In this invaluable book, macroscopic irreversible thermodynamics is presented in its realm and its splendor by appealing to the notion of internal variables of state. This applies to both fluids and solids with or without microstructures of mechanical or electromagnetic origin. …
1. Introduction: a Post-Duhemian thermodynamics -- 2. Thermostatics and thermodynamics. 2.1. Thermodynamic systems. 2.2. Thermodynamic states. 2.3. Thermostatics (Born-Caratheodory) -- 3. Various thermodynamics. 3.1. Preliminary remarks. 3.2. Theory of irreversible processes (T.…
"In this book, macroscopic irreversible thermodynamics is presented in its realm and its splendor by appealing to the notion of internal variables of state. This applies to both fluids and solids with or without microstructures of mechanical or electromagnetic origin. This unmat…
"In this book, macroscopic irreversible thermodynamics is presented in its realm and its splendor by appealing to the notion of internal variables of state. This applies to both fluids and solids with or without microstructures of mechanical or electromagnetic origin. This unmat…
Aimed at providing undergraduate and postgraduate students with an understanding of this subject, the book brings out the thermodynamic interrelationships by explaining its essential elements. It begins with the fundamentals and progresses to advanced concepts to enable students…
