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| coppercone2:
So I am in the process of slowly reading the AOE 3 and the Master Handbook of Acoustics (found it on this forum), and a few other books on plasma and microwaves (their not as nice though, with plasma I am just glad someone wrote something at all).. and there is also the precision machinery handbook and the more general machineshop bible book.. http://www.roletech.net/books/HandbookAcoustics.pdf Is there a good book on thermodynamics? I mean I don't expect to be excited but I don't really want some reference manual filled with pages and pages and pages of barely explained graphs etc (like some books on plastics I found that were basically unreadable). Also, as a side note, a book on fluidics and turbulence etc (holy shit I wanted to shove a ice pick into my head when I tried to read about this crap). Like things you can read without a professor holding you hostage. |
| ejeffrey:
Man, that's tough. As usual, Wikipedia is a good reference and contains good accessible articles on a lot of individual topics in thermodynamics, but it isn't really a way to learn from scratch. Everything else I know are text books which are maybe not that accessible for beginner self study. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics aren't sexy enough to support the level of 'popular science' books that you get around things like relativity, quantum physics, and particle physics. |
| coppercone2:
I would not call the requirement to be a popsci book, I just mean something that is not trying to beat equations in your head relentlessly. Maybe to clarify, I am looking for something thats basically filled with actual examples and analysis of existing systems much like the AOE is. What I am not looking for is a Sedra Smith (you are getting sleepy... very sleepy), or some BS written by a professor that he can sell for his own class. Like Introduction to Microwave Theory and Measurements, it has some math and stuff but you get cool things like cut-outs of magnetrons, waveguide diagrams, etc. In a class you do the analysis yourself but for branching out into another field, after you know how to setup a mathematical analysis already from another engineering discipline, you can get away with more analysis thats already done for you, especially if you just need to be able to overengineer things safely for a hobby. I am not looking to be challenged, I just want to get rid of misconceptions that I have undoubtedly developed from winging it in these disciplines (i.e. putting theory together based on manufacturers notes). You can almost see the AOE as being a addendum to app notes from LT and stuff. And to better understand the weight of different measures that can be taken to solve a problem |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on December 11, 2018, 03:20:33 am ---Is there a good book on thermodynamics? --- End quote --- This is actually too vague, since thermodynamics breaks down into different branches. For example, a thermodynamics text read by mechanical engineering students will have different content than a thermodynamics text read by chemical engineering students, and both will be different from one read by physics students or by geology students. Sure, there will be overlap and common ground, but the emphasis will be different and some of the symbols used will be different. Also keep in mind that thermodynamics can be one of the most difficult subjects to study. It can easily make your brain hurt. So be careful what you are asking for... |
| coppercone2:
it is defiantly a vicious beast but unlike microwaves its almost completely boring. One of the most 'fun' reads I had on thermodynamics other then stuff about explosions is probably the kiln furnace handbook from Kanthal. But thats in like the static high temperature radiative regime thats useless for most things you want to work on thats not like a nuclear reactor or steel works. What's cool about it though is you can implement what they are talking about with no more then maybe a few masonry drills and a masonry saw (even a harbor freight hand coping masonry blade will work). It's actually pretty cheap compared to something like a constant temperature hydraulic loop. I don't think most EE degrees cover thermodynamics at all unless you take it as an elective *but for gods sake WHY would you put yourself through differential equations for a damn elective*. Also a primer in electronic thermodynamics and thermohydraulics in a FUN form would be linus tech tips on youtube but the worksmanship and parts choice and stuff is poor by high reliability industrial standards (some of his worksmanship is poor and the parts are kinda budget, but I understand since its not a 50000$ machine). It's not stainless tig welded gyrolok with litron parts to be sure. |
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