"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.section I. Classical thermodynamics. 1. Introduction and background -- 1.1. Thermodynamics : what is it all about? -- 1.2. Thermodynamics : a very brief introduction -- 1.3. Dimensions and units -- 1.4. Thermodynamic systems -- 1.5. Temperature -- 1.6. Temperature scales -- 1.7. Zeroth law of thermodynamics -- 1.8. Therma…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 0. Introduction -- 0.1. The internal energy of equilibrium crystals -- 0.2. Microscopic order variables and their fluctuations -- 0.3. Collective order variables in propagation -- 0.4. Crystal surfaces and entropy production -- 0.5. Timescales for sampling modulated structure and thermodynamic measurements -- 0…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Binary transitions. 1. Phonons and lattice stability -- 1.1. The space symmetry group and the internal energy in crystals -- 1.2. Normal modes in a monatomic lattice -- 1.3. Quantized normal modes -- 1.4. Phonon field and momentum -- 1.5. Specific heat of monatomic crystals -- 1.6. Approximate phonon distributions…
"Version: 20200301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.15. Recent advances in frosting for heat transfer applications -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Classical condensation frosting theory -- 15.3. Anti-frosting superhydrophobic surfaces -- 15.4. Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces -- 15.5. Durability/robustness/fouling of superhydrophobic anti-frosting surfaces -- 15.6. …
"Version: 20200301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Fundamentals of thermoacoustic tomography -- 1.1. Thermoacoustic effect -- 1.2. Image reconstruction methods -- 1.3. Instrumentation2. Quantitative thermoacoustic tomography -- 2.1. Recovery of tissue conductivity -- 2.2. Simultaneous recovery of absorbed microwave energy density and acoustic velocity -- 2.3. Simultane…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Charged particle dynamics and beam transport optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A planar diode and the Child-Langmuir law -- 1.3. The klystron concept -- 1.4. Charged particle motion in combined electric and magnetic fields (the non-relativistic case) -- 1.5. Charged particle motion in combined electric and…