Thermodynamics of flowing systems : with internal microstructure /

This monograph presents a systematic, step-by-step approach to the continuum modeling of flow phenomena exhibited within materials endowed with a complex internal microstructure, such as polymers & liquid crystals. By combining the principles of Hamiltonian mechanics with those of irreversible t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beris, Antony N., 1957- (Author), Edwards, Brian J., 1964- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Oxford engineering science series ; 36.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Symplectic geometry in optics; Chapter 3: Hamiltonian mechanics of discrete particle systems; Chapter 4: Equilibrium thermodynamics; Chapter 5: Poisson brackets in continuous media; Chapter 6: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics; Chapter 7: The dissipation bracket; Chapter 8: Incompressible viscoelastic fluids; Chapter 9: Transport phenomena in viscoelastic fluids; Chapter 10: Non-conventional transport phenomena; Chapter 11: The dynamical theory of liquid crystals
  • Chapter 12: Multi-fluid transport/reaction models with application in the modeling of weakly ionized plasma dynamicsEpilogue; Appendix A: Introduction to differential manifolds; Appendix B: The Legendre dual transformation; Appendix C: Poisson brackets for arbitrary second-rank deformation tensors; Appendix D: Calculations of the random-flight model; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index