Syllabus, Thermodynamics

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Catalog Description

EML 3100. Thermodynamics. Fundamentals of thermodynamics. System description, common properties. Properties of pure substances. Mathematical foundations. First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, closed and open systems. Equations of state and general thermodynamic relations. For non-mechanical engineering majors.

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Instructor

Grader

Schedule

Class times are TR 11:45-1:00 in A 105 (old building).

Textbook

Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach by Yunus A. Çengel and Michael A. Boles. Seventh Edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (2011) ISBN: 007352932x.

Science/Design

Course Topics

Assessment Tools

Grading is at the discretion of the instructors and grader.

Your numerical grade will normally be computed as follows:

Your letter grade will then be assigned according to the following table:

Course Objectives

1. Teach thermodynamics.

Student Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of the course you should be able to:

1. Understand and use thermodynamic property tables. [1]
2. Perform simple graphical analysis of the phase that a substance is in. [1]
3. Compute work performed by an amount of substance during various processes. [1]
4. Apply the first and second laws of thermodynamics to an amount of substance and to a control volume. [1]
5. Compute thermal efficiencies and second law limitations for these. [1]

Samples of specific problems are in the lecture notes, old exams, and in homework assignments.

Numbers in square brackets refer to the Course Objectives above.

Methods of Instruction

Computer Requirements

Students must have an E-mail address and daily check their E-mail. Students must be able to use a Web browser such as Netscape. The class web page can be accessed at

Exams

• No make-up exams will be given. A zero grade will be assigned instead.
• However, you are allowed to miss or fail one exam, including the final. More precisely, your lowest exam will be replaced using the average score of your other three tests.
• Exams are closed book.
• You may bring one handwritten, letter-size, single sheet formula sheet to each exam and the final. Copies of handwritten material, or of anything else, are not acceptable. You can write on the sheet whatever you want, on either side. Invalid formulae sheets result result in the assignment of a zero for the grade for that exam.
• You can and should bring a basic calculator.
• The required tables from the book will be provided: Cengel: Conversion factors, A1-A7, A17, A20, A24-A25.
• Copying or receiving any assistance not explicitly permitted by the instructor is a violation of your honor code and will be pursued vigorously.
• The same for allowing another student to copy.
• Work out and give the answers to at least 5 significant digits where possible.
  You must show for every number that you give where it comes from. (The table used, and the location in that table. Or the formula used to compute the number and the numbers put in it.) Otherwise wrong numbers will receive zero credit and right numbers reduced credit.

Homework

• Homework must be neat. What we cannot easily read, we will not grade. Grading of homework will depend on the availability of a grader. All work and reasoning must be shown to demonstrate your mastery of the material.
• Homework must be handed in at the start of the lecture at which it is due. It may not be handed in at the departmental office or at the end of class. Homework that is not received at the start of class on the due date listed above cannot be made up unless permission to hand in late has been given before the homework is due, or it was not humanly possible to ask for such permission before the class. If there is a chance you may be late in class, hand the homework in to the instructor the day before it is due. (Shove it under his door if necessary.) This also applies to Web students: they must E-mail the homework before the time the class starts.
• Late homework cannot be accepted. A zero grade will be assigned instead.
• However, you are allowed to miss two homeworks. In particular, your lowest two homework grades will be replaced using the average score for the rest of your homework. You still need to know how to do such questions for the exams.
• Homework assignments for each lecture are listed at
  http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/~dommelen/courses/eml3100/14/hw.
• You will find doing homework takes time, but the practice is essential for passing the exams.
• The solutions to all questions will be posted at
  http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/~dommelen/courses/eml3100/14/hwsol
  after the lecture that it is due. You are responsible for checking your own methods and answers against these solutions. If you do not understand the posted answer, see the instructor; office hours are listed above.
• Homework cannot be comprehensive; the selection is intended to give you an hint whether you have major gaps in the most important parts. I am open to suggestions for improvement, but of course, realistically most students only have so much time. If you feel unprepared, additionally do the "Concept-study guide problems" and "How-to" sections.
• If you have problems solving the homework problems, go over the relevant sections in your notes and the book. If you still have problems, please ask for help from the instructor; office hours are listed above. There is not going to be a Deus-ex-machina to allow you to miraculously solve the problems on the exam that you could not do in the homework.
• Working together on homework is highly recommended. You will see more, and catch more mistakes. And it is more fun too. You must however each turn in individual solutions. You need to phrase your own answers and compute your own numbers.
• Copying homework solutions from someone else is never allowed and counts as academic dishonesty. There is a big difference between working together and copying.
• The same for allowing another student to copy your homework.
• Looking at the solution, wether from some solution manual or from another student, while doing the homework or, worse, instead of doing the homework, is going to give you a false sense of security. You will almost certainly be in for a very unpleasant shock at the exams. Please help us reduce the class size next time by passing this time.
• Make sure you keep all returned graded homeworks until you have received your final course grade, in case discrepancies arise.

Important Regulations

Must Check Dates Immediately

Immediately check the dates listed in the schedule above for any conflicts. Enter the exam dates in your planner. If conflicts exist, contact the instructor immediately.

Must Check E-mail Daily

Students must check their e-mail to the address they gave the instructor at least once a day. Failure to do so may result in missed exams and/or other problems.

Copying

• Copying of homework, assignments, or tests is never allowed and will result in a failing or zero grade for the copied work, and other actions. It will also result in a failing or zero grade of the person whose work is being copied if that person could reasonably have prevented the copying.
• However, working together is typically allowed and encouraged for most homeworks, (and sometimes for other take-home assignments,) as long as you present the final results in your own words and using your own line of reasoning. Since close similarities between solutions will reduce credit, it is better not to formally put down anything until you have figured out the problem, and then let each person write their own solution. If it is unclear whether working together is allowed on any assignment, check with the instructor beforehand.

Attendance Policy

Initial attendence

FSU students are dropped if not present the first day of classes. FAMU students are dropped if not attending at the end of the first week.

Excused absences

You should contact the instructor as soon as possible when the need for an excused absence arrives.

Excused absences include documented illness, deaths in the immediate family and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities. Accommodations for these excused absences will be made and will do so in a way that does not penalize students who have a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness. See however the notification requirements below.

Please note that the College of Engineering has a restrictive interpretation of what is considered a valid excuse for an absence. See:
http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/current/undergraduate/guide.html
If an absence is to be excused, make sure you check beforehand. In case of excused absence, the instructor will work with you to help you make up for missed time and catch up, subject to the notification requirements below.

Classes are not suspended at the College of Engineering unless they are suspended at both institutions. If you are required to attend a university event, you can receive an excused absence. Otherwise, your absence is considered unexcused.

You must notify me in the first week of the semester if you will need an excused absence during a scheduled examination for observance of a religious holy day. If you will need such an absence for a planned event, you must notify me at the start of the semester, or the day that the event is scheduled if later. If an emergency prevents you from attending a scheduled examination, you must notified me at your earliest opportunity, by e-mail (check that you get a timely response from me), phone, or in person. Please provide official documentation of event or emergency. In case the notification procedures are not followed, no make up examination will be given and a zero will be assigned.

Unexcused absences

A student having more than four unexcused absences will be dropped from the course and assigned the grade F. No exceptions. Tests and exams missed because of unexcused absence receive the grade 0. No exceptions.

Other projects and activities missed completely receive the grade 0 for those projects or activities. No exceptions except as may be noted elsewhere in this syllabus. Homework handed in after the due date and time will receive a zero or greatly reduced credit depending on circumstances and any regulations elsewhere in this syllabus.

Consequential loss of credit

Failure to properly complete homework, tests, assignments, etcetera due to changes in date, assignment, etcetera, that you did not know about due to failure to check e-mail, unexcused absence, lateness, or inattentiveness will not be excused and cannot be made up.

Extract of College Policy

It is the policy of the College not to assign “plus and minus (+/-)” grades for undergraduate engineering courses.
http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/current/undergraduate/guide.html

Any student who has repeated attempts in one or more engineering courses may be subject to academic sanctions including but not limited to warning, probation, suspension, or dismissal from their engineering program. Students should contact the department of their engineering major for more information regarding this policy.

Learning outcomes/compacts

Engineering program outcomes/student learning outcomes:
http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/outcomes

Engineering academic learning compact:
http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/about/accreditation/outcomes.html

Florida State University academic learning compact:
http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/smalcs/learningCompact.cfm?smalcId=57339

Honor Policy}

Students are expected to uphold their University Student Code of Conduct and/or Academic Honor Code. You must read this code if you have not yet done so.

• Florida A&M University is committed to academic honesty and its core values which include scholarship, excellence, accountability, integrity, fairness, respect, and ethics. These core values are integrated into its academic honesty policy. Being unaware of the Academic Honesty Policy is not a defense to violations of academic honesty. Academic Honesty Policy violations shall be reported and appropriate actions taken by the department chair and associate dean for student affairs and curriculum. The complete Florida A\&M Student Code of Conduct - Regulation 2.012 (10) (s) can be found at
  http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?judicialAffairs&StudentCodeofConduct
• The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University’s expectations for the integrity of students’ academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to "... be honest and truthful and ... [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University." The complete Florida State University Academic Honor Policy can be found at
  http://fda.fsu.edu/Academics/Academic-Honor-Policy

Possible sanction for violations of your code of conduct and/or honor code include but are not limited to:

• a failing grade on an exam or assignment,
• a failing grade in the course,
• dismissal from the academic program,
• dismissal from the university.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should:

• Register with and provide documentation to the appropriate university office. For FAMU students, this is the Learning Development and Evaluation Center (LEDC). For FSU students this is the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC);
• Bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type.

For more information about services available to students with disabilities:

• FAMU Students should contact:
  

  Learning Development and Evaluation Center (LDEC)
  677 Ardelia Court
  Florida A\&M University
  Nathaniel Holmes, Director
  Donna Shell, Asst. Director
  (850) 599-3180 (voice)
  (850) 561-2512 (fax)
  (850) 561-2783 (TDD)
  http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?a=EOP&p=ADA

• FSU Students should contact:

  Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC)
  874 Traditions Way
  108 Student Services Building
  Florida State University
  Tallahassee, FL 32306-4167
  (850) 644-9566 (voice)
  (850) 644-8504 (TDD)
  sdrc@admin.fsu.edu
  http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu/

Non-Discrimination Policy Statement

• The Florida A&M University statement can be found at:
  http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?EOP&NON-DISCRIMINATIONPOLICYSTATEMENT
• The Florida State University statement can be found at:
  http://www.hr.fsu.edu/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.pdf

Exceptions

The instructor might wave some regulation on a case-by-case basis depending on his subjective determination of fairness and appropriateness. This will occur only under exceptional circumstances and should not be assumed. Especially, never assume that a seemingly minor regulation will be waived because the instructor has waived it in the past. A second appeal to waive a minor regulation will probably indicate to the instructor that the regulation is not being taken seriously and most likely refused. Any appeal to the instructor will further be refused a priori unless it is made at the earliest possible moment by phone and/or by E-mail. Do not wait until you are back in town, say.

Syllabus Change Policy

Except for changes that substantially affect implementation of the evaluation (grading) statement, this syllabus is a guide for the course and is subject to change with advance notice.