○Acknowledgments We thank the many users of our previous editions. Paul Puzinauskas,University of Alabama located at hundreds of universities and colleges in the Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman,University of United States,Canada,and world-wide,who continue South Florida to contribute to the development of our text through their comments and constructive criticism. Jacques C.Richard,Texas A&M University The following colleagues have assisted in the devel- Charles Ritz,California State Polytechnic Univer- opment of this edition.We greatly appreciate their con- sity,Pomona tributions: Francisco Ruiz,Illinois Institute of Technology John Abbitt,University of Florida Iskender Sahin,Western Michigan University Ralph Aldredge,University of California-Davis Will Schreiber,University of Alabama Leticia Anaya,University of North Texas Enrico Sciubba,University of Rome (Italy) Kendrick Aung,Lamar University Tien-Mo Shih,University of Maryland Cory Berkland,The University of Kansas Larry Sobel,Raytheon Missile Systems Justin Barone,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Thomas Twardowski,Widener University State University V.Ismet Ugursal,Dalhousie University,Nova Scotia. William Bathie,Iowa State University Angela Violi,University of Michigan Leonard Berkowitz,California State Polytechnic K.Max Zhang,Cornell University University,Pomona The views expressed in this text are those of the authors Eugene F.Brown,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and do not necessarily reflect those of individual con- and State University tributors listed,The Ohio State University,Wayne State David L.Ernst,Texas Tech University University,Rochester Institute of Technology,the Sebastien Feve,Iowa State University United States Military Academy,the Department of the Army,or the Department of Defense. Timothy Fox,California State University- We also acknowledge the efforts of many individ- Northridge uals in the John Wiley and Sons,Inc.,organization Nick Glumac,University of Illinois at Urbana- who have contributed their talents and energy to this Champaign edition.We applaud their professionalism and com- Tahereh S.Hall,Virginia Polytechnic mitment. Institute and State University We continue to be extremely gratified by the recep- Daniel W.Hoch,University of North Carolina- tion this book has enjoyed over the years.With this edition we have made the text more effective for teach- Charlotte ing the subject of engineering thermodynamics and Timothy J.Jacobs,Texas A&M University have greatly enhanced the relevance of the subject Fazal B.Kauser,California State Polytechnic matter for students who will shape the 21st century.As University,Pomona always,we welcome your comments,criticisms,and MinJun Kim,Drexel University suggestions. Joseph F.Kmec,Purdue University Michael J.Moran Feng C.Lai,University of Oklahoma moran.4@osu.edu Kevin Lyons,North Carolina State University Howard N.Shapiro hshapiro@wayne.edu Pedro Mago,Mississippi State University Daisie D.Boettner Raj M.Manglik,University of Cincinnati BoettnerD@aol.com Thuan Nguyen,California State Polytechnic Margaret B.Bailey University,Pomona Margaret.Bailey@rit.edu John Pfotenhauer,University of Wisconsin-Madison viiiWe thank the many users of our previous editions, located at hundreds of universities and colleges in the United States, Canada, and world-wide, who continue to contribute to the development of our text through their comments and constructive criticism. The following colleagues have assisted in the devel￾opment of this edition. We greatly appreciate their con￾tributions: John Abbitt, University of Florida Ralph Aldredge, University of California-Davis Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas Kendrick Aung, Lamar University Cory Berkland, The University of Kansas Justin Barone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University William Bathie, Iowa State University Leonard Berkowitz, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David L. Ernst, Texas Tech University Sebastien Feve, Iowa State University Timothy Fox, California State University- Northridge Nick Glumac, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Tahereh S. Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Daniel W. Hoch, University of North Carolina- Charlotte Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University Fazal B. Kauser, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona MinJun Kim, Drexel University Joseph F. Kmec, Purdue University Feng C. Lai, University of Oklahoma Kevin Lyons, North Carolina State University Pedro Mago, Mississippi State University Raj M. Manglik, University of Cincinnati Thuan Nguyen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona John Pfotenhauer, University of Wisconsin- Madison Paul Puzinauskas, University of Alabama Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman, University of South Florida Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Charles Ritz, California State Polytechnic Univer￾sity, Pomona Francisco Ruiz, Illinois Institute of Technology Iskender Sahin, Western Michigan University Will Schreiber, University of Alabama Enrico Sciubba, University of Rome (Italy) Tien-Mo Shih, University of Maryland Larry Sobel, Raytheon Missile Systems Thomas Twardowski, Widener University V. Ismet Ugursal, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. Angela Violi, University of Michigan K. Max Zhang, Cornell University The views expressed in this text are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of individual con￾tributors listed, The Ohio State University, Wayne State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, the United States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense. We also acknowledge the efforts of many individ￾uals in the John Wiley and Sons, Inc., organization who have contributed their talents and energy to this edition. We applaud their professionalism and com￾mitment. We continue to be extremely gratified by the recep￾tion this book has enjoyed over the years. With this edition we have made the text more effective for teach￾ing the subject of engineering thermodynamics and have greatly enhanced the relevance of the subject matter for students who will shape the 21st century. As always, we welcome your comments, criticisms, and suggestions. Michael J. Moran moran.4@osu.edu Howard N. Shapiro hshapiro@wayne.edu Daisie D. Boettner BoettnerD@aol.com Margaret B. Bailey Margaret.Bailey@rit.edu Acknowledgments viii FMTOC.indd Page viii 10/14/10 2:09:05 PM user-f391 /Users/user-f391/Desktop/24_09_10/JWCL339/New File