Continuum Thermodynamics and Constitutive Theory
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Beschreibung
This book presents different thermodynamic approaches in the area of constitutive theory: thermodynamics of irreversible processes, rational thermodynamics, and extended thermodynamics. These different approaches are analyzed with respect to their presuppositions, as well as to their results, and each method is applied to several important examples. In many cases these examples are archetypes for numerous technologically important materials; i.e. complex materials having an internal structure. Some of the examples dealt with in this book are liquid crystals, colloid suspensions, and fiber suspensions.
The book well serves students and researchers who have basic knowledge in continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. It provides a systematic overview of the vast field of thermodynamic constitutive theory, beginning from a historical perspective and concluding with outstanding questions in recent research.
This book presents different thermodynamic approaches in the area of constitutive theory: thermodynamics of irreversible processes, rational thermodynamics, and extended thermodynamics. These different approaches are analyzed with respect to their presuppositions, as well as to their results, and each method is applied to several important examples. In many cases these examples are archetypes for numerous technologically important materials; i.e. complex materials having an internal structure. Some of the examples dealt with in this book are liquid crystals, colloid suspensions, ans fiber suspensions.
The book well serves students and researchers who have basic knowledge in continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. It provides a systematic overview of the vast field of thermodynamic constitutive theory, beginning from a historical perspective and concluding with outstanding questions in recent research.
Presents different schools of thermodynamic constitutive theory and compares their methods and results Starts with an introduction to basic continuum mechanics and guides students to modern scientific results Covers relevant examples from different fields of application; i.e. liquid crystals, colloid suspensions, thermocouples
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Christina Papenfuß
Themen in »Continuum Thermodynamics and Constitutive Theory«
Rational Thermodynamics Extended Thermodynamics Thermodynamic Constitutive Theory Exploitation of the Dissipation Inequality Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics Mesoscopic Theory of Complex Materials