Academic Articles & Research Papers

The recent enhancement of the surface melt over the Antarctic Peninsula dictated by thermodynamics.

Materials science of concrete

Prediction of a Portland Cement's Properties from its Chemical and Mineralogical Compositon. Tricalcium Silicate Hydration: A Historical Overview. Thermodynamics of Hydration Reactions. Tricalcium Silicate Hydration: A Historical Overview. ...

Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Science

This text presents a concise and thorough introduction to the main concepts and practical applications of thermodynamics and kinetics in materials science. It is designed with two types of uses in mind: firstly for one or two semester unive...

Impossibility of universal work extraction from coherence: reconciling axiomatic and resource-theory approaches

We compare how the impossibility of a universal work extractor from coherence arises from different approaches to quantum thermodynamics: an explicit protocol accounting for all relevant quantum resources, and axiomatic, information-theoret...

Nuclear Engineering Handbook

Section I Introduction: Nuclear Power Reactors * Historical Development of Nuclear Power Kenneth D. Kok * Pressurized Water Reactors Richard Schreiber * Boiling Water Reactors Kevin Theriault * Heavy Water Reactors Alistar I. Miller, John L...

Domestic Organic Rankine Cycle-Based Cogeneration Systems as a Way to Reduce Dust Emissions in Municipal Heating

Environmental issues are nowadays of great importance. In particular air and water quality should be kept at as high levels as possible. Energy conversion systems and devices which are applied for converting the chemical energy contained in...

Mathematical and Physical Papers

William Thomson, first Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), is best known for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature and for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics, though throughout his 53-year career as a mathematical phy...

Momentum-space Langevin dynamics of holographic Wilsonian RG flow: self-interacting massive scalar field with marginal deformation

Abstract We explore the mathematical relationship between the holographic Wilsonian renormalization group (HWRG) and stochastic quantization(SQ) motivated by the similarity of the monotonicity in RG flow with Langevin dynamics of non-equili...

Radiative Processes in Astrophysics

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer 1.1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum Elementary Properties of Radiation 1.2 Radiative Flux Macroscopic Description of the Propagation of Radiation Flux from an Isotropic Source-The Inverse Square Law...

Advances in Astrophysics

Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that employs the principles of physics and chemistry to ascertain the nature of the heavenly bodies, rather than their positions or motions in space. Among the objects studied are the Sun, other s...

Dissipation and irreversibility in computing

There has been much discussion for decades over the proper concepts of minimum dissipation per logic gate and what is required for computation, as well as early arguments over logically reversible machines. Here these arguments, and the the...

Reversible Computing: Fundamentals, Quantum Computing, and Applications

Written by one of the few top internationally recognized experts in the field, this book concentrates on those topics that will remain fundamental, such as low power computing, reversible programming languages, and applications in thermodyn...

Approaching quantum computing

1 Preface 2 Introduction 2.1 Computing and the Laws of Physics 2.2 Quantum Information 2.3 Quantum Computers 2.4 The Wave and the Corpuscular Nature of Light 2.5 Deterministic versus Probabilistic Photon Behavior 2.6 State Description, Supe...

Thermodynamics of Composition Graded Thermoelastic Solids

We propose a thermodynamic model describing the thermoelastic behavior of composition graded materials. The compatibility of the model with the second law of thermodynamics is explored by applying a generalized Coleman–Noll procedure. For t...

A ROADMAP FOR A COMPUTATIONAL THEORY OF THE VALUE OF INFORMATION IN ORIGIN OF LIFE QUESTIONS

Information plays a critical role in complex biological systems. Complex systems like immune systems and ant colonies co-ordinate heterogeneous components in a decentralized fashion. How do these distributed decentralized systems function? ...

Catalytic effect comparison of TiO2 and La2O3 on hydrogen storage thermodynamics and kinetics of the as-milled La-Sm-Mg-Ni-based alloy

In this investigation, mechanical grinding was applied to fabricating the Mg-based alloys La7Sm3Mg80Ni10 + 5 wt.% M (M = None, TiO2, La2O3) (named La7Sm3Mg80Ni10–5 M (M = None, TiO2, La2O3)). The result reveals that the structures of as-mil...

Thermodynamics in Materials Science

Thermodynamics in Materials Science, Second Edition is a clear presentation of how thermodynamic data is used to predict the behavior of a wide range of materials, a crucial component in the decision-making process for many materials scienc...

Indirect Readout Drives Cre-loxP Recognition Thermodynamics.