Hard spheres and related objects (hard disks and mixtures of hard systems) are paradigmatic systems: indeed, they have served as a basis for the theoretical and numerical development of a number of fields, such as general liquids andfluids, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, colloids and granular matter, to name but a few. The present volume introduces and reviews some important basicsand progress in the study of such systems. Their structure, thermodynamic properties, equations of state, as well as kinetic and transport properties are considered from different and complementary points of view. This book addressesgraduate students, lecturers as well as researchers in statistical mechanics,physics of liquids, physical chemistry and chemical engineering. INDICE: Structure of Hard Spheres and Related Systems.- Thermodynamics of Hard Spheres and Related Systems.- Equations of State for hard Spheres and Hard Disks.- Application of Hard Sphere and Hard Disk Equations of State to the WCA Reference System.- Alternative Approaches to the Equilibrium Properties of Hard-Sphere Liquids.- Density Functional Theories of Hard Particle Systems.- Ensemble Effects in Small Hard Particle Systems.- Binary Mixture of Additive Hards Spheres: Simulations and Theories.- Modeling of Transport Properties of Hard Sphere Fluids and its Applications.- Kinetic Theory of Inelastic Hard Spheres.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-78766-2
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 580
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés