Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics

• Main Authors: Jou, David (Author), Lebon, Georgy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Nanotechnology.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

This is the 4th edition of the highly acclaimed monograph on Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics, a theory that goes beyond the classical theory of irreversible processes. In contrast to the classical approach, the basic variables describing the system are complemented by non-equilibrium quantities...

Table of Contents:

• General Theory
• Classical, Rational and Hamiltonian Formulations of Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
• Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics: Evolution Equations
• Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics: Non-equilibrium Equations of State
• Microscopic Foundations
• The Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Fluctuation Theory
• Information Theory
• Linear Response Theory
• Computer Simulations
• Selected Applications
• Hyperbolic Heat Transport in Rigid Conductors
• Heat Transport in Micro- and Nano-systems
• Waves in Fluids: Sound, Ultrasound, and Shock Waves
• Generalised Hydrodynamics
• Non-classical Diffusion, Thermo-diffusion and Suspensions
• Electrical Systems and Micro-devices Modelization
• From Thermoelastic Solids to Rheological Materials
• Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions Under Shear Flow
• Relativistic Formulation
• Viscous Cosmological Models and Cosmological Horizons.