Statistical mechanics of hard spheres

1995 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Baeyens ◽  
Henri Verschelde
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Hard Spheres

Statistical mechanics of two hard spheres in a box

2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Uranagase ◽  
Toyonori Munakata
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Hard Spheres

Should Engineering Thermodynamics Include a Simplified Treatment of Its Underlying Molecular Basis?

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. John Dartnall ◽  
John Reizes ◽  
Geoff Anstis
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Hard Spheres ◽  
Mechanistic Explanation ◽  
Carnot Cycle ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
State Laws ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Laws Of Thermodynamics ◽  
Classical Thermodynamics

Engineering Thermodynamics is commonly treated at undergraduate level as “classical thermodynamics and its applications”. Recent publications, using one dimensional simulations employing hard spheres have proposed ways to obtain the laws of thermodynamics. These models help to explain the state laws, the limitation of the Carnot cycle relationship as well as difficult concepts like entropy. The models, although deterministic, are able to demonstrate the probabilistic behaviour, normally explained by the mathematically sophisticated derivations of Statistical Mechanics. Is it time to include a simplified, mechanistic explanation of Engineering Thermodynamics by deriving it from its molecular basis?

The statistical mechanics of a liquid of breathing hard spheres

1989 ◽  
Vol 90 (11) ◽  
pp. 6809-6810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven G. Desjardins ◽  
Richard M. Stratt
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Hard Spheres
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