Teaching Thermodynamics To Engineering Students: New Approach For Interpolation of Steam Tables

This article is for teaching steam table interpolation to the first year engineering students. we present a systematic approach for interpolating steam tables. in the thermodynamics book, a double interpolation approach is mentioned to find state properties at a temperature and pressure which are not mentioned in the table. see the following thermodynamics books [engineering thermodynamics by j.b. jones and r.e. dugan; thermodynamics by w.z. black and j.g. hartley, and applied thermodynamics for engineering technologists by t.d. eastop and a. mcconkey]. in this work, we present bilinear interpolation approach for teaching such concepts. we found our approach easy to teach to engineering students.