Thermodynamics of fluids under flow (Q4520908)

The nine chapters of the book, including 5 appendices, analyze the thermodynamics of fluid under shear flow condition. The first four chapters of the book are devoted to general aspects of reversible and irreversible thermodynamics. The approaches developed are based on the so-called extended irreversible thermodynamics, where it is assumed that the entropy depends on dissipative fluxes: the viscous pressure tensor, the heat flux, and the diffusion flux. The first chapter presents a review of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and rheology. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 treat ideal and real gases and dilute polymers. The macroscopic results are compared with microscopic results obtained by using kinetic and information theories, and the results of numerical simulations are discussed. In chapters 5 and 6, the authors perform the thermodynamic phase diagram analysis of dilute polymer solutions taking into account hydrodynamic aspects, study the effects of non-Newtonian viscosity on the shift of critical point, give a hydrodynamic derivation of thermodynamic stability criteria, investigate the influence of flow on the structure factor, and so on. The 7th chapter analyzes the thermodynamic coupling between the shear flow and flow-induced diffusion. In the 8th chapter, the authors study the influence of chemical reactions on the behavior of ideal gases and dilute polymers. The final 9th chapter presents a discussion of further researches into the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and rheology. Special appendices contain experimental information and other useful materials. Phenomena analyzed in this book may be useful to students and scientists studying the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and rheology.