The notion of energy through multiple scales: From a molecular level to fluid flows and beyond

Pietro Asinari and Eliodoro Chiavazzo

Energy, 2014, vol. 68, issue C, 870-876

Abstract: In the present paper, we review the consistent definition of macroscopic total energy in classical fluid mechanics, as a function of the microscopic canonical Hamiltonian field, based on a Lennard-Jones model with some spatially varying external field. The macroscopic total energy (sum of mechanical and internal energy) is proved to be equal to the equilibrium ensemble-averaged Hamiltonian. In particular, the conditions for including the effects of the external field both in the macroscopic potential energy and in the internal energy are discussed. We present the notion of energy as defined in different scientific communities, starting from the standard macroscopic systems all the way down to small ones, which are gaining an increasing popularity.

Keywords: Energy balance; Fluid dynamics; Canonical Hamiltonian; Statistical mechanics; Lennard-Jones fluid; Molecular dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.02.016

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