In the Carnot cycle, you will encounter four reversible methods. Among those four processes, two are frictionless isothermal and other two are frictionless adiabatics. Since this process was first invented by a French engineer named Nicolas Leonard P t Sadi Carnot in 1824, so this was named after him.

Characteristics and explanation:

For this process to work out properly Carnot used piston-cylinder and by the application of such mechanism some characteristics are clearly shown:

• There is absolutely zero friction during this process between the piston and the cylinder.
• The head of the cylinder is interchangeable and is arranged in a specific way so that it can work as both a conductor and an insulator.
• The walls of the piston and the cylinder will perform as heat insulators.
• The heat is transferred and then sinks in the source but while doing it the complete process isn’t hampered.

Links of Previous Main Topic:-

• Introduction to statics
• Introduction to vector algebra
• Two dimensional force systems
• Introduction concept of equilibrium of rigid body
• Friction introduction
• Introduction about distributed forces
• Area moments of inertia in rectangular and polar coordinates
• Mass moment of inertia introduction
• Work done by force
• Kinematics of particles
• Position vector velocity and acceleration
• Plane kinematics of rigid bodies introduction
• Combined motion of translation and rotation
• Rectilinear motion in kinetics of particles
• Work and energy
• Linear momentum
• Force mass acceleration
• Simple stress introduction
• Normal strain
• Statically indeterminate system
• Introduction to thermodynamics
• Statement of zeroth law of thermodynamics with explanation
• Heat and work introduction
• First law of thermodynamics for a control mass closed system undergoing a cycle
• Open system and control volume
• Conversion of work into heat

Links of Next Mechanical Engineering Topics:-

• Working of the carnot cycle
• Efficiency of carnot cycle
• Carnots theorem
• Absolute thermodynamic temperature scale or kelvin scale
• Absolute zero on thermodynamic temperature scale

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