#thermodynamics

Stand in front of an open refrigerator and you feel cold air spill out, but hold your hand a few...

Pour boiling water into a cold drinking glass and there is a real chance it will crack with an...

Hold your hand near a hot stove without touching it and you still feel the heat. There is air in the...

Lift the bonnet of any petrol car and you are looking at a machine whose performance was decided long...

Picture a power plant burning fuel to spin a turbine. It is tempting to assume that with enough...

A jet engine on the wing of an airliner and a gas turbine humming away in a power station look like...

Selecting a nitrogen booster for aircraft servicing requires calculating pressure ratios, drive air...

Heat exchanger testing looks simple — measure temperatures in and out. Getting accurate UA values and...

An electric resistance heater turns one kilowatt of electricity into one kilowatt of heat. A heat...

Stand on a long steel bridge on a hot afternoon and you may hear it: a faint clatter as a vehicle...

In 1963, a 13-year-old boy in Tanzania asked his teacher a simple question: why did my hot milk...