Thermodynamics Reference Links

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this is very strange, this list was nearly my first post here at [H]ardForums
just now while searching the vast WWW for something else I found an echo of it,
the original died many moons ago in the great thread dieoff (about 2002)
I thought it was gone forever and wasn't about to recompile it :p

orignally compiled August of 2001
(verifying linkage, updating, encoding and finding alternative linkage today and tommorow ;) )
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Thermodynamics Reference Links
Everything you really didnt want to know about thermodynamics and Fluid dynamics (hydro and aero)

MATH run away Run away, also some cool information and animations, this stuff varies from high school to post graduate,
This is an ever increasing list and project, and some day Ill actually orginize it so that it makes sense.



THERMODYNAMICS PRIMER LINKS & REVIEW
http://www.amdmb.com/article-displa...ID=105&PageID=1
Very good primer specifically related to computers, the best place to start


http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html

FREE EBOOK PDF A HEAT TRANSFER TEXTBOOK by John H. Lienhard IV, Univ. of Houston and John H. Lienhard V, MIT 688 Pages Covers it all including:Radiative, Convective,Conductive. Loaded with design considerations, fin design, plumbing, heat exchangers. Put it in a folder on your desktop and READ this puppy, youll be able to rip the newbies good. FIVE STARS

http://www.heat-transfer.net/
Go to top menu>Emerging technologies (this is the same site as above)
Emerging technologies for heat exchanger application by David M. Pratt, PhD Technical Advisor, Mechanical and Thermal Systems Branch Air Force Research Laboratory Short Report with some cool leads but no usable info FIVE STARS



http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html -About Temperature A very basic (prepared for the middle school math teachers) tutorial but still useful for professionals

Carnot cycle http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/carnot/carnot.html - Applet showing the physics processes of a Carnot heat engine by Fu-Kwun Hwang of the National Taïwan Normal University
~A Concise History of Thermodynamics http://www.thermohistory.com/ - An overview of the history/evolution of thermodynamics. This is an excerpt from a biography of J. Willard Gibbs. Permission to use this excerpt was given by Yale University. The overview is available from the site in MS Word or pdf/Acrobat format
Dave's Conduction Helper http://ce597n.http://www.ecn.purdue.e...rson.1/pr...]http://ce597n.http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/CE597N/19...son.1/project/>> - A tutorial, by David Anderson of Purdue University, about heat transfer through conduction
First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics <<http://science.clayton.edu/pratte/jmp7.html>> - Demonstrations of the first and second laws of thermodynamics using basic and everyday applications, by John Pratte at Clayton College & State University
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer <http://ce597n.http://www.ecn.purdue.e...oung.1/pr...]http://ce597n.http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/CE597N/19...ung.1/project/>> - A tutorial, by Regan Young of Purdue University, covering the basic principles of heat transfer
<http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/>
National Institute of Standards and Technology, reference of Constants, for elctricity, matter, megnetic ect.

~Heat Conduction <<http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/conduct/conduct.htm>> - A Java applet to deduce the cross-sectional profile of a heated conductive bar based on its temperature.
Heat Transfer Net <<http://www.heat-transfer.net>> - A very complete site about heat transfer. Many links (worldwide technical reviews, conferences, publishers) and documentations for teachers, students and specialists
Ideal Gas Law <<http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Piston/index.html>> - Applet illustrating the ideal gas law : action of a piston in a pressure chamber filled with ideal gas.
The law of entropy <<http://me.essortment.com/entropylawssc_recn.htm>> - The law of entropy and sciences measure disorder in the universe. Due to laws of thermodynamics it is always increasing, why? How does this odd sounding unit control our universe?
TEST, The Expert System For Thermodynamics <<http://eng.sdsu.edu/testcenter>> - A general-purpose visual tool for solving thermodynamic problems and performing 'what-if' scenarios.

http://www.pnl.gov/microcats/aboutu...icrofluid1.html <http://www.pnl.gov/microcats/aboutu...icrofluid1.html>

Thermo Chemical Calculator <<http://131.215.174.159/tcc/index.html>> - Thermo Chemical Calculator is a web-tool to carry out thermo-chemical calculation for ideal gas mixtures. TCC allows cycle analysis, study of compression, heating or cooling, steady flow through a compressor, a turbine,... Created by David G. Goodwin from the Caltech university.
Thermodynamics - Basic Cycles and components <<http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/eng/mech/scott/>> - Intended for new thermodynamics students to gain a basic understanding of cycles and components
Thermodynamic diagrams of alternative refrigerants for refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump <<http://www.geocities.com/ichen98/index.html>> - Thermodynamic diagrams for environmentally friendly refrigerants of R134a, R227, R407C, R407B, R410A, R507, HX4, R290, CARE 50, CARE 30, hydrocarbons

Vapor and Liquid Phase Data <<http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/>> - Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems

http://www.clarkson.edu/~chengweb/f...or/mapleth.html <http://www.clarkson.edu/~chengweb/f...or/mapleth.html>
Thermodynamics with Maple (no syrup) its the guys name I guess
Pressure-Volume Diagrams of water and steam
IE what will happen just before you fry your CPU when your pump fails.

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Ther...mics/index.html <http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Ther...mics/index.html>
Cool applet graphically illustrates thermodynamic equilibrium in this case gases (think of two chambers of your case with a vent you can open and close inbetween. ) Different starting temps and pressures.

http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~plambe...truct/s040x.htm <http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~plambe...truct/s040x.htm>
Virtual University North a comprehensive course in thermodynamics
includes Terms & concept of thermodynamics Heat & Enthalpy Entropy Free Energy Chemical Equilibrium

<http://orac.sunderland.ac.uk/~hs0bcl/td1.htm>
University of Sunderland UK Basic Thermodynamics
Starts out strong and comprehensible but lapses into formulas and or maybe still under construction

<http://www.taftan.com/thermodynamics/>
Applied Thermodynamics
Simple straight forward low on the math high on the graphics FOUR STARS

<http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/thermodyn/>
High school level low on graphics short Part of CHEMystery Interactive guide to understanding Chemistry, To access the rest of the guide lop off thermodyn from the url and you'll be at Thinkquest Library>top box welcome click here TWO STARS

<http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book/>
Chemical Engineering Materials Ebook Interactive StructureThermodynamicsKineticsD
ynamics(Heat|Mass|Electrons|Photons
|Magnetic Fields)MechanicsProcessingApplic
ations OF Metals&AlloysCeramics&GlassPolymersComposites
Will be a cool site but under construction ZERO STARS


<http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book/thermo.html>
http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book...s/m_thermo.html <http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book...s/m_thermo.html>
Parts of the above site that are done College level
Thermal Conductivity conversion calculator
http://www.processassociates.com/pr...vert/cf_tcn.htm <http://www.processassociates.com/pr...vert/cf_tcn.htm>
Thermal Properties of materials (incomplete list)
<http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/tk/tks/tcon.html>

Table of elements (with individual elements extentions and links)
<http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/c.html>
An alternate Table of Elements <http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-binnph-pertab>
COOLING TOWER REFERENCE
http://chemengineer.about.com/libra....htm?once=true& <http://chemengineer.about.com/libra....htm?once=true&>
Latent Heat of Vaporization of Water

COOLANT AND REFRIDGERANT REFERENCE
Refrigerant Engineering Diagrams and Alternate Refrigerants
<http://www.geocities.com/ichen98/index.html>
FAN DESIGN and the Thermodynamics of AIR COOLING http://www.comairrotron.com/notes.html
COLD PLATE ANALYSIS heat spreading resistance, both the equations and applet calculators
http://www.mhtl.uwaterloo.ca/old/on...urce/intro.html

SYMBOLS AND VALUES
REFERENCE LINKS FOR THERMODYNAMICSCHEMISTRY

http://www.iupac.org/reports/1993/h...hysical/47.html <http://www.iupac.org/reports/1993/h...hysical/47.html>
Chart of symbols used for thermodynamic equations

http://www.iupac.org/reports/1993/h...hysical/48.html <http://www.iupac.org/reports/1993/h...hysical/48.html>
Chart of symbols used for radiation equations

<http://www.iupac.org/reports/1993/homann/index.html>
Index and links to the above and most all other symbol notation

<http://www.codata.org/codata/databases/key1.html>
Thermodynamic values for key chemical substances

<http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/teach_res/db/d0005f.htm>
Temperatures (c) of some physical phenomena
melted your heat sink? find out how hot that was

LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS LINKS

<http://www.cryosafe.com/ln2safety.html>
Liquid Nitrogen safety

<http://www.eren.doe.gov/superconductivity/>
Supercoductivity (US dept of Energy) VERY good site

<http://www.mmr.com/mmrjt.html>
Joule-Thomson cooling

<http://www.diro-konstruktion.de/air-liquefier.html>
Air Liquifaction (a modern liquefier model and schematics)

<http://www.quantum-technology.com/HTML/q013ln2.htm>
Nitrogen Liquefier

<http://www.stirling.nl/sc/sc3.htm>
a Stirling cryogeneratorliquefier

<http://bake.kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/LTL/ekikaki_e.html>
Helium Liquefiers

<http://www.mmr.com/mmrmmr.html>
Micro Miniature Refrigerators

FREEWARE

Free Thermal Design software
Heres some freeware and demo links for thermal modeling (they are not CFD programs but hey they are free

<http://www.qrg.ils.nwu.edu/software/software.htm>
CyclePad
Thermodymanic Systems modeling software Freeware
Should be able to model your rig with this, someone download it and try please
Let me know or write your own review

<http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/cmmt/mtdata/downld.html>
MTDATA (Materials Thermochemistry Database Access Software)
DEMO Version Designing a new heatsink and want to explore some exotics?
Lite alloys, steels, ceramics, glasses, slags, mattes, salts, polymers, aqueous solutions, and gases.
Part of the materials database of the National Physical Labratory (NPL)

Forgot this a free trial version of QFin heat sink design tool (14 days)
<http://www.icepak.com/prod/qfin/index.htm>

And this PackSi-TM PackSi-E Free trial versions for thermal mechanical and electrical design
<http://www.icepak.com/prod/paksi/index.htm>


And heres the NOT free pro stuff

This is the stuff that Consulting Thermal Engineers use to optimize OEM computer cooling designs, It runs using POWERFUL Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling enables the OEMs to balance system configuations with just enough cooling to function in the original configuration. Cost benefit analysis figures very high in their thermal solutions and it is rare to find "over capacity" If you explore this link youll see some pretty cool photos of the inside of a case and individual boards. <http://www.icepak.com/prod/prod.htm>

With thanx to [H]ard|Core, #Rotor, BillA, Intraveinous, for very good links
 
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