On the modelling of momentum and energy transfer in incompressible mixtures (Q1905494)

This work is basically concerned with a mathematically correct and physically realistic modelling of mixtures excluding physically unusual material behaviour. The basic assumption used is that the mixture may be considered as a superposition of kinematically independent continua, and that there is no interchange of mass among the constituents. The basic governing principles postulated for a continuous mixture are: mass conservation principle, the virtual power principle, the first and the second law of thermodynamics. They are used to obtain thermodynamically admissible objective constitutive equations. Thereupon, five thermodynamic potentials are introduced which are sufficient to define a complete set of constitutive relations. Two examples concerning the thermal analyses of a binary mixture of rigid solids and fluid flow in a porous channel bounded by two isothermal impermeable plates are presented. They illustrate the effective practical use of the proposed theory; some numerical results support the present work.