2012/07/25 by Chumley, Timothy, Cook, Scott, Feres, Renato
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paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1207.5878
We explore some beginning steps in stochastic thermodynamics of billiard-like mechanical systems by introducing extremely simple and explicit random mechanical processes capable of exhibiting steady-state irreversible thermodynamical behavior. In particular, we describe a Markov chain model of a minimalistic heat engine and numerically study its operation and efficiency.