Ingo Müller, Wolfgang H. Müller

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Applications (eBook, PDF)

With Historical Annotations and Many Citations from Avogadro to Zermelo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book provides a systematic introduction into the fundamental ideas of thermodynamics at a somewhat advanced level. And it exhibits many applications of the theory in the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, physical chemistry, and materials science. The universal equations of balance are strictly separated from the constitutive equations which characterize the behavior of material bodies, mostly gases, vapors, and liquids. Some selected solids like rubber, gels and shape memory alloys are considered as well.

Both authors have taught students of the subject for many years at the Technical University of Berlin, and they have actively participated in modern research in thermodynamics.

Historical annotations offer some relaxing moments for the reader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540746485
• Artikelnr.: 37370909

Autorenporträt

Wolfgang H. Müller ist Lehrstuhlinhaber für Kontinuumsmechanik und Materialtheorie am Institut für Mechanik der Technischen Universität Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue on ideal gases and incompressible fluids.- Objectives of thermodynamics and its equations of balance.- Constitutive equations.- Reversible processes and cycles. "p dV thermodynamics" for the calculation of thermodynamic engines.- Entropy.- Entropy as S=k lnW.- Steam engines and refrigerators.- Heat Transfer.- Mixtures, solutions, and alloys.- Chemically reacting mixtures.- Moist air.- Selected problems in thermodynamics.- Thermodynamics of irreversible processes.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The book is divided in twelve chapters which describe the fundamentals of thermodynamics and many applications, mainly in machines or chemical reactions. ... The whole book is also illustrated with many figures and many historical notes concerning the pioneers of the thermodynamics. Engineers will find here an historical complete introduction of thermodynamics going to modern developments. Mathematicians involved in partial differential equations (pde) will find the physical and historical context which leads to the famous heat or wave equations, among other pdes." (Alain Brillard, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1168, 2009)