Recent results on nonlinear extended thermodynamics of real gases with six fields. I: General theory (Q310512)

The authors discuss the polytropic and non-polytropic cases of rarefied polyatomic gases in detail, including the closure via nonlinear molecular extended thermodynamics. To this end the authors consider \(6\) independent field-variables \((\rho,v_i,T,\sqcap), \) and assume the binary hierarchy of the balance equations: \[ \frac{\partial F}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}=0, \] \[ \frac{\partial F_j}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial F_{ji}}{\partial x_i}=0, \] \[ \frac{\partial F_{ll}}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial F_{lli}}{\partial x_i}=P_{ll}, \;\;\; \frac{\partial G_{ll}}{\partial t}+\frac{\partial G_{lli}}{\partial x_i}=0, \] where \[ F=\rho,\;\;\; F_i=\rho v_i,\;\;\; F_{ij}=\rho v_iv_j+(p+\sqcap)\delta_{ij}, \] \[ G_{ll}=\rho v_lv_l+2\rho\varepsilon,\;\;\;G_{lli}=(\rho v_lv_l+2\rho\varepsilon+2p+2\sqcap)v_i \] with \(p\) and \(\varepsilon\) being, respectively, the pressure and the specific internal energy.