A Commentary on Thermodynamics

A Commentary on Thermodynamics by William A. Day.

The aim of this book is to comment on, and clarify, the mathematical aspects of the theory of thermodynamics. The standard presentations of the subject are often beset by a number of obscurities associated with the words "state", "reversible", "irreversible", and "...

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Main Author: Day, William A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:1st ed. 1988.
Series:Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy, 32
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Subjects:
Thermodynamics.
Mathematical physics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Nonlinear Thermoelasticity
  • 2 Simplification and Approximation
  • 1 Homogeneous and Dissipationless Thermoelasticity
  • 2 Linearized Thermoelasticity
  • 3 Efficiency Within Nonlinear Thermoelasticity
  • 4 Efficiency Within Homogeneous and Dissipationless Thermoelasticity
  • 5 Efficiency Within Linearized Thermoelasticity
  • 6 Versions of a Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 1 Nonlinear Thermoelasticity
  • 2 Homogeneous and Dissipationless Thermoelasticity
  • 3 Linearized Thermoelasticity
  • 4 Nonstandard Linearized Thermoelasticity
  • References.

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