AE6765: Course Overview
Catalog Description
Thermodynamics of nonreacting and reacting gas mixtures. Introductory quantum theory, statistical thermodynamics and gas kinetic theory.

Course Goals
A student taking this course is should develop a working knowledge of the following subjects:

  1. Thermodynamics of nonreacting and reacting gas mixtures.
  2. Quantum states and energy levels of molecules.
  3. Equilibrium population distribution of molecular energy levels.
  4. Determination of equilibrium thermodynamics properties of gas mixtures from molecular parameters.
  5. Equilibrium kinetic theory of gases.
  6. Basic transport properties of gases.
Prerequisites:
Specific areas/concepts that students should have some familiarity with are:
  1. Undergraduate level thermodynamics (thermodynamic properties, 1st and 2nd Laws)
  2. Some computer modeling capability (Matlab, spreadsheets, etc.)
Texts
    Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics, Vincenti and Kruger, Krieger, 1965.
    The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium (not Required), 4th ed., K. G. Denbigh, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1981.
 Additional Sources:
   Most introductory thermodynamics texts, e.g., Engineering Thermodynamics, Reynolds and Perkins, McGraw-Hill, 1977.
   Atomic Spectra and Atomic Structure, Gerhard Herzberg, Dover, 1944.
   Statistical Thermodynamics, John Lee, Francis Sears and Donald Turcotte, Addison-Wesley, 1963.
   Statistical Mechanics, Donald A. McQuarrie, Harper and Row, 1976.