PHYS-105: Advanced physics II (thermodynamics)

Lectures in this course (106)

Explores evolution equations for deformable solids, including speed, energy density, stress tensor, and continuity equations.

Explores the geometric interpretation of stress tensors and angles between vectors near a point.

Covers the Lagrange representation and the continuity equation for deformations, emphasizing the possibility of large deformations.

Explores the stress tensor definition, Cauchy theorem, and stress forces properties.

Covers the mechanics of deformable solid bodies using tensors to describe stress and strain.

Explores entropy, disorder, and the calculation of maximum entropy under constraints using Lagrange multipliers.

Explains Gibbs entropy and its role in the partition function of physical systems.

Covers statistical models of calorimetric coefficients, including specific heat and latent heat.

Explores statistical distribution, perfect gas, equipartition principle, and virial theorem in gases.

Covers the statistical distribution in canonical and grand-canonical ensembles, focusing on the bathed system.

Explores the microcanonical ensemble applied to a perfect gas and the statistical mean of physical quantities.

Explores the statistical approach through dice throwing and microscopic states, discussing fundamental assumptions and energy state probabilities.

Introduces the fundamentals of statistical physics, offering a new perspective on thermodynamic concepts.

Explores thermodynamic principles, simple systems, entropy evolution, and the impact of external work on system entropy.

Covers entropy in subsystems, reversible processes, equilibrium, and simple systems.

Explores thermodynamic equilibrium, reversible processes, entropy, and thermalization in isolated systems with fixed walls.

Covers fundamental relations in thermodynamics for simple systems and state variables.

Explores equilibrium, simple systems, Legendre transformations, and Maxwell relations in thermodynamics.

Explores phase coexistence, gas stability, and entropy in relation to the Van der Waals equation and phase diagrams.

Explores the Carnot cycle, ideal gas processes, and thermal equilibria.

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