
Labor Day – Monday Sept. 6
Ch. 4: Analysis of Closed System
Sept. 13-17 Ch. 5 Ch. 3
(Control Mass)
Ch. 5: Analysis of Open Systems (Open
Sept. 20-24 Ch. 6 Ch. 4
Systems)
QUIZ 1 – Monday Sept. 27
Sept. 27-
Ch. 6: The Second Law of Ch. 7 Ch. 5
Oct.1
Thermodynamics
Oct. 4 - 8 Ch. 7: Entropy Ch. 8,9 Ch. 6
Ch. 8: Exergy
Oct. 11-15 Ch. 9 Ch. 7
Ch. 9: Gas Power Cycles
QUIZ 2 – Friday Oct. 22
Oct. 18-22 Ch. 10 Ch. 8,9
Ch. 9 continued
Ch. 10: Vapor and Combined Power
Oct. 25-29 Ch. 11 Ch. 9
Cycles
Nov. 1 - 5 Ch. 11: Refrigeration Cycles Ch. 12 Ch. 10
Ch. 12: Thermo Property Relations
Nov. 8 - 12 Ch. 13 Ch. 11
Ch. 13: Gas Mixtures
QUIZ 3 – Friday Nov. 19
Nov. 15-19 Ch. 14 Ch. 12
Ch. 13 continued
Ch. 14: Gas Vapor Mixtures and Air
Ch.
Nov. 22-26 Conditioning Ch. 13
14,15
No classes Nov. 25,26 - Thanksgiving
Nov. 29 – Ch. 14 continued
Ch. 15 None
Dec. 3 Ch. 15: Chemical Reactions
QUIZ 4 – Friday Dec. 10
Dec. 6 - 10 N/A Ch. 14
Ch. 15 continued
Fri. Dec 17 Final Exam 11:20 – 2:30pm

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