From billiards to thermodynamics
| Autor: | Timothy Chumley, Scott Cook, Renato Feres |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
Markov chain Probability (math.PR) Mechanical Processes FOS: Physical sciences Thermodynamics Mathematical Physics (math-ph) Mechanical system Computational Mathematics Classical mechanics Computational Theory and Mathematics Simple (abstract algebra) Modeling and Simulation FOS: Mathematics Statistical physics Mathematical Physics Mathematics - Probability Heat engine |
| Zdroj: | Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 65:1596-1613 |
| ISSN: | 0898-1221 |
| Popis: | We explore some beginning steps in stochastic thermodynamics of billiard-like mechanical systems by introducing extremely simple and explicit random mechanical processes capable of exhibiting steady-state irreversible thermodynamical behavior. In particular, we describe a Markov chain model of a minimalistic heat engine and numerically study its operation and efficiency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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