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A Concise History of Thermodynamics
An overview of the history/evolution of thermodynamics. This is an excerpt from a biography of J. Willard Gibbs. The overview is available from the site in MS Word or pdf/Acrobat format.
About Temperature
A very basic (prepared for the middle school math teachers) tutorial but still useful for professionals.
All Thermodynamics
from HyperPhysics portal. This is rather a comprehensive online physics handbook containing "Thermodynamics" chapter. Site has a handle navigation, good illustrations, and very detail content.
Applied Thermodynamics
Definition and short explanations of terms, units and basic principles.
Basic Terms and Theory
from Engineers Edge. A definitions, short explanations and conection of basic thermodynamics therms.
Carnot cycle
Applet showing the physics processes of a Carnot heat engine by Fu-Kwun Hwang of the National Taïwan Normal University.
Converter of physical unit.
Comprehensive converter of different physical units, including thermodynamics.
Famous scientists of thermodynamics
contains a brief history of thermodynamics development and biographies of thirteen scientists whose contribution to that field is considered as most important.
Heat engines
Rankine, Striling, Brayton, Kalina cycle engines description
Ideal Bose gas
physics of matter that has been cooled to near absolute zero
Ideal Gas Law
Applet illustrating the ideal gas law : action of a piston in a pressure chamber filled with ideal gas.
Internal Combustion Engines Web Site
Thermodynamics and heat transfer in Internal combustion engine. Applets are used to perform simple calculations. Developed at Colorado State University.
Models of real gases
explains the difference of real and ideal gases, and contains a few models describing processes in real gases
Refrigerator
The laws of thermodynamics and the thermodynamic origin of refrigerator.
Statistical physics
History of statistical physics and kinetic theory development.
Temperature scales
contains definitions of existing temperature scales and their relations
The world of thermodynamics
the basic terms of thermodynamics, kinetic theory and three thermodynamics laws.
Thermo Fluids Engineering
web page of the division of the Eindhoven University of Technology which study processes where fluid flows and heat transfer play a prominent role.
Thermodynamics
terms definitions and three laws of thermodynamics and its short history.
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics laws, Carnot Cycle and history of this branch of science.
Thermodynamics and Its Applications
Companion site to the textbook by J. W. Tester and M. Modell, includes answers to selected problems and current errata.
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Collection of educational sites explaining all aspects of thermodynamics.
Thermodynamics and Thermal Physics
About.com's index to thermodynamics information.
Thermodynamics from Prof. Ian Waitz
Basic thermodynamics course of 12 lectures, contains else the self-control questions with statistics of answers.
Thermodynamics in Our Life
Created for students beginning the study of thermodynamics. This introductory description shows beginners the classical everyday application of this branch of science.
Thermodynamics Research Laboratory
Classical, Quantum, Nanoscale & Statistical Thermodynamics & Mechanics data and property calculation Sites.
Thermodynamics toys.
Study thermodynamics having a fan. This site contains a "couple" of interesting toys recepies with thermidynamics background.
Thermodynamics: Solved Problems
presents a solution of some distinctive thermodynamic problems