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...