Thermal Energy
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this Aeronautics and Astronautics course covering thermodynamics and heat transfer for engineering applications. The syllabus runs in four parts: a review of fundamental thermodynamic concepts including energy exchange in propulsion and power processes, the second law with reversibility, irreversibility, and lost work, applications to engineering systems such as propulsion and power cycles and thermochemistry, and finally the fundamentals of heat transfer including heat exchange in aerospace devices. Materials are drawn from MIT's actual course offering, and OCW courses typically include lecture notes, problem sets, and exams, free to access with no certificate offered. The course suits students with a foundation in physics and calculus who want a rigorous engineering-level treatment of thermal energy systems, particularly as applied to aerospace propulsion and power generation.