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Complete Cycle Experiments Using the Adiabatic Gas Law Apparatus

  • Andrews University

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Abstract

The ability of our society to make informed energy-usage decisions in the future depends partly on current science and engineering students retaining a deep understanding of the thermodynamics of heat engines. Teacher imaginations and equipment budgets can both be taxed in the effort to engage students in hands-on heat engine activities. The experiments described in this paper, carried out using the Adiabatic Gas Law Apparatus1 (AGLA), quantitatively explore popular complete cycle heat engine processes.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)418-421
JournalPhysics Teacher
Volume52
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2014

Disciplines

  • Engineering Physics

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