Continuum Thermodynamics - Part Ii: Applications And Examples

This second part of Continuum Thermodynamics is designed to match almost one-to-one the chapters of Part I. This is done so that the reader studying thermodynamics will have a deepened understanding of the subjects covered in Part I. The aims of the book are in particular: the illustration of basic features of some simple thermodynamical models such as ideal and viscous fluids, non-Newtonian fluids, nonlinear solids, interactions with electromagnetic fields, and diffusive porous materials. A further aim is the illustration of the above subjects by examples and simple solutions of initial and boundary problems as well as simple exercises to develop skills in the construction of interdisciplinary macroscopic models.
Contents:IntroductionGeometry of Deformations of SolidsKinematics of Continua in Different DescriptionsBalance EquationsSome Solutions for Fluids and SolidsStabilityThermodynamical ProblemsExtended Thermodynamics of Jou–Casas-Vázquez–LebonDislocationsAcoustic WavesInteraction of Ponderable Bodies with Electromagnetic FieldsMechanics of Porous MaterialsThermodynamics of Porous Materials with the Porosity BalanceAppendices:Basic NotionsIntegral TransformsGreen FunctionsBessel Functions and Bessel EquationBasic Physical Units
Readership: Materials scientists and physicists.
Key Features:A unique combination of continuum thermodynamics and numerous models of practical bearingConfrontation of various approaches to modern continuum thermodynamicsNew and unpublished results on complex models of immiscible mixtures