Rational extended thermodynamics (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1998. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1998)

Ordinary thermodynamics provides reliable results when the thermodynamic fields are smooth, in the sense that there are no steep gradients and no rapid changes. In fluids and gases this is the domain of the equations of Navier-Stokes and Fourier. Extended thermodynamics becomes relevant for rapidly varying and strongly inhomogeneous processes. Thus the propagation of high frequency waves, and the shape of shock waves, and the regression of small-scale fluctuation are governed by extended thermodynamics. The field equations of ordinary thermodynamics are parabolic while extended thermodynamics is governed by hyperbolic systems. The main ingredients of extended thermodynamics are * field equations of balance type, * constitutive quantities depending on the present local state and * entropy as a concave function of the state variables. This set of assumptions leads to first order quasi-linear symmetric hyperbolic systems of field equations; it guarantees the well-posedness of initial value problems and finite speeds of propaga tion. Several tenets of irreversible thermodynamics had to be changed in subtle ways to make extended thermodynamics work. Thus, the entropy is allowed to depend on nonequilibrium vari ables, the entropy flux is a general constitutive quantity, and the equations for stress and heat flux contain inertial terms. New insight is therefore provided into the principle of material frame indifference. With these modifications an elegant formal structure can be set up in which, just as in classical thermostatics, all restrictive conditions--derived from the entropy principle-take the form of integrability conditions.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy, 37
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1998
Authors:	Ingo Mueller • Tommaso Ruggeri
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	396
Edition:	2nd ed. 1998. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1998
ISBN-13:	978-1-4612-7460-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Thermodynamics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Statistical physics
LSN:	1-4612-7460-5
Barcode:	9781461274605

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