Fourier’s Law in a Generalized Piston Model

A simplified, but non trivial, mechanical model—gas of N particles of mass m in a box partitioned by n mobile adiabatic walls of mass M—interacting with two thermal baths at different temperatures, is discussed in the framework of kinetic theory. Following an approach due to Smoluchowski, from an an...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Caprini, Luca Cerino, Alessandro Sarracino, Angelo Vulpiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/7/350