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Author: J. R. Dorfman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-06-24
Total Pages: 667
ISBN-13: 0521895472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thorough examination of kinetic theory and its successes in understanding and describing irreversible phenomena in physical systems.
Author: J. R. Dorfman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-06-24
Total Pages: 667
ISBN-13: 1009038222
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKinetic theory provides a microscopic description of many observable, macroscopic processes and has a wide range of important applications in physics, astronomy, chemistry, and engineering. This powerful, theoretical framework allows a quantitative treatment of many non-equilibrium phenomena such as transport processes in classical and quantum fluids. This book describes in detail the Boltzmann equation theory, obtained in both traditional and modern ways. Applications and generalizations describing non-equilibrium processes in a variety of systems are also covered, including dilute and moderately dense gases, particles in random media, hard sphere crystals, condensed Bose-Einstein gases, and granular materials. Fluctuation phenomena in non-equilibrium fluids, and related non-analyticities in the hydrodynamic equations are also discussed in some detail. A thorough examination of many topics concerning time dependent phenomena in material systems, this book describes both current knowledge as well as future directions of the field.
Author: Leonard B. Loeb
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9780486495729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pioneering text in its field, this comprehensive study is one of the most valuable texts and references available. The author explores the classical kinetic theory in the first four chapters, with discussions of the mechanical picture of a perfect gas, the mean free path, and the distribution of molecular velocities. Tbhe fifth chapter deals with the more accurate equations of state, or Van der Waals' equation, and later chapters examine viscosity, heat conduction, surface phenomena, and Browninan movements. The text surveys the application of quantum theory to the problem of specific heats and the contributions of kinetic theory to knowledge of electrical and magnetic properties of molecules, concluding with applications of the kinetic theory to the conduction of electricity in gases. 1934 edition.
Author: George Parris
Publisher:
Published: 2021-03-07
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are three non-mutually exclusive reasons to read this book: (i) you love science; (ii) you do science; and/or (iii) you teach science. As a teacher of general chemistry, I have found myself teaching things from modern textbooks that have been (by the year 2000) rehashed many times by generations of textbook authors and college professors. Over the years, much of the detail of history has been lost; some of the important caveats associated with the original research have been stripped away; and the material has become dogmatic.Today, it is hard to believe that in 1900 learned scholars could debate the existence of atoms and molecules. Ironically, if Albert Einstein had done nothing else, his 1905 paperOn the Movement of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat. Annalen der Physik 17 (1905): 549-560.would have been regarded as important to proving the existence of molecules, atoms and our modern theory of thermodynamics. Modern textbooks generally do not spend much time discussing how we made this critical passage from the ignorance of 1600 to the enlightenment of 2000; and at one time, I was a strong believer that it was a waste of time to consider the history (complete with personal tribulations, priority disputes, missteps, false starts and general confusion) of scientific study. But I have come to believe that we now accept some ideas as "facts" and have not thoroughly questioned the hypotheses of renowned scientists. In this informal history (compiled largely from popular secondary sources), I am not going to deeply criticize the pathway or results that have been used to construct our modern view of matter and energy, but I did want to give the general reader (and interested student) an outline of how we got here. Hopefully, this approach will convert the pillars of modern chemistry and physics from infallible icons into imperfect people with imperfect hypotheses that we should feel free (indeed, obligated) to question and challenge. Besides that, perhaps looking at how these people came to their discoveries will suggest methods of reasoning and investigation to modern researchers.
Author: R.L. Liboff
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-03-30
Total Pages: 587
ISBN-13: 0387217754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book goes beyond the scope of other works in the field with its thorough treatment of applications in a wide variety of disciplines. The third edition features a new section on constants of motion and symmetry and a new appendix on the Lorentz-Legendre expansion.
Author: Stuart Thomas Butler
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 245
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. R. Dorfman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-08-28
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0521655897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction to applications and techniques in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of chaotic dynamics.
Author: Sauro Succi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-04-13
Total Pages: 784
ISBN-13: 0192538853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlowing matter is all around us, from daily-life vital processes (breathing, blood circulation), to industrial, environmental, biological, and medical sciences. Complex states of flowing matter are equally present in fundamental physical processes, far remote from our direct senses, such as quantum-relativistic matter under ultra-high temperature conditions (quark-gluon plasmas). Capturing the complexities of such states of matter stands as one of the most prominent challenges of modern science, with multiple ramifications to physics, biology, mathematics, and computer science. As a result, mathematical and computational techniques capable of providing a quantitative account of the way that such complex states of flowing matter behave in space and time are becoming increasingly important. This book provides a unique description of a major technique, the Lattice Boltzmann method to accomplish this task. The Lattice Boltzmann method has gained a prominent role as an efficient computational tool for the numerical simulation of a wide variety of complex states of flowing matter across a broad range of scales; from fully-developed turbulence, to multiphase micro-flows, all the way down to nano-biofluidics and lately, even quantum-relativistic sub-nuclear fluids. After providing a self-contained introduction to the kinetic theory of fluids and a thorough account of its transcription to the lattice framework, this text provides a survey of the major developments which have led to the impressive growth of the Lattice Boltzmann across most walks of fluid dynamics and its interfaces with allied disciplines. Included are recent developments of Lattice Boltzmann methods for non-ideal fluids, micro- and nanofluidic flows with suspended bodies of assorted nature and extensions to strong non-equilibrium flows beyond the realm of continuum fluid mechanics. In the final part, it presents the extension of the Lattice Boltzmann method to quantum and relativistic matter, in an attempt to match the major surge of interest spurred by recent developments in the area of strongly interacting holographic fluids, such as electron flows in graphene.
Author: Lukong Cornelius Fai
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2022-06-01
Total Pages: 1404
ISBN-13: 1000590313
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents an accessible treatment of non-relativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics. It is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate physics students, and is also useful to researchers in theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, condensed matter, mathematical physics, quantum chemistry, and electronics. This student-friendly and self-contained textbook covers the typical topics in a core undergraduate program, as well as more advanced, graduate-level topics with an elegant mathematical rigor, contemporary style, and rejuvenated approach. It balances theory and worked examples, which reinforces readers' understanding of fundamental concepts. The analytical methods employed in this book describe physical situations with mathematical rigor and in-depth clarity, emphasizing the essential understanding of the subject matter without need for prior knowledge of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, atomic structure, or differential equations. Key Features: • Remains accessible but incorporates a rigorous, updated mathematical treatment • Laid out in a student-friendly structure • Balances theory with its application through examples Lukong Cornelius Fai is a professor of theoretical physics at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon. He is Head of Condensed Matter and Nanomaterials as well as the Mesoscopic and Multilayer Structures Laboratory. He was formerly a senior associate at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy. He holds a Master of Science in Physics and Mathematics (1991) as well as a Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics (1997) from Moldova State University. He is the author of over 170 scientific publications and five textbooks.
Author: S. G. Brush
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2016-07-04
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1483138771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKinetic Theory, Volume I: The Nature of Gases and of Heat deals with kinetic theory and the nature of gases and heat. A comprehensive account of the life, works, and historical environment of a number of scientists such as Robert Boyle and Hermann von Helmholtz is presented. This volume is comprised of 11 chapters and begins with an overview of the caloric theory, the principle of conservation of energy, the ""virial theorem,"" and atomic magnitudes. The discussion then turns to the qualitative atomic theory of the ""spring"" of the air, proposed by Robert Boyle; Isaac Newton's repulsion theory; Daniel Bernoulli's thery on the properties and motions of elastic fluids, especially air; and George Gregory's theory on the existence of fire. Subsequent chapters focus on Robert Mayer's theory on the forces of inorganic nature; James Joule's theory on matter, living force, and heat; Hermann von Helmholtz's theory on the conservation of force; and Rudolf Clausius's theory on the nature of heat. James Clerk Maxwell's dynamical theory of gases is also examined. This book is written primarily for students and research workers in physics, as well as for historians of science.
