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First published 2007

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Senft, J. R. (James R.), 1942
Mechanical efficiency of heat engines / James R. Senft.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-10: 0-521-86880-7 (hardback)
1. Heat-engines. 2. Mechanical efficiency. 3. Thermodynamics. I. Title.
TJ255.S36 2006
621.402 ?5 dc22 2006022394

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Dedication

This book is dedicated
to my son
VICTOR
the engineer.

This book presents a newly developed general conceptual and basic quantitative analysis of the mechanical efficiency of heat engines. The book presents a theory of mechanical efficiency at a level of ideality and generality compatible with the treatment given to thermal efficiency in classical thermodynamics. This yields broad bearing results concerning the...