Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics, and Combustion

Henry Foust is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston - Downtown. He holds degrees from Colorado School of Mines and Tulane University in Environmental Science and Engineering and Civil Engineering. He has 14 years of experience teaching at the university level and his research is in the areas of liquid/solid and liquid/gas flows to include reactive flows. Additionally, he has over a dozen referred publications, has presented at over three dozen international conferences and leading universities, and has been a Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on research and equipment grants totaling over $900,000.

Part I - Fundamentals of Thermodynamics.- Equations of State.-  Heat and Work.- First Law of Thermodynamics.- Entropy and Second Law of Thermodynamics.- Various Heat Engines.-  Thermodynamic Relationships and Gas Mixtures.- Part II - Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics .-  Conservation Principles for a Gaseous System, Part I.- Conservation Principles for a Gaseous System, Part II.- Critical Flow.- Part III - Fundamentals of Combustion.- Physically Based Combustion .- Combustion Chemistry.- Deflagration.- Detonation .- Blast Theory.