PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - FILÍPEK, Josef
AU  - ČERNÝ, Michal
TI  - THERMAL EFFICIENCY AND COOLING FACTOR OF THERMAL CYCLES IN THERMODYNAMICS
DP  - 2010 Jul 1
TA  - Trends in education
PG  - 482--485
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
IS  - 18058949
AB  - The work contains computer animations simulating functions of heat machines and cycles (lifting platform, Carnot's cycle, and indirect cycle). Operation and activity of these units is plotted into p-v, t-v and t-s diagram. and completed by necessary mathematical apparatus. Animated models show in a clear way the relevance between supplied heat and gas pv work (work done during changes in volume) in case of isochoric, isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic changes of state. The instructional presentation has been prepared as a study aid for physics lectures.