Helmholtz formalism provides a tantalizing interpretation of classical thermodynamics, based on time integrals of purely mechanical quantities and without need of statistical description. Here we extend this approach to include heat flux and pressure at the walls to enable it to describe actual thermodynamic transformations, such as isothermal compressions and expansions. The presence of hard walls, which gives rise to non zero pressure, is justified by means of the virial theorem, while the heat fluxes are introduced as quasi-static limits of suitably thermostatted Hamiltonians. Particular attention is paid to generalizing the minimalist cases of the harmonic oscillator and elastic bouncer, which afford clear physical interpretations. With such extensions, a complete picture of thermodynamics emerges, amenable to phase transitions and cyclic deterministic transformations, which produce mechanical work from heat, like the Carnot cycle.
Deterministic engines extending Helmholtz thermodynamics / Porporato, Amilcare; Rondoni, Lamberto. - In: PHYSICA. A. - ISSN 0378-4371. - 640:(2024), pp. 1-14. [10.1016/j.physa.2024.129700]
Deterministic engines extending Helmholtz thermodynamics
Porporato, Amilcare;Rondoni, Lamberto
2024
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Helmholtz formalism provides a tantalizing interpretation of classical thermodynamics, based on time integrals of purely mechanical quantities and without need of statistical description. Here we extend this approach to include heat flux and pressure at the walls to enable it to describe actual thermodynamic transformations, such as isothermal compressions and expansions. The presence of hard walls, which gives rise to non zero pressure, is justified by means of the virial theorem, while the heat fluxes are introduced as quasi-static limits of suitably thermostatted Hamiltonians. Particular attention is paid to generalizing the minimalist cases of the harmonic oscillator and elastic bouncer, which afford clear physical interpretations. With such extensions, a complete picture of thermodynamics emerges, amenable to phase transitions and cyclic deterministic transformations, which produce mechanical work from heat, like the Carnot cycle.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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