Thermodynamics and heat

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.

This Brief describes heat transfer and pressure drop in heat transfer enhancement by insert devices and integral roughness.

This Brief deals with Performance Evaluation Criteria (PEC) for heat exchangers, single phase flow, objective function and constraints, algebraic formulation, constant flow rate, fixed flow area, thermal resistance, heat exchanger effectiveness, relations for St and f, finned tube banks, variations of PEC, reduced exchanger flow rate, exergy based PEC, PEC for two-phase heat exchangers, work consuming, work producing and heat actuated systems.

This Brief concerns heat transfer and pressure drop in heat transfer enhancement for boiling and condensation.

This Brief deals with externally finned tubes, their geometric parameters, Reynolds number, dimensionless variables, friction factor, plain plate fins on round tubes, the effect of fin spacing, correlations, pain individually finned tubes, circular fins with staggered tubes, low integral fin tubes, wavy fin, enhanced plate  fin geometries with round tubes, Offset Strip Fins, convex louver fins, louvered fin, perforated fin, mesh fin, vortex generator, enhanced circular fin geometries, spine or segmented fin, wire loop fin, flat extruded tubes with internal membranes, plate and fin automotive radiators, performance comparison, numerical simulation, advanced fin geometries, hydrophilic coatings, internally finned tubes and annuli, spirally fluted and  indented tube, advanced internal fin geometries, and finned annuli.

This Brief stands as a primer for heat transfer fundamentals in heat transfer enhancement devices, the definition of heat transfer area, passive and active enhancement techniques and their potential and benefits and commercial applications.

This Brief deals with heat transfer and friction in plate and fin extended heat transfer enhancement surfaces.

This textbook provides comprehensive information on general and statistical thermodynamics.

This monograph is focused mostly on the exposition of analytical methods for the solution of problems of strong phase change.

This book investigates a wide range of phase equilibrium modelling and calculation problems for compositional thermal simulation.

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.

This book serves as an introduction to cryocooler technology and describes the principle applications of cryocoolers across a broad range of fields.

This book deals with an important topic in rational continuum physics, thermodynamics.

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This book covers concepts and the latest developments on microscale flow and heat transfer phenomena involving a gas.

The revised second edition of this practical book reviews the fundamentals of cryogenic liquid behaviour in small and large scale storage systems.

This textbook explains the meaning of heat and work and the definition of energy and energy systems.

This book explains the modelling and simulation of thermal power plants, and introduces readers to the equations needed to model a wide range of industrial energy processes.

This textbook gives a basic introduction to theoretical physics.

This SpringerBrief presents a recent advancement in modeling and measurement of the effect of surface wettability on the defrost process.

This book serves as a self-contained reference source for engineers, materials scientists, and physicists with an interest in relaxation phenomena.