Entropy and Temperature,

Abstract

The article is written in the style of Scientific American. A minimum of mathematics is used in the presentation of a new approach to the understanding of the Second Law of thermodynamics. The intended readers are engineering students who have been exposed to a standard version of undergraduate thermodynamics (such as AE 2042). It is shown here that, by extending the use of entropy and of temperature to nonequilibrium situations, a more complete formulation of the Second Law is possible. Applications of the foegoing concept to fluid flow, to chemical reactions, and to lasers are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0759970

Entities

People

  • Oscar Biblarz

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Engineering
  • Entropy
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Mathematics
  • Standards
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy