Aspects of non-equilibrium thermodynamics: six lectures on fundamentals and methods

In six lectures aspects of modern non-equilibrium thermodynamics of discrete systems as well as continuum theoretical concepts are represented. Starting out with survey and introduction, state spaces are defined, the existence of internal energy is investigated, and Clausius inequality including neg...

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Main Author: Muschik, W. 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Pub. Co. c1990
Series:Series in theoretical and applied mechanics v. 9
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Online Access:FHN01
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Summary:In six lectures aspects of modern non-equilibrium thermodynamics of discrete systems as well as continuum theoretical concepts are represented. Starting out with survey and introduction, state spaces are defined, the existence of internal energy is investigated, and Clausius inequality including negative absolute temperature is derived by diagram technique. Non-equilibrium contact quantities, such as contact temperature -- the dynamic analogue of thermostatic temperature -- and chemical potentials are phenomenologically defined and quantumstatistically founded. Using Clausius inequality the existence of non-negative entropy production is proved which allows to formulate a dissipation inequality in continuum thermodynamics. The transition between thermodynamics of discrete systems and continuum thermodynamics with respect to contact quantities is considered. Different possibilities of exploiting the dissipation inequality for getting constraints for constitutive equations are discussed. Finally hyperbolic heat conduction in non-extended thermodynamics is treated
Physical Description:ix, 102 p. ill
ISBN:9789814439169

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