Author | Owen, David R. author |
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Title | A First Course in the Mathematical Foundations of Thermodynamics [electronic resource] / by David R. Owen |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1984 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9505-8 |
Descript | 134 p. online resource |
I Classical Thermodynamicsl -- 1. Homogeneous Fluid Bodies -- 2. The First Law; Energy -- 3. The Second Law; Entropy -- 4. A General Efficiency Estimate -- II Systems with Perfect Accessibility -- 1. Definition and Example -- 2. Actions -- III A Modern Treatment of the First Law -- 1. Thermodynamical Systems (1) and the First Law -- 2. Products of Systems and Preservation of the First Law -- 3. The First Law and Jouleโs Relation -- IV A Modern Treatment of the Second Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hotness Levels and Temperature Scales -- 3. The Accumulation Function for an Ideal Gas -- 4. Thermodynamical Systems (2) and the Second Law -- 5. Products of Systems and Preservation of the Second Law -- 6. The Second Law and the Accumulation Inequality -- 7. Estimates for Heat Absorbed and Heat Emitted -- V Energy and Entropy for Thermodynamical Systems -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Actions with the Clausius Property -- 3. Actions with the Conservation Property -- 4. Actions with the Dissipation Property -- VI Isothermal Processes of Homogeneous Filaments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elastic Filaments -- 3. Viscous Filaments -- 4. Elastic-Perfectly Plastic Filaments -- 5. Phase Transitions in Elastic and Viscous Filaments -- VII Homogeneous Bodies with Viscosity -- 1. Bodies with Viscosity as Thermodynamical Systems -- 2. Consequences of the First Law -- 3. Consequences of the Second Law -- Comments and Suggestions for Further Reading -- Problems