Thermodynamics And Fluctuations Far From Equilibrium

Author : John Ross
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540745556
Total Pages : 207 pages
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Download or read book Thermodynamics and Fluctuations far from Equilibrium written by John Ross and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the formulation of the thermodynamics of chemical and other systems far from equilibrium. It contains applications to non-equilibrium stationary states and approaches to such states, systems with multiple stationary states, stability and equi-stability conditions, reaction diffusion systems, transport properties, and electrochemical systems. The theoretical treatment is complemented by experimental results to substantiate the formulation.

Author : S. R. De Groot
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486153509
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics written by S. R. De Groot and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic monograph treats irreversible processes and phenomena of thermodynamics: non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Covers statistical foundations and applications with chapters on fluctuation theory, theory of stochastic processes, kinetic theory of gases, more.

Author : Joel Keizer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461210542
Total Pages : 517 pages
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Download or read book Statistical Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Processes written by Joel Keizer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure of the theory ofthermodynamics has changed enormously since its inception in the middle of the nineteenth century. Shortly after Thomson and Clausius enunciated their versions of the Second Law, Clausius, Maxwell, and Boltzmann began actively pursuing the molecular basis of thermo dynamics, work that culminated in the Boltzmann equation and the theory of transport processes in dilute gases. Much later, Onsager undertook the elucidation of the symmetry oftransport coefficients and, thereby, established himself as the father of the theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Com bining the statistical ideas of Gibbs and Langevin with the phenomenological transport equations, Onsager and others went on to develop a consistent statistical theory of irreversible processes. The power of that theory is in its ability to relate measurable quantities, such as transport coefficients and thermodynamic derivatives, to the results of experimental measurements. As powerful as that theory is, it is linear and limited in validity to a neighborhood of equilibrium. In recent years it has been possible to extend the statistical theory of nonequilibrium processes to include nonlinear effects. The modern theory, as expounded in this book, is applicable to a wide variety of systems both close to and far from equilibrium. The theory is based on the notion of elementary molecular processes, which manifest themselves as random changes in the extensive variables characterizing a system. The theory has a hierarchical character and, thus, can be applied at various levels of molecular detail.

Author : Georgy Lebon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540742522
Total Pages : 331 pages
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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.

Author : Hans Christian Öttinger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471727911
Total Pages : 651 pages
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Download or read book Beyond Equilibrium Thermodynamics written by Hans Christian Öttinger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-05-13 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Equilibrium Thermodynamics fills a niche in the market by providing a comprehensive introduction to a new, emerging topic in the field. The importance of non-equilibrium thermodynamics is addressed in order to fully understand how a system works, whether it is in a biological system like the brain or a system that develops plastic. In order to fully grasp the subject, the book clearly explains the physical concepts and mathematics involved, as well as presenting problems and solutions; over 200 exercises and answers are included. Engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians can all use the book to address their problems in modelling, calculating, and understanding dynamic responses of materials.

Author : Sybren Ruurds Groot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
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Download or read book Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics written by Sybren Ruurds Groot and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Jou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642974309
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics written by David Jou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical irreversible thermodynamics, as developed by Onsager, Prigogine and many other authors, is based on the local-equilibrium hypothesis. Out of equilibrium, any system is assumed to depend locally on the same set of variables as when it is in eqUilibrium. This leads to a formal thermody namic structure identical to that of eqUilibrium: intensive parameters such as temperature, pressure and chemical potentials are well-defined quantities keeping their usual meaning, thermodynamic potentials are derived as Leg endre transformations and all equilibrium thermodynamic relations retain their validity. The theory based on this hypothesis has turned out to be very useful and has achieved a number of successes in many practical situations. of interest in going However, the recent decade has witnessed a surge beyond the classical formulation. There are several reasons for this. One of them is the development of experimental methods able to deal with the response of systems to high-frequency and short-wavelength perturbations, such as ultrasound propagation and light and neutron scattering. The ob served results have led to generalizations of the classical hydrodynamical theories, by including memory functions or generalized transport coefficients depending on the frequency and the wavevector. This field has generated impressive progress in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, but for the moment it has not brought about a parallel development in non-equilibrium thermodynamics. An extension of thermodynamics compatible with gener alized hydrodynamics therefore appears to be a natural subject of research.

Author : P. Glansdorff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
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Download or read book Thermodynamic Theory of Structure, Stability and Fluctuations written by P. Glansdorff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1971 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glossary of principal symbols

Author : W. Horsthemke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642465080
Total Pages : 281 pages
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Download or read book Fluctuations and Sensitivity in Nonequilibrium Systems written by W. Horsthemke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the invited lectures and a selection of the contributed papers and posters of the workshop on "Fluctuations and Sensitivity in Nonequil ibrium Systems", held at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, Un i vers ity of Texas at Austin, March 12-16, 1984. The workshop dealt with stochastic phenomena and sensi tivity in nonequilibrium systems from a macroscopic point of view. Durin9 the last few years it has been realized that the role of fluctuations is far less trivial in systems far from equilibrium than in systems under thermodynamic equilibrium condi tions. It was found that random fluctuations often are a determining factor for the state adopted by macroscopic systems and cannot be regarded as secondary effects of minor importance. Further, nonequilibrium systems are also very sensitive to small systematic changes in their environment. The main aims of the workshop were: i) to provide scientists with an occasion to acquaint themselves with the state of the art in fluctuation theory and sensitivity analysis; ii) to provide a forum for the presentation of recent advances in theory and experiment; iii) to bring toge ther theoreticians and experimentalists in order to delineate the major open problems and to formulate strategies to tackle these problems. The organizing committee of the workshop consisted of W. Horsthemke, O.K. Konde pudi, G. Dewel, G. Nicolis, I. Prigogine and L. Reichl.

Author : Luis Garrido
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
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Download or read book Systems Far from Equilibrium written by Luis Garrido and published by Springer. This book was released on 1980 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: