STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS OF THERMAL SYSTEMS

MAK 692 E

2025-2026 Spring

CRN: 21508

 

Lecturer                       :  Seyhan ONBAŞIOĞLU

Room                           :  537

e-mail                          : onbasiogl1@itu.edu.tr

Office Hours                :  Please send e-mail for an appointment.

Course Hours               :  Tuesday 09.30-12.30

Course Description       :  Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics. Equilibrium Thermodynamics. The Gibbs Stability Theory. Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity. Entropy Production Fluctuations and Small Systems. Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics. Linear Regime. Nonlinear Thermodynamics. and Dissipative Structures.

 

The Core Textbook :  Kondepudi, D., Prigogine, I. (2014). Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition. Wiley.

 

                                         

Other References:

1-      Kaznessis, Y. (2012) Statistical Thermodynamics and Stochastic Kinetics: An Introduction for Engineers, Cambridge University Press.

2-     Kjelstrup, B., Bedeau, D., Gross, J., Johannessen, E. (2017).  Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for Engineers. Second Edition.  World Scientific Pub Co Inc.

3-     Demirel, Y. (2014).  Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Transport and Rate Processes in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems 3rd Edition, Elsevier Science.

4-     Prigogine, I. (2017). Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics) Reprint Edition, Dover Publications.

5-     De Groot, S.R., Mazur, P. (2011). Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)  Dover Publications.

 

                                                      Assessment Criteria:

Homeworks :     5 x 2 =   10

Essay:                 1 x 25 = 25

Midterm :          1 x 25 = 25

Final :                1x 40 = 40                        

 

70% Attendance and taking at least 3 homeworks are assets for having the right of final exam!

Essay will be on microscopic analysis of a macroscopic thermal system.

 

Course Plan:

 

Feb. 10	Basic Concepts in Thermodynamics
Feb. 17	Review of Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Feb. 24	Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics
March 03	The Gibbs Stability Theory
March 10	Stability, Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity
March 17	HOLIDAY
March 24	Stability and Entropy Production
March 31	Midterm
April 7	Thermodynamic Theory of Fluctuations, Small Systems, Size –Dependent Properties, Nucleation.
April 14	The Foundations of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
April 21	Linear Phenomenological Laws, Onsager Reciprocal Relations and the Symmetry Principle
April 28	Thermoelectric Phenomena, Diffusion, Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Solids
	Electrokinetic Phenomena and the Saxen Relations, Thermal Diffusion
May 05	Far-from-Equilibrium Systems and and General Properties of Entropy Production
May 12	Stability of Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Linear Stability Analysis
May 19 (to be made up later on)	Dissipative Structures