Tian Tang, PhD, PEng
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- ttang1@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~ttang1/ Mechanics And Materials Elasticity And Solid Mechanics Composites And Polymers Nano And Micro Materials Biomechanics And Biomedical Engineering Biomaterials
Courses
MEC E 683 - Statistical Mechanics with Applications
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.