Henry W. Haslach Jr.

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Maximum Dissipation Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Maximum Dissipation: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure explores the thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes in materials. The book develops a general technique created in order to construct nonlinear evolution equations describing non-equilibrium processes, while also developing a geometric context for non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Solid materials are the main focus in this volume, but the construction is shown to also apply to fluids. This volume also: .Explains the theory behind thermodynamically-consistent construction of non-linear evolution equations for non-equilibrium processes .Provides a geometric setting for non-equilibrium thermodynamics through several standard models, which are defined as maximum dissipation processes .Emphasizes applications to the time-dependent modeling of soft biological tissue Maximum Dissipation: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure will be valuable for researchers, engineers and graduate students in non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the mathematical modeling of material behavior.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 297
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441977656
• Artikelnr.: 37358267

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From the reviews:

"The author presents his construction of a geometric model for non-equilibrium thermodynamics and his maximum dissipation criterion which is assumed to complement the second law of thermodynamics. ... the author explores different concrete situations where his construction of a maximum dissipation criterion may be applied. ... This book will be interesting for researchers involved either in applied mathematics or in mechanics." (Alain Brillard, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1222, 2011)