Entropy Change for the Irreversible Heat Transfer between Two Finite Objects

Abstract

A positive entropy change is verified for an isolated system of two blocks of different initial temperatures and of different but finite heat capacities that are brought into contact with each other and allowed to fully thermalize.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622317

Entities

People

  • Carl E. Mungan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Binomials
  • Coefficients
  • Electronic Mail
  • Equations
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Transfer
  • Inequalities
  • Information Operations
  • Physical Properties
  • United States Naval Academy

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.