Thermodynamics and heat

This book provides the foundations of analytical thermodynamics for graduate level.

This book looks at global atmospheric processes from a physical standpoint using available current and past observational data taken from measurements of relevant atmospheric parameters.

The book describes the thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and working principle of the Ranque Hilsch Vortex Tube.

The book provides design engineers an elemental understanding of the variables that influence pressure drop and heat transfer in plain and micro-fin tubes to thermal systems using liquid single-phase flow in different industrial applications.

This book provides a simple and well-structured course followed by an innovative collection of exercises and solutions that will enrich a wide range of courses as part of the undergraduate physics curriculum.

This brief provides a modern pedagogical exposition of the mechanical approach to statistical mechanics initiated by Boltzmann with his early works (1866-1871).

Survival of the fittest"e; is a tautology, because those that are "e;fit"e; are the ones that survive, but to survive, a species must be "e;fit"e;.

This thesis establishes a multifaceted extension of the deterministic control framework that has been a workhorse of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, to stochastic, discrete, and autonomous control mechanisms.

The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change collects high level contributions from internationally recognised scientists in the field.

The nonequilibrium behavior of nanoscopic and biological systems, which are typically strongly fluctuating, is a major focus of current research.

This book focusses on the thermodynamics of soil nutrient bioavailability, and in particular the most important plant nutrients such as, phosphorus and potassium, among major nutrients, and zinc among micronutrients.

This book presents the optimal auxiliary functions method and applies it to various engineering problems and in particular in boundary layer problems.

This textbook on fire dynamics provides a comprehensive description of fuels involved in fires, definitions related to fire, thermodynamics for fire calculations, basics of transport processes and fundamental aspects of combustion related to fire, physical descriptions of premixed and non-premixed flames, detailed analysis of the characteristics of fires from solid and liquid fuels, including ignition, spread and burning rates and physical aspects of fire plumes, compartment fires and dust fires.

This volume introduces the fundamentals of adsorption heat pumps, beginning with the simplest cycle and building to the most complex.

This book focuses on mixed crystals formed by molecular substances.

This book covers aspects of multiphase flow and heat transfer during phase change processes, focusing on boiling and condensation in microscale channels.

This textbook introduces the molecular side of physical chemistry.

This book continues the process of systematization of knowledge about convection.

Rational extended thermodynamics (RET) is the theory that is applicable to nonequilibrium phenomena out of local equilibrium.

This text describes the mathematical formulation and proof of the unified mechanics theory (UMT) which is based on the unification of Newton's laws and the laws of thermodynamics.

This is the second edition of a well-received book.

This thesis demonstrates the potential of two platforms to explore experimentally the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics that has remained mostly theoretical so far.

This book explores water geothermometry, a highly relevant topic in the exploration and exploitation of geothermal energy.

This book presents a variety of techniques for tackling phenomena that are not amenable to the conventional approach based on the concept of probabilities.

This book is dedicated to the atmosphere of our planet, and discusses historical and contemporary achievements in meteorological science and technology for the betterment of society.

This book provides the first comprehensive description of time crystals which have a repeating structure in time.

This textbook concerns thermal properties of bulk matter and is aimed at advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate students in a range of programs in science or engineering.

This book is an expanded form of the monograph, Dropwise Condensation on Inclined Textured Surfaces, Springer, 2013, published earlier by the authors, wherein a mathematical model for dropwise condensation of pure vapor over inclined textured surfaces was presented, followed by simulations and comparison with experiments.

This book presents a collection of essays that explore the life and works of Tatjana Afanassjewa (1876-1964), a Russian-Dutch physicist-mathematician.

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics.

This book presents methodologies for analysing large data sets produced by the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulence and combustion.

This book presents different thermodynamic approaches in the area of constitutive theory: thermodynamics of irreversible processes, rational thermodynamics, and extended thermodynamics.

This book provides design engineers using gas-liquid two-phase flow in different industrial applications the necessary fundamental understanding of the two-phase flow variables.

Capitalism is under attack.

This book is a concise, readable, yet authoritative primer of basic classic thermodynamics.

This textbook is specifically designed to meet the needs of students taking the two-semester calculus-based introductory physics courses now favored in many countries around the world.

This book provides a complete and accurate atomic level statistical mechanical explanation of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics.

This book explores applications of computational intelligence in key and emerging fields of engineering, especially with regard to condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, inverse problems, decision support systems and optimization.

This thesis presents several related advances in the field of nonequilibrium quantum thermodynamics.

This book presents current knowledge on chemistry and physics of Arctic atmosphere.

This book is the second edition of Numerical methods for diffusion phenomena in building physics: a practical introduction originally published by PUCPRESS (2016).

This book explores applications of computational intelligence in key and emerging fields of engineering, especially with regard to condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, inverse problems, decision support systems and optimization.

In a comprehensive treatment of Statistical Mechanics from thermodynamics through the renormalization group, this book serves as the core text for a full-year graduate course in statistical mechanics at either the Masters or Ph.

As a companion to the undergraduate textbook "e;Physical Chemistry from a Different Angle"e;, this workbook offers an excellent opportunity to deepen the understanding of the concepts presented in the textbook by addressing specific problems.

These proceedings of the conference Advances in Statistical Mechanics, held in Marseille, France, August 2018, focus on fundamental issues of equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics for classical mechanical systems, as well as on open problems in statistical mechanics related to probability, mathematical physics, computer science, and biology.

This book contains a modern selection of about 200 solved problems and examples arranged in a didactic way for hands-on experience with course work in a standard advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate class in thermodynamics and statistical physics.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of thermodynamics.

Experts of fluid dynamics agree that turbulence is nonlinear and nonlocal.

This textbook is for a one semester introductory course in thermodynamics, primarily for use in a mechanical or aerospace engineering program, although it could also be used in an engineering science curriculum.

This book provides in-depth information about the sea ice in the Arctic at scales from paleoenvironmental variability to more contemporary changes during the past and present centuries.