本书按国家教委颁发的《大学英语专业阅读阶段的教学基本要求》规定组织编写的专业英语教材。本册内容包括工程热力学，流体力学，传热学，燃气概况等。全书安排16个单元，每单元除正课文外，还配有两篇阅读材料，均配有必要的注释。正课文还配有词汇表和练习，书后配有总词汇表、参考译文和练习答案。

UNIT ONE

 Text Basic Concepts and Definitions

 Reading Material A Thermodynamic Systems

 Reading Material B Pressure

UNIT TWO

 Text Application of the Principles of Thermodynamics to Steady-Flow Components of Engineering Systems

 Reading Material A Power and Enthalpy

 Reading Material B The First Law of Thermodynamics

UNIT THREE

 Text Equations of State

 Reading Material A Van Der Waals Equation of State

 Reading Material B Equilibrium

UNIT FOUR

 Text The Ideal Basic Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle

 Reading Material A Probability and Entropy

 Reading Material B Entropy and the Third Law

UNIT FIVE

 Text Variation of Pressure in A Static Fluid

 Reading Material A Viscosity

 Reading Material B Compressible and Incompressible Fluids

UNIT SIX

 Text Hydraulic Grade Line and Energy Line

 Reading Material A Eulerian and Lagrangian Flow Descriptions

 Reading Material B Static, Stagnation (total), and Dynamic Pressure

UNIT SEVEN

 Text Incompressible, Steady and Uniform Turbulent Flow in Circular Cross-section Pipes

 Reading Material A Laminar and Turbulent Flow

 Reading Material B Pipe Networks

UNIT EIGHT

 Text Conduction

 Reading Material A General Characteristics

 Reading Material B Transient Heat Flow

UNIT NINE

 Text Definition of Similitude

 Reading Material A Comments about Dimensional Analysis

 Reading Material B Reynolds Number and Similarity

UNIT TEN

 Text Natural Convection

 Reading Material A Forced Convection

 Reading Material B Convection

UNIT ELEVEN

 Text Drag of Three-Dimensional Bodies (Incompressible Flow)

 Reading Material A Lift and Drag Concepts

 Reading Material B Boundary-layer Separation and Pressure Drag

UNIT TWELVE

 Text Actual Radiation

 Reading Material A Radiation in Gases

 Reading Material B Radiation

UNIT THIRTEEN

 Text Categories of Compressible Flow

 Reading Material A Effect of Flow Cross Section Area Variations

 Reading Material B Converging-diverging Duct Flow

UNIT FOURTEEN

 Text Eddy Diffusivity and Application to Turbulent Flow

 Reading Material A Mean Temperature Differences for Parallel Flow and Counterflow Heat Exchangers

 Reading Material B Finned-Tube Heat Transfer

UNIT FIFTEEN

 Text Centrifugal Pumps and Fans

 Reading Material A Pump and the Pipe System

 Reading Material B Cavitation

UNIT SIXTEEN

 Text Manufactured Gases

 Reading Material A Gaseous Fuels

 Reading Material B The Future of Plastic Pipe at Higher Pressures

Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary

Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference

Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises