- Lecturer
- Fushinobu Kazuyoshi
- Place
- Thr1-2(I321)
- Credits
- Lecture2 Exercise0 Experiment0
- Code
- 40032
- Syllabus updated
- 2013/4/3
- Lecture notes updated
- 2013/3/21
- Semester
- Spring Semester
Outline of lecture
- To provide fundamental concepts of statistical thermodynamics to the graduate students of mechanical engineering major.
- Major focus of the lecture is on the energy transport and conversion phenomena that appear in advanced energy, thermal design/management, and manufacturing applications.
Purpose of lecture
- To provide fundamental concepts of statistical thermodynamics to the graduate students of mechanical engineering major.
Plan of lecture
Introduction, Macroscale thermodynamics (brush-up session)
Kinetics of dilute gases, Basic ideas of statistical thermodynamics
Macroscale properties from the principle of statistical thermodynamics
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Quantum statistics (Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac)
Ideal gas statistics
Dense gas, Intermolecular forces
Solid statistics, electrons
Solid statistics, phonons
Liquid statistics, Transport properties
Boltzmann transport equation, Local equilibrium
Fuel cell and thermodynamics
Textbook and reference
see OCW-i
Related and/or prerequisite courses
Thermodynamics and heat transfer courses at undergraduate school of mechanical engineering department
Evaluation
Written assignment
