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Recommendations:

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Lecture notes

Numerical Recipes C, FORTRAN; Cambridge University Press
R.W. Hamming; Numerical Methods for scientists and engineers; Dover Books On Engineering; 2nd edition; 1973

J. Kopitz, W. Polifke; Wärmeübertragung; Pearson Studium; 1. Auflage

Thermodynamic basics
Numerical solver strategies for algebraic equations
Optimization issues
Ordinary and partial differential equations
Application to various problems in thermodynamics (engine processes, determination of equilibrium states, unsteady processes in inhomogeneous systems)

regular attendance: 32 hours

Self-study, exam preporation, Prüfungsvorleistung: 150,0 hours

After completing the course the students are able to:

• formulate thermodynamical basics in a mathematical scheme
• abstract and model complex thermodynamic processes.
• determine and implement adequate numerical schemes for the solution of the resulting systems of equations.

Exam prerequisite

Oral exam
Duration: 30 min.