Tian Tang, PhD, PEng

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
Email
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.


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