STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS_FALL 25-26

 

STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS OF THERMAL SYSTEMS

MAK 692 E

2025-2026 Fall

CRN: 14982

 

Lecturer                       :  Seyhan ONBAŞIOĞLU

Room                           :  537

e-mail                          : onbasiogl1@itu.edu.tr

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

Course Hours               :  Thuesday 08.30-11.30

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:

 

Sept. 23	Basic Concepts in Thermodynamics
Sept. 30	Review of Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Oct. 07	Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics
Oct. 14	The Gibbs Stability Theory
Oct. 21	Stability, Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity
Oct. 28	Stability and Entropy Production
Nov. 04	Midterm
Nov. 18	Thermodynamic Theory of Fluctuations, Small Systems, Size –Dependent Properties, Nucleation.
Nov. 25	The Foundations of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
Dec.02	Linear Phenomenological Laws, Onsager Reciprocal Relations and the Symmetry Principle
Dec. 09	Thermoelectric Phenomena, Diffusion, Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Solids
	Electrokinetic Phenomena and the Saxen Relations, Thermal Diffusion
Dec. 16	Far-from-Equilibrium Systems and and General Properties of Entropy Production
Dec. 23	Stability of Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Linear Stability Analysis
Dec. 30	Dissipative Structures