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An easy thing to do that will help is getting familiar with how to use the lookup tables in the back of the book and how to interpolate them when you need to. Old editions of most textbooks are super cheap, and you can use one to get a jump on things.
Is there any textbooks that are typical for thermo? (like how so many calc classes use early transcendentals by James Stewart) I have no idea what textbook we will be using because I don't even know who my professor will be yet
For thermo u need to understand the concepts so that you can set up the problem correctly to solve it. 90% of the difficulty in thermo is knowing what the question is asking you to do, how to interpret that into making assumptions, then adjusting your energy balance equation from there. If you are able to do that then the rest of the problem solving is very easy. Watch that dudes videos and you will be A OK! Good luck!
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An easy thing to do that will help is getting familiar with how to use the lookup tables in the back of the book and how to interpolate them when you need to. Old editions of most textbooks are super cheap, and you can use one to get a jump on things.
Is there any textbooks that are typical for thermo? (like how so many calc classes use early transcendentals by James Stewart) I have no idea what textbook we will be using because I don't even know who my professor will be yet
Cengel and Boles' Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach was the standard at my university.
Sounds good
Watch “thermo sage” on yt. I learned all of thermo from his vids, attended maybe less than half my lectures. Class was easy.
This is reassuring to hear thank you 🙏
For thermo u need to understand the concepts so that you can set up the problem correctly to solve it. 90% of the difficulty in thermo is knowing what the question is asking you to do, how to interpret that into making assumptions, then adjusting your energy balance equation from there. If you are able to do that then the rest of the problem solving is very easy. Watch that dudes videos and you will be A OK! Good luck!
All you gotta know is energy in = energy out and you're good!
y = y_1 + (x-x_1)((y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1))
Interp?
Learn how to use and grab values from the tables (only after understanding the different phases of water and refrigerant)
The best way to learn Thermo is do problems imo watch some videos sure but if you want to get that 80+ on midterms do a fuck ton of problems.
Start early. There are some good YouTubers out there. This is a hard class.