Printable versionAdvanced Thermodynamics
Lecturer: Prof. Claudio Della Volpe
Timetable 2016
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November |
Hours |
Room |
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Monday 21 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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Wednesday 23 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
2 R |
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Friday 25 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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Monday 28 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 P |
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Wednesday 30 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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December |
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Friday 02 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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Monday 05 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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Wednesday 07 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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Monday 12 |
11:00 – 13:00 |
1 H |
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Wednesday 14 (rescheduled lesson) |
11:00 – 13:00 | 1 H |
Duration
18 hours (2 ECTS)
Tutorials
1) The Callen approach. Fundamental functions and their properties.
2) Some correlation with the economy production functions.
3) The Prigogine approach. The introduction of time.
4) The stability of a thermodynamic system. The Gibbs approach and the Liapounov approach.
5) The endoreversible approximation and its applications.
6) The irreversibility, its possible origin: the gravity hypothesis. (The Smolin-Ben Jacob approach).
7) The linear regime and its stability. Onsager relations. Minimum entropy production.
8) The non-linear regime. Oscillating systems. Is there a general evolution criterion? The MEP criterion.
9) Some practical applications of the irreversible thermodynamics: the Ludder bands, the thermocouple, multicomponent diffusion, electrokinetic phenomena, thermoelectric phenomena, some metallurgy techniques, etc.
10) The surface thermodynamics. From Leonardo to Prigogine models of a surface. The wettability: its equations and its applications. The experimental evaluation of the contact angle. The acid-base theory of the surface tension.
Registration: in order to access the course, please send an e-mail to dicamphd [at] unitn.it