Paul:
I don't know about your math background, but I found this neat website
which deals with all issues concerning thermodynamics.
I thought you might have some interest in it.
Here is a link to the page concerned with diesels. You can use it to go
to other pages if you wish.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/heatengcon.html#c2
the main link is
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/
George Lazik
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