Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: Graduate Status in Mechanical Engineering OR Instructor Consent.
Description
Meets with ME EN 5600. Thermodynamic probability, statistical mechanics for systems of independent particles, the partition function, macroscopic thermodynamic properties for gases and solids from basic particle behavior. Course content will include topics such as Maxwell's equations, biothermodynamics and applied thermodynamics. See ME EN 5600 prerequisites for expected undergraduate coursework.