what part of physics deals with how hvac works?

[Wheatmaster]

i'm looking into heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and stuff like that and how they work. what part of physics deals with this? thermodynamics?

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: Mak0602
i'm looking into heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and stuff like that and how they work. what part of physics deals with this? thermodynamics?

that and fluid mechanics..whihc is similar I think.

 

[beer]

Mostly thermo. very little fluid mechanics. You can't really explain how ACs or anything works without understanding thermo. Fluids play a significant role but by and large it's thermo.

 

[Triumph]

thermo. and fluid mechanics if you're designing one part of the system, say a heat pump, or the impeller blade of a heat pump. then you need fluid mechanics/fluid machinery design.

 

[Wheatmaster]

so i guess i will do a little more looking at thermodynamics. does ap physics B or ap physics C deal more with this? because i'm looking into a career in mechanical engineering on hvac stuff.

 

[beer]

Physics C doesn't deal with thermo. Physics C is specifically mechanics one semester, then E&M another.

Physics B goes into far more topics, but in less detail, and it does cover thermo and fluids. But if you're going to a college into what I assume to be a civl engineering program, you won't get credit for physics B since it's trig based, and not calculus.

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: beer
Physics C doesn't deal with thermo. Physics C is specifically mechanics one semester, then E&M another.

Physics B goes into far more topics, but in less detail, and it does cover thermo and fluids. But if you're going to a college into what I assume to be a civl engineering program, you won't get credit for physics B since it's trig based, and not calculus.

actually i'm going into mechanical engineering

 

[amgkid]

I have taken all my thermo/heat transfer/fluid classes at UCLA (i'm a ME as well) and i have to say that high school physics taught me nothing about it. actually, you would learn more from chemistry with 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and ideal gas laws, etc. i would take physics C, however, since the college credit is more useful but either one is fine. i took B because C wasn't offered.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Mak0602
so i guess i will do a little more looking at thermodynamics. does ap physics B or ap physics C deal more with this? because i'm looking into a career in mechanical engineering on hvac stuff.

i have no idea what physics A B or C are. whatever it means, make sure you take a calculus based physics course.

 

[Wheatmaster]

ap physics B and C are college physics course taken in high school

o amgkid, what specific area are you in ME? and jobs are you interested in?

 

[beer]

Physics B is not technically a college physics course. Well, it is if you are liberal arts trying to fill a general science requirement, but it's not for engineers. You won't meet your engineering physics requirement at any school as far as I know. The big difference, besdies depth of material, is that physics B uses trigonometry and abstracts the derivations, and physics C shows you all the calculus in it's full glory.

 

[The Wildcard]

Lol, before you get so excited about HVAC work, do some research. You'll find it's not the most "interesting" part of Mechanical Engineering. Like mentioned eariler, Thermodynamics is a big part of it.

 

[dpopiz]

what does hvac stand for? I always thought hvac was the central-vaccuming thing some house have...

 

[ucdbiendog]

thermodynamics, and if youre an engineer heat transfer courses get more in depth as well. i find the topic to be very boring and dull.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: dpopiz
what does hvac stand for? I always thought hvac was the central-vaccuming thing some house have...

Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: fredtam

Originally posted by: dpopiz
what does hvac stand for? I always thought hvac was the central-vaccuming thing some house have...

Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning

thanksu

 

[amgkid]

Originally posted by: Mak0602
ap physics B and C are college physics course taken in high school

o amgkid, what specific area are you in ME? and jobs are you interested in?

mainly design and manufacturing. as for jobs, anything i can get right now

 

[Wheatmaster]

then what is the most awesome part of ME?