Should engineering thermodynamics include a simplified treatment of its underlying molecular basis?

John Dartnall, W; Reizes, J; Anstis, G

Should engineering thermodynamics include a simplified treatment of its underlying molecular basis?

John Dartnall, W Reizes, J Anstis, G

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Citation:: ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings, 2010, 6 pp. 549 - 558
Issue Date:: 2010-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	John Dartnall, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Reizes, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Anstis, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings, 2010, 6 pp. 549 - 558	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780791843796	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16441
dc.description.abstract	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? Copyright © 2010 by ASME.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1115/IMECE2009-10933	en_US
dc.title	Should engineering thermodynamics include a simplified treatment of its underlying molecular basis?	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
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Abstract:

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? Copyright © 2010 by ASME.

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