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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3582905 Nikhil Chandra Admal and E. B. Tadmor "Stress and heat flux for arbitrary multibody potentials: A unified framework", Journal of Chemical Physics '''134''' 184106 (2011)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3582905 Nikhil Chandra Admal and E. B. Tadmor "Stress and heat flux for arbitrary multibody potentials: A unified framework", Journal of Chemical Physics '''134''' 184106 (2011)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3626410 Takenobu Nakamura, Wataru Shinoda, and Tamio Ikeshoji "Novel numerical method for calculating the pressure tensor in spherical coordinates for molecular systems", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 094106 (2011)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3626410 Takenobu Nakamura, Wataru Shinoda, and Tamio Ikeshoji "Novel numerical method for calculating the pressure tensor in spherical coordinates for molecular systems", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 094106 (2011)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3692733 Péter T. Kiss and András Baranyai "On the pressure calculation for polarizable models in computer simulation", Journal of Chemical Physics '''136''' 104109 (2012)]


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Revision as of 15:05, 14 March 2012

Pressure () is the force per unit area applied on a surface, in a direction perpendicular to that surface, i.e. the scalar part of the stress tensor under equilibrium/hydrosatic conditions.

Thermodynamics

In thermodynamics the pressure is given by

where is the Helmholtz energy function, is the volume, is the Boltzmann constant, is the temperature and is the canonical ensemble partition function.

Units

The SI units for pressure are Pascals (Pa), 1 Pa being 1 N/m2, or 1 J/m3. Other frequently encountered units are bars and millibars (mbar); 1 mbar = 100 Pa = 1 hPa, 1 hectopascal. 1 bar is 105 Pa by definition. This is very close to the standard atmosphere (atm), approximately equal to typical air pressure at earth mean sea level: atm, standard atmosphere = 101325 Pa = 101.325 kPa = 1013.25 hPa = 1.01325 bar

Stress

The stress is given by

where is the force, is the area, and is the stress tensor, given by

where where , , and are normal stresses, and , , , , , and are shear stresess.

See also

References

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