A Commentary on Thermodynamics

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Day, William A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
Series:Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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