This book provides the foundations of analytical thermodynamics for graduate level. The content is based on the author’s lecture notes developed over 30 years of academic teaching. It aims to present thermodynamics to the readers as easy to understand as possible, being suitable for professors teaching advanced thermodynamics or graduate students learning thermodynamics. The chapters include the basics of analytical thermodynamics, modelling of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, thermodynamics of interfaces and three-phase contact lines and the Second Law in engineering thermodynamics.
This book provides the foundations of analytical thermodynamics for graduate level. The content is based on the author’s lecture notes developed over 30 years of academic teaching. It aims to present thermodynamics to the readers as easy to understand as possible, being suitable for professors teaching advanced thermodynamics or graduate students learning thermodynamics. The chapters include the basics of analytical thermodynamics, modelling of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, thermodynamics of interfaces and three-phase contact lines and the Second Law in engineering thermodynamics.
Dongqing Li
Analytical Thermodynamics Advanced Thermodynamics Entropy Second Law of Thermodynamics Surface Thermodynamics Interfacial Phenomena Thermodynamics in Gravitational Field Thermodynamics in Centrifugal Field Equilibrium Thermodynamics Legendre Transformation Thermodynamic Potentials Entropy Maximum Principle Energy Minimum Principle Chemical Potentials Droplets and Bubbles