Engineering guides
Thermodynamics & fluid mechanics
The difficult concepts made clear, each with a diagram and a solved problem worked through to the answer.
The first law of thermodynamics explained with solved problems
Energy is never created or destroyed, only moved as heat and work. Here is what that means for closed and open systems, with two problems solved step by step.4 min readHeat transfer fundamentals: conduction, convection and radiation
The three ways heat moves, the formula for each, and how thermal resistances add up through a wall, with a step-by-step insulated wall problem and a radiation example.4 min readOtto and Diesel cycles explained with solved problems
How petrol and diesel engines turn heat into work, the ideal cycles behind them, their efficiency formulas, and two problems solved step by step.5 min readBernoulli's equation explained with a solved numerical
What Bernoulli's equation says about pressure, speed and height in a moving fluid, when it applies, and two problems solved step by step to a final answer with units.4 min readReynolds number and fluid flow: laminar vs turbulent
What the Reynolds number measures, how it predicts laminar or turbulent flow, why that changes friction and pressure loss, and two flow problems solved step by step.4 min readNeed this designed or explained for your team?
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