Download or read book Non equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics Applied To Fluid Dynamics And Laser Physics written by Xavier De Hemptinne and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-02-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book stresses the role of uncorrelated exchange of properties between macroscopic systems and their surroundings as the only source of dynamic irreversibility. To that end, fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics extended to the non-equilibrium are worked out carefully. The principles are then applied to selected problems in classical fluid dynamics. Transport coefficients are first derived from basic laws. This is followed by a full discussion of transitions to dissipative structures in selected systems far removed from equilibrium (Bénard and Taylor vortices, calculation of the critical Reynolds number for transition to turbulence in Poiseuille flow). The final part focuses on interaction of matter with light. Fundamentals are extended towards quantum-mechanical systems. Applied to coherent radiation and its interaction with matter, the proposed thermodynamic treatment introduces an original discussion into the quantum nature of micro-physics.The book questions and reconsiders a deeply rooted paradigm in macroscopic dynamics concerning the cause of irreversibility. The new proposal is illustrated by application to a couple of well documented non-equilibrium domains, namely fluid dynamics and laser physics.
Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes Volume 2 written by Dmitrii Zubarev and published by Wiley-VCH. This book was released on 1997-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second part of a two-volume textbook on the modern statistical theory of nonequilibrium processes. The general method of nonequilibrium statistical ensembles developed in the first volume is applied to various problems in linear response theory, relaxation phenomena, hydrodynamics, and the dynamical theory of fluctuations. Some active areas of research are considered, including relaxation processes in highly nonequilibrium systems, kinetic processes in lasers, nonequilibrium many-particle correlations in the Green’s function formalism, superfluid statistical hydrodynamics, large-scale fluctuations in nonequilibrium systems, and statistical mechanics of turbulence. Exercises and problems for readers are also included. The book is self-contained and accessible to students having heard the standard course in statistical physics. It is also of interest for specialists working in solid state physics, chemical physics, and physics of plasma and fluids.
Download or read book Thermodynamics of Fluids Under Flow written by D. Jou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the authors’ successful theory for extended irreversible thermodynamics, the book analyzes the thermodynamic aspects of several phenomena induced by the flow in fluid systems.
Download or read book Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought written by P.J.N. Baert and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1999-12-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, fifteen authors from a wide spectrum of disciplines (ranging from the natural sciences to the arts) offer assessments of the way time enters their work, the definition and uses of time that have proved most productive or problematic, and the lessons their subjects can offer for our understanding of time beyond the classroom and laboratory walls. The authors have tried, without sacrificing analytical rigour, to make their contribution accessible to a cross-disciplinary readership. Each chapter reviews time's past and present application in its respective field, considers the practical and logical problems that remain, and assesses the methods researchers are using to escape or resolve them. Particular attention is paid to ways in which the technical treatment of time, for problem-solving and model-building around specific phenomena, call on - or clash with - our intuitive perceptions of what time is and does. The spans of time considered range from the fractions of seconds it takes unstable particles to disintegrate to the millions of years required for one species to give way to another. Like all central conceptual words, time is understood on several levels. By inviting input from a broad range of disciplines, the book aims to provide a fuller understanding of those levels, and of the common ground that lurks at their base. Much agreement emerges - not only on the nature of the problems time presents to modern intellectual thought, but also on the clues that recent discoveries may offer towards possible solutions.
Download or read book Statistical Thermodynamics and Stochastic Theory of Nonequilibrium Systems written by Werner Ebeling and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents both the fundamentals and the major research topics in statistical physics of systems out of equilibrium. It summarizes different approaches to describe such systems on the thermodynamic and stochastic levels, and discusses a variety of areas including reactions, anomalous kinetics, and the behavior of self-propelling particles.
Download or read book Statistical Foundations of Irreversible Thermodynamics written by Roberto Luzzi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some aspects of the physics of many-body systems arbitrarily away from equilibrium, mainly the characterization and irreversible evolution of their macroscopic state, are considered. The present status of phenomenological irreversible thermodynamics is described. An approach for building a statistical thermodynamics - dubbed Informational-Statistical-Thermodynamics - based on a non-equilibrium statistical ensemble formalism is presented. The formalism can be considered as encompassed within the scope of the so-called Predictive Statistical Mechanics, in which the predictability of future states in terms of the knowledge of present and past states, and the question of historicity in the case of systems with complex behaviour, is its main characteristic. The book is recommended for researchers in the area of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, as well as a textbook for advanced courses for graduate students in the area of condensed matter physics.
Download or read book Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics of Nonlinear Nonequilibrium Systems written by W Ebeling and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993-03-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these proceedings, it is shown that thermodynamical concepts are not ‘old fashioned’ but still are most useful at the frontiers of modern science. Among the contributors are well-known experts such as Andresen (Copenhagen), Eu (Montreal), Groβmann (Marburg), Kawasaki (Fuhuoha), Maugin (Paris), Nicolis (Bruxelles) and Szépfalusy (Budapest). The subject covers a wide field including: recent developments in phenomenological thermodynamics, statistical foundation of thermodynamical concepts, thermodynamical concepts in nonlinear dynamics, applications to nonlinear (neural) networks, stochastic theory and transition processes. Contents: Random Stresses in Potts Models of Disordered Plastic Crystals (A Güntzel et al.)Sensitivity to Initial Conditions in Complex Systems (G Nicolis et al.)Nonlinear Dynamics in Low-Dimensional Lattices: A Chemical Reaction Model (A Provata & J W Turner)Resonant Pair Nucleation in an Overdamped Sine-Gordon Chain (F Marchesoni)Finite-Time Optimization of Chemical Reactions and Connections to Thermodynamic Speed (J Ch Schön & B Andresen)A Variation Principle for Differential Transport Coefficients (M Ichiyanagi)Higher-Order Fluxes and Effective Relaxation Times in Extended Thermodynamics (D Jou)Projection Operators in Statistical Formulation of Nonlinear and Extended Thermodynamics (R E Nettleton)Thermodynamics of Light and Sound (I Müller)Entropy, Predictability and Historicity of Nonlinear Proceses (W Ebeling)Symmetry and Coherent Approximations in Non-Equilibrium Systems (M Suzuki)and other papers Readership: Statistical and thermodynamical working physicists.
Download or read book Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Fluctuation Kinetics written by Léon Brenig and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses research challenges in the rapidly developing area of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and fluctuation kinetics. This cross-disciplinary field comprises various topics, ranging from fundamental problems of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics to multiple applications in plasma, fluid mechanics, nonlinear science, systems of dissipative particles, and high-Q resonators. The purpose of this book is to bring together world-leading experts in the above fields to initiate a cross-fertilization among these active research areas. The book is dedicated to and honours the memory of Professor Slava Belyi who passed away unexpectedly on May 20, 2020. He was pioneering the theory of nonequilibrium fluctuations, in particular the application of the Callen-Welton fluctuation-dissipation theorem to nonequilibrium systems and its generalization. This and related problems also feature in the book.
Download or read book Non equilibrium Statistical Mechanics written by Ilya Prigogine and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mechanical Catalysis written by Gerhard Swiegers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a clear and systematic description of the key role played by catalyst reactant dynamism including: (i) the fundamental processes at work, (ii) the origin of its general and physical features, (iii) the way it has evolved, and (iv) how it relates to catalysis in man-made systems. Unifies homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzymatic catalysis into a single, conceptually coherent whole. Describes how to authentically mimic the underlying principles of enzymatic catalysis in man-made systems. Examines the origin and role of complexity and complex Systems Science in catalysis--very hot topics in science today.
Download or read book Nonequilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics written by Bernard H. Lavenda and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops in detail the statistical foundations of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, based on the mathematical theory of Brownian motion. Author Bernard H. Lavenda demonstrates that thermodynamic criteria emerge in the limit of small thermal fluctuations and in the Gaussian limit where means and modes of the distribution coincide. His treatment assumes the theory of Brownian motion to be a general and practical model of irreversible processes that are inevitably influenced by random thermal fluctuations. This unifying approach permits the extraction of widely applicable principles from the analysis of specific models. Arranged by argument rather than theory, the text is based on the premises that random thermal fluctuations play a decisive role in governing the evolution of nonequilibrium thermodynamic processes and that they can be viewed as a dynamic superposition of many random events. Intended for nonmathematicians working in the areas of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, this book will also be of interest to chemical physicists, condensed matter physicists, and readers in the area of nonlinear optics.
Download or read book Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Its Statistical Foundations written by Hans J. Kreuzer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1981 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Non equilibrium Thermodynamics written by Georgy Lebon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-12 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the many facets of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The first part of this book describes the current thermodynamic formalism recognized as the classical theory. The second part focuses on different approaches. Throughout the presentation, the emphasis is on problem-solving applications. To help build your understanding, some problems have been analyzed using several formalisms to underscore their differences and their similarities.
Download or read book Statistical Thermodynamics and Microscale Thermophysics written by Van P. Carey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-13 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provide an interwoven development of classical and statistical thermodynamic principles from a modern perspective.
Download or read book Treatise on Irreversible and Statistical Thermodynamics written by Wolfgang Yourgrau and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensively revised edition of a much-respected work examines thermodynamics of irreversible processes, general principles of statistical thermodynamics, assemblies of noninteracting structureless particles, and statistical theory. 1966 edition.
Download or read book Non Equilibrium Thermodynamics written by Michael Bestehorn and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport and diffusion processes are central in numerous scientific and technical applications. Prominent examples are the temperature distribution in continuous media, the flow of liquids or gases, the dynamics of reaction-diffusion systems, or the concentration distributions in mixtures. The theoretical and numerical description of these systems is based on partial differential equations. The theory of non-equilibrium thermodynamics provides a frame to derive these equations from basic conservation laws and first principles. The first part of the textbook discusses the concept of equilibrium thermodynamics and its generalization to systems in local equilibrium. Thermodynamic fluxes are defined and caused by generalized forces. Finally, linear relations, the Onsager relations, between fluxes and forces allow for a closed description. In this way, conservation equations for mass (continuity), momentum (Euler or Navier-Stokes), and energy (temperature) are derived and solved analytically or numerically for several examples. The second part is based on the kinetic gas theory describing a classical many particle system. At the example of a perfect gas the conservation equations derived phenomenologically in the first part are thereby put on statistical grounds. The textbook addresses advanced Bachelor or Master students of physics, mechanical engineering and applied mathematics.
