ME321 - Winter 2012 Calendar (updated 3/2/12 *)

Blackboard	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Jan	2	3 Chapter 1: Introductory Concepts, Units, and Definitions	4	5	6 Chapter 2: Properties of Pure Substances a) Phase Change, Property Tables and Diagrams
	9 Thermodynamic Properties Tables and Charts	10 Chapter 2b) The Ideal Gas Equation of State	11	12	13 quiz 1
	16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)	17 Chapter 3: The First Law of Thermodynamics a) The Energy Equation for Closed Systems	18 - WP/WF	19 Chapter 3b) The Ideal Stirling Cycle Engine Specific Heat Capacities of an Ideal Gas	20 quiz 2
	23	24 Chapter 3c) The Air Standard Diesel Cycle Engine Ideal Gas Adiabatic Process	25	26 Chapter 3d) The Air Standard Otto Cycle Engine	27 quiz 3
Feb	30 Chapter 4: The First Law for Control Volumes a) The Energy Equation for Control Volumes	31 Chapter 4b) Steam Power Plants	1	2	3 quiz 4
	6 - last drop Chapter 4c) Refrigeration Systems	7	8	9	10 Take-home quiz1
	13 Take-home quiz 1 due in class Chapter 5: The Second Law of Thermodynamics	14	15	16 Chapter 6a) Defining and Evaluating Entropy Clausius Inequality	17 Increase in Entropy Principle quiz 5
	20 Evaluating Entropy (Tds relations) Entropy Summary Sheet	21 Isentropic Processes Summary Sheet	22	23 Adiabatic Efficiency Summary Sheet	24 quiz 6
Mar	27 Chapter 6b) Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines	28	29	1	2 Take-home quiz 2
	5 Take-home quiz 2 due in class Begin review - Previous quarter Final	6	7	8	9 - Last Class
	12	13	14 Final exam (8:00 - 10:00 am)	15	16

* Note: this Calendar (by: izzi) is updated periodically