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Thermodynamic hierarchies of evolution equations

Statistical Mechanics 2016-05-20 v1

Abstract

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics with internal variables introduces a natural hierarchical arrangement of evolution equations. Three examples are shown: a hierarchy of linear constitutive equations in thermodynamic rhelogy with a single internal variable, a hierarchy of wave equations in the theory of generalized continua with dual internal variables and a hierarchical arrangement of the Fourier equation in the theory of heat conduction with current multipliers.

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@article{arxiv.1412.4490,
  title  = {Thermodynamic hierarchies of evolution equations},
  author = {P. Ván and R. Kovács and T. Fülöp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.4490},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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