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Undergraduate Course: Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (SCEE08006)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Credits	10
Home subject area	School (School of Engineering)	Other subject area	None
Course website	http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	This course provides a basic grounding in the principles and methods of Classical Thermodynamics. It concentrates on: understanding the thermodynamic laws in relation to familiar experience; phase change, ideal gas and flow processes; using sources of data like thermodynamic tables and charts; application of the basic principles to the operation of various engine cycles.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Engineering 1 (SCEE08001) OR Mechanical Engineering 1 (MECE08007) OR Civil Engineering 1 (CIVE08001) OR Chemical Engineering 1 (CHEE08001) OR ( Physics 1A: Foundations (PHYS08016) AND Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe (PHYS08017)) OR ( Chemistry 1A (CHEM08016) AND Chemistry 1B (CHEM08017))	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
King's Buildings	Lecture		18-27	11:10 - 12:00
King's Buildings	Lecture		18-27					11:10 - 12:00
King's Buildings	Laboratory	Thermo 2 labs	19-27	14:00 - 14:50	or 15:00 - 15:50			or 16:10 - 17:00
King's Buildings	Tutorial	Thermo 2 tutorials	19-27				14:00 - 14:50 or 15:00 - 15:50 or 16:10 - 17:00
First Class	Week 18, Monday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 1, Sanderson Building
Additional information	Tutorials Thur 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)			1:30

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module, students should be able to: 1. understand abstract concepts in relation to familiar experience 2. transform familiar experience and simple engineering systems into conceptual models 3. apply the basic principles of thermodynamics into analysing conceptual models 4. to use basic mathematical tools in analysing conceptual models

Assessment Information
Examination 80% Laboratories 20%

Special Arrangements
None

Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser	Ms Hannah Chalmers Tel: (0131 6)50 5600 Email: hannah.chalmers@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Sharon Potter Tel: (0131 6)51 7079 Email: Sharon.Potter@ed.ac.uk

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