Meam 402 -noam Lior Fall 2005 Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy Warning concerning Copyright Restrictions

ON THE STATISTICAL VIEWPOINT CONCERNING THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

In statistical thermodynamics the 2nd law is properly spelled out in terms of conditioned probabilities. As such it makes the statement, that ‘entropy increases with time’ without preferring a time direction. In this paper we try to explain this statement—which is well known since the time of the Ehrenfests—in some detail within a systematic Bayesian approach.

A review of quantum thermodynamics

In this article, we present a brief and elementary review of quantum thermodynamics and its achievements and challenges. This review includes an introduction to some fundamental concepts such as internal energy, heat, work, entropy, entropy production, thermal equilibrium, second law of quantum thermodynamics, relation between thermodynamics and information theory, as well as a discussion of ho...

A mixture of elastic materials with different constituent temperatures and internal constraints

A novel treatment of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and the development of general thermomechanical constraints are introduced for a mixture of two elastic materials in which the constituents may have different temperatures. First, a homothermal quasi-static process at a common mixture temperature is introduced. Part I of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics is invoked to assert that the Clausius integ...

Synchronized and asynchronous parallel algorithms for multiprocessors

NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS: The copyright law of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Any copying of this document without permission of its author may be prohibited by law. Abstract Parallel algorithms for multiprocessors are classified into synchronized and asynchronous algorithms. Impor...

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