Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100177

Funded Activity Summary

Properties of nonequilibrium steady states. A nonequilibrium steady state (NESS) occurs when work is performed on a system and the heat so generated is absorbed by a thermostatting mechanism. The system settles into steady state and its properties no longer change. Almost all experimental systems of interest are in a nonequilibrium state, so understanding NESSs is highly significant. Unlike time stationary equilibrium states, the distribution of microstates in a NESS cannot be described by simple closed form distributions. This project will determine properties, symmetries and extrema of NESS using concepts and theorems developed for studying transient nonequilibrium states, and will also determine if approximate, physically relevant forms of the phase space distributions can be developed.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $480,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Statistical Mechanics in Chemistry | Statistical Mechanics, Physical Combinatorics and Mathematical Aspects of Condensed Matter | Classical Physics | Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences

Other Keywords

Classical Physics | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Statistical Mechanics in Chemistry | Statistical Mechanics, Physical Combinatorics and Mathematical Aspects of Condensed Matter | Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

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