Maximum Dissipation Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure

• Main Author: Haslach Jr., Henry W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Mechanical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Mechanical Engineering.

Maximum Dissipation Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure explores the thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes in materials. The book develops a general technique to construct nonlinear evolution equations describing non-equilibrium processes, while also developing a geometr...