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by zodzedzi 1610 days ago
> One of the big class combos was Electrical Systems, Mechanical Systems, and Fluid & Thermodynamic systems where you work through from the laws of thermodynamics to how they apply in each of the areas.

I would love to find a book with this type of presentation. Do you happen to remember which textbooks were used for this class?

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It doesn't approach it from a thermodynamic perspective, but the following paper summarises the duality between electrics, hydraulics, acoustics and mechanics:

SchÖnfeld, J. C. (1954). Analogy of hydraulic, mechanical, acoustic and electric systems. Applied Scientific Research, Section B, 3(1), 417–450. doi:10.1007/bf02919918