Concepts and definitions of thermodynamics, Civil Engineering

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A system (often called a closed system) is any collectionof matter within a prescribed boundary, but no matter may enter or leave the system. 

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1. That the boundary may be real or imaginary and theshape of the boundary can change E.g.

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2. Different parts of the system may be at different temperatures, pressures and velocities and may contain different sorts of matter.

3. If a fluid is passing steadily through a reservoir so thatthe mass in the reservoir is constant, we still can notconsider the reservoir as a system. Matter is crossing the boundary.

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4. A system only has two kinds of interaction with itssurroundings.   Work and Heat. 

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Positive WORK is done by a system, during a given operation, when the sole effect external to the systemcould be reduced to the rise of a weight. 

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