Software
Adobe Acrobat 5.0® for viewing PDF documents
Matlab® for Simulations
Useful Data
Some sources for physical properties of matter:
Purdue University Thermophysical Properties Research Center. Thermophysical Properties of Matter. New York, NY: IFI/Plenum, 1970-1979. ISBN: 0306670208. Fourteen volumes.
Reid, R.C. The Properties of Liquids and Gases. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1987. ISBN: 0070517991.
Vargaftik, N.B. Handbook of Physical Properties of Liquids and Gases: Pure Substances and Mixtures. 3rd ed. 1996. ISBN: 0891163565.
Bellows, James C., John S. Gallagher, Allan H. Harvey, and William T. Parry. ASME Steam Tables for Industrial Use. New York, NY: ASME Press, 2000. ISBN: 0791801543.
Ho, C.Y. Thermal Conductivity of the Elements: A Comprehensive Review. Washington, DC: Published by the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Physics for the National Bureau of Standards, 1975. ISBN: 0883182165.
NIST Chemistry Workbook
NIST Chemistry Webbook
Physical Constants: NIST Reference for Constants
Conversion Factors: NIST Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) (PDF)
The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Related MIT Courses
Prerequisites:
Thermal Fluids Engineering I (2.005)
Thermal Fluids Engineering II (2.006)
Related Subjects:
Modelling and Approximation of Thermal Processes (2.52)
Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer (2.55)