Lecture presentations, lecture notes, and supporting material for the course ME23312 – Engineering Thermodynamics, offered to II Year Mechanical Engineering students during the 2026–27 ODD semester.
All materials are prepared for digital (smart board) teaching and are shared here as PDFs for open, public access — primarily for students of the course, but anyone learning thermodynamics is welcome to use them.
Dr. Anantha Raman L., M.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Kuthambakkam, Chennai – 600 124, Tamil Nadu.
| Course code | ME23312 |
| Course title | Engineering Thermodynamics |
| Year / Branch | II Year, Mechanical Engineering |
| Semester | 2026–27 ODD (17.08.2026 – 24.12.2026) |
| L–T–P–C | 3–1–0–4 |
| Contact periods | 60 periods (9 lectures + 3 tutorials per unit) + 5 revision |
Each unit follows the pattern L1 L2 L3 T1 L4 L5 L6 T2 L7 L8 L9 T3 — a tutorial session after every three lectures.
01 SYLLABUS/ Official course syllabus
02 PRESENTATIONS/ Lecture slide decks, one folder per unit
UNIT 01/
UNIT 02/ ...
03 LECTURE NOTES/ Consolidated notes, one document per unit
The approved syllabus for the course — units, course outcomes, textbook and references.
ME23312_Engineering_Thermodynamics_Syllabus.pdf
Slide decks used in class, organised unit-wise. Each deck covers one topic and contains a session plan, derivations, worked examples, comparison tables and formula boxes, and a summary slide with recap and home practice.
Naming convention: ME23312_Unit_<Roman>_<NN>_<Topic>.pdf
UNIT 01 — Basic Concepts, Zeroth Law and First Law of Thermodynamics
| # | Topic |
|---|---|
| 01 | Introduction and Thermodynamic Systems |
| 02 | Properties, State, Process and Cycle |
| 03 | Equilibrium, Quasi-static and Reversible Processes |
| 04 | Zeroth Law and Temperature |
| 05 | Energy Interactions — Work and Heat |
| 06 | Displacement Work and the p–V Diagram |
| 07 | First Law for Closed Systems |
| 08 | Enthalpy, Specific Heats and Non-flow Processes |
| 09 | Steady Flow Energy Equation |
| 10 | SFEE Applications and Unsteady Flow |
Consolidated, printable notes for each unit, covering the full unit in a single document with theory, derivations and solved problems.
ME23312_Unit_I_Lecture_Notes.pdf
| Unit | Topic | Course Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| I | Basic Concepts, Zeroth Law and First Law of Thermodynamics | CO1 |
| II | Second Law of Thermodynamics and Availability | CO2 |
| III | Properties of Pure Substances | CO3 |
| IV | Ideal and Real Gases, Thermodynamic Relations | CO4 |
| V | Gas Mixtures and Psychrometry | CO5 |
Sign convention used throughout: work done by the system is positive; heat supplied to the system is positive. SI units are used everywhere.
| Test | Coverage |
|---|---|
| CAT-I | Units I & II |
| CAT-II | Unit III |
| CAT-III | Units IV & V |
Tutorial sessions include practice problems (with answers) for submission and exam pointers for the CATs.
Materials are uploaded progressively as the semester proceeds — Watch this repository to be notified of updates.
- Textbook: P. K. Nag, Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill. Content and problem styles align chapter-wise with this text (Ch.1 Introduction, Ch.2 Temperature, Ch.3 Work & Heat, Ch.4 First Law, Ch.5 Flow Processes, and so on).
- Reference: Yunus A. Çengel and Michael A. Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th Edition, McGraw Hill.
For corrections, clarifications, or suggestions regarding the material, please open an issue in this repository or contact the instructor.
This material is shared freely for educational, non-commercial use. You may download, print, and share it with attribution to the author. Please do not re-host or sell this content commercially.
Maintained by Dr. Anantha Raman L., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai.