Thermodynamics and Constitutive Equations: Lectures Given at the 2nd 1982 Session of the Centro Internationale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) Held at Noto, Italy, June 23 – July 2, 1982

Bernard D. Coleman (auth.), Giuseppe Grioli (eds.)9780387152288, 0387152288

Table of contents :
On thermodynamics and constitutive relations….Pages 1-1
Actions for general thermodynamical systems….Pages 2-19
Thermodynamics and the constitutive relations for second sound in crystals….Pages 20-43
Dissipation,stabiltzation and the second law of thermodynamics….Pages 44-88
Rational thermodynamics of mixtures of fluids….Pages 89-184
On nonstationary thermodynamics, relativistic acceleration waves in ideal fluids….Pages 185-201
Some thermodynamical problems in magnetic theory….Pages 202-216
Relaxation phenomena via hidden variable thermodynamics….Pages 217-231
Conservation laws and symmetric hyperbolic system for a thermoviscous fluid….Pages 232-250