How general is thermodynamics?

DOI10.1515/JNET.1986.11.3-4.277MaRDI QIDQ1088428zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. George

Publication date 1986

Published in Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/jnet.1986.11.3-4.277

zbMATH Keywords

averages over macroscopic space-time elementsergodic hypothesismacrodensitymacrofunctionmacroscopic fluctuationsphase spacerandom functionsecond lawstatistical thermodynamicstheory of random media

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermodynamics in solid mechanics (74A15) Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids (74Axx) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

Review text

The paper concerns some basic problems of classical and statistical thermodynamics supposing that the classical one follows from statistical thermodynamics. This statement is not proved as long as the second law is not derived from the statistical theory. The author proposes to consider the density \(\rho\) in phase space as a random function and to determine the corresponding macrofunction by theory of random media. For this he introduces an additional ergodic hypothesis which asserts that averages over macroscopic space-time elements in phase space equal averages over an ensemble of ensembles. The macrodensity \({\bar \rho}\) is calculated and it is argued that \({\bar \rho}\) does not show macroscopic fluctuations. The thermodynamics of plastic solids is discussed.

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