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Sep 16, 2024
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University of Alberta Calendar 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MEC E 683 - Statistical Mechanics with Applications Course Career Graduate Units 3 Approved Hours 3-0-0 Fee index 6 Faculty Engineering Department Mechanical Engineering Typically Offered either term
Description Review of classical mechanics and thermodynamics concepts; introduction to principles of statistical mechanics; concepts of ensembles and ensemble average; probability function and partition function in different ensembles; calculation of thermodynamic quantities from statistical mechanics; applications to polymer elasticity, cell mechanics, fracture mechanics and theories of electrolytic solutions; Monte-Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations in different ensembles. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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