The entropy principle from continuum mechanics to hyperbolic systems of balance laws: the modern theory of extended thermodynamics (Q845366)

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The entropy principle from continuum mechanics to hyperbolic systems of balance laws: the modern theory of extended thermodynamics
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    The entropy principle from continuum mechanics to hyperbolic systems of balance laws: the modern theory of extended thermodynamics (English)
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    29 January 2010
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    Summary: We discuss the different roles of the entropy principle in modern thermodynamics. We start with the approach of rational thermodynamics in which the entropy principle becomes a selection rule for physical constitutive equations. Then we discuss the entropy principle for selecting admissible discontinuous weak solutions and to symmetrize general systems of hyperbolic balance laws. A particular attention is given on the local and global well-posedness of the relative Cauchy problem for smooth solutions. Examples are given in the case of extended thermodynamics for rarefied gases and in the case of a multi-temperature mixture of fluids.
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    entropy principle
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    non-equilibrium thermodynamics
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    hyperbolic systems of balance laws
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