# thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is the physics of heat, work and the arrow of time — how energy flows, why engines have limits, and why cream never un-mixes from coffee. This is the largest tag on the site, with 16 simulations spanning classic heat-engine theory (Carnot Cycle, Carnot Heat Engine, Stirling Engine, Steam Engine), everyday heat transfer (Coffee Cooling, Heat Pipe, Urban Heat Island), molecular-scale statistical mechanics (Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution, Lennard-Jones Molecular Dynamics, Van der Waals Gas), and even Black Hole Thermodynamics at the far end of the scale. Filter by this tag for anything built on the laws of heat and energy.
Found: 16 simulations · 1 articles
🧪 Simulations (16)
📖 Articles (1)
Simulations in this topic include Why Ice Floats — Water Density Anomaly, Cloud Formation, Carnot Cycle, Bénard Convection, Stirling Engine and Steam & Condensation — Phase Transition.
📊 Facts about this collection
- 17 items total — the largest tag in this batch: 16 simulations plus the article How Refrigerators Work: The Thermodynamics of Cooling.
- Heat engines are the biggest sub-group: Carnot Cycle, Carnot Heat Engine, Stirling Engine and Steam Engine all model different engine cycles.
- Black Hole Thermodynamics is the only sim here applying thermodynamic laws outside ordinary matter, at the scale of event horizons.
- Phase and state changes appear in Steam & Condensation, Why Ice Floats and Cloud Formation.
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