1. Home
    2. Journals
    3. Resonance – Journal of Science Education
    4. Volume 22
    5. Issue 12

    • Pythagorean Means and Carnot Machines: When Music Meets Heat

      Ramandeep S Johal

      General Article Volume 22 Issue 12 December 2017 pp 1193-1203

    • Fulltext

       

        Click here to view fulltext PDF


      Permanent link:
      https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/022/12/1193-1203

    • Keywords

       

      Arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean, Carnot machine, Pythagorean means, musical scales, coefficients of performance.

    • Abstract

       

      This article explores some interesting relations betweenPythagorean means (arithmetic, geometric, and harmonicmeans) and the coefficients of performance of reversible Carnotmachines (heat engine, refrigerator, and heat pump) .

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Ramandeep S Johal1

    • Dates

       
      Published
      5 December 2017

© 2021-2022 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.

Contact | Site index