Synopsis
1 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Rheology.- 2 Non-equilibrium Temperature and Entropy in Flowing Ideal Gases: Maximum-Entrophy Approach.- 3 Kinetic Theory of Flowing Gases and Phonons. Phonon Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in Nanosystems.- 4 Non-ideal and Nuclear Collisions.- 5 Polymeric Solutions and Blends.- 6 Non-equilibrium Chemical Potential and Shear-Induced Effects in Polymer Solutions and Blends.- 7 Comparison of Thermodynamical and Dynamical Approaches.- 8 Shear-induced Migration and Flow Chromatography.- 9 Taylor Dispersion and Anomalous Diffusion.- 10 Chemical Reactions and Polymer Under Flow.- 11 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics of Laminar and Turbulent Superfluids.- Appendices A Experimental Data on Polymer Solutions.- B Liquid Crystals.- C Summary of Vector and Tensor Notation.- D Useful Integrals in the Kinetic Theory of Gases.- E Some Physical Constant.- References.- Subject Index.
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From the Back Cover
The book analyzes the thermodynamic aspects of several phenomena induced by flow in fluid systems. It begins with a macroscopic formulation of the thermodynamic theory, within the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics, and compares it with other non-equilibrium approaches. These macroscopic results are examined from a microscopic point of view for different systems, namely, ideal gases, non-ideal gases and dilute polymer solutions. The thermodynamic approach is applied to the analysis of shear-induced changes in the phase diagram of polymer solutions, to shear-induced diffusion and to chemical reactions under flow. It is also compared with the dynamical approach based on the detailed evolution equations. The book may be especially useful for researchers in non-equilibrium thermodynamics or non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and in polymer physics or materials sciences.
Review
From the review:
"This is an excellent monograph presenting comprehensively the state-of-art in one of the fast developing branches of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. [...] it can be recommended for using in advanced courses for graduate students." (Zentralblatt der Mathematik, 2001)
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