Title: The Statistical Mechanical Theory of Transport Processes Speaker: Richard Lehoucq, Sandia National Laboratories Date/Time: Thursday, January 31, 2008, 3:30-5:00pm, CSRI, room 90 Location: CSRI Building, Room - see above (Sandia NM) Brief Abstract: I will review on the seminal paper "The Statistical Mechanical Theory of Transport Processes. IV. The Equations of Hydrodynamics" J. Chem. Phys. -- June 1950 -- Volume 18, Issue 6, pp. 817-829, J. H. Irving and John G. Kirkwood. The equations of hydrodynamics-continuity equation, equation of motion, and equation of energy transport are derived by means of the classical statistical mechanics. Thereby, expressions are obtained for the stress tensor and heat current density in terms of molecular variables. In addition to the familiar terms occurring in the kinetic theory of gases, there are terms depending upon intermolecular force. The contributions of intermolecular force to the stress tensor and heat current density are expressed, respectively, as quadratures of the density and current density in the configuration space of a pair of molecules. REFERENCE: "The Statistical Mechanical Theory of Transport Processes. IV. The Equations of Hydrodynamics" J. Chem. Phys. -- June 1950 -- Volume 18, Issue 6, pp. 817-829, J. H. Irving and John G. Kirkwood, available at http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/18/817/1 CSRI POC: Guglielmo Scovazzi, (505) 844-0707 |