Course detail

Seminar of Applied Thermomechanics

FSI-0ATAcad. year: 2025/2026

Application matters from subject „Thermomechanics" on calculations concrete problems in the area: basic reverse and nonreversible changes state ideal gas; gas cycle - engine, gas turbine; solving reverse changes state in par; a mixture of gases, gas and par, calculations with damp afloat; fluxion gas and par nozzles and diffuser; calculations heat transfer, calculations exchangers.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Lubomír Klimeš, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of physics and mathematics at the undergraduate level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Rating 0 to 10 points. At least 5 points are required for credit.

Aims

Make easy students examination from Tthermomechanics. Obtain practical view of problems thermomechanics.
Students will acquire skills to carry out technical computation in the area of thermodynamics and heat transfer. Computation of heat engines and cooling systems. Heat balance of material and machine systems, in gases, vapors, buildings and technological processes

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ÇENGEL, Yunus A. a Michael A. BOLES. Thermodynamics an engineering approach. 8. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015, 1115 s. ISBN 978-0-07-339817-4. (EN)
INCROPERA, Frank, David DEWITT, Theodore BERGMAN a Adrienne LAVINE. Principles of heat and mass transfer. 7th ed., international student version. Singapore: John Wiley, c2013, xxiii, 1048 s. ISBN 978-0-470-64615-1. (EN)
PAVELEK, Milan. Termomechanika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2011, 192 s. : il. ; 30 cm + diagramy ([3] složené l.). ISBN 978-80-214-4300-6. (CS)
JAROŠ, Michal a Josef ŠTĚTINA. Termomechanika: sbírka příkladů. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2020. ISBN 978-80-214-5885-7. (CS)

Recommended reading

ÇENGEL, Yunus A., John M. CIMBALA a Robert H. TURNER. Fundamentals of thermal-fluid sciences. Fifth edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]. ISBN 978-0-07-802768-0. (EN)
PAVELEK, Milan. Termomechanika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2011, 192 s. : il. ; 30 cm + diagramy ([3] složené l.). ISBN 978-80-214-4300-6. (CS)
JAROŠ, Michal a Josef ŠTĚTINA. Termomechanika: sbírka příkladů. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2020. ISBN 978-80-214-5885-7. (CS)
SUKUMAR Pati Sadhu Singh. Thermal Engineering, 2018 ,Pearson ISBN: 9789353063931 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-ENE-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme B-MET-P Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme B-VTE-P Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme B-ZSI-P Bachelor's

    specialization STI , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Lubomír Klimeš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1) Applied thermomechanics, practical demonstrations in laboratories.
2) Basic thermodynamic quantities. Problems of measurement of these quantities. Dynamic and static pressure.
3) Basic processes with ideal gases. Compressor calculation.
4) Cycles, thermal efficiency. Heat pumps, refrigeration equipment. Heating and cooling factor. Efficiency of operation.
5) Combustion engine circuits. Thermal efficiency. Calculation of gasoline and diesel engine circulation.
6) Alternative propulsion, fuels. Energy storage.
7) Water vapour, basic processes. Working with h-s diagram, software for solving water vapour processes.
8) Coal, gas fired thermal power plant duty cycle. Nuclear power plant.
9) Moist air and its effects. Working with h-x diagram.
10) Flow of gases and vapours. Current engines.
11) Fundamentals of heat transfer.
12) Heat transfer coefficient, heat exchangers.
13) Heat transfer by radiation. Thermal imaging. Utilization of solar energy.