1. Auflage - März 2005
125,- Euro
2005. 656 Seiten, Hardcover
- Handbuch/Nachschlagewerk -
ISBN-10: 0-471-66658-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-66658-5 - John Wiley & Sons

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Probekapitel

Kurzbeschreibung
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to nonequilibrium thermodynamics, which has yet to gain wide adoption by researchers because of its largely abstract nature. This book, though, explains the physical concepts, describes the mathematics, and presents problems and solutions; all of these help the scientist and theorist grasp the subject and apply it. Engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians can all use the book to address their problems in modeling, calculating, and understanding dynamic responses of materials. The book includes over 200 exercises and solutions that flesh out the theoretical aspects of the subject.

Aus dem Inhalt
Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Symbols and Notation.

1. Introduction.

PART I: PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH.

2. Hydrodynamics.

3. Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics.

4. Complex Fluids.

5. Relativistic Hydrodynamics.

PART II: STATISTICAL APPROACH.

6. Projection-Operator Method.

7. Kinetic Theory of Gases.

8. Simulations.

Appendix A: Crash-Course on Equilibrium Thermodynamics.

Appendix B: Mechanics and Geometry.

Appendix C: Functional Derivatives.

Appendix D: Quantum Systems.

Appendix E: List of Applications of Beyond-Equilibrium Thermodynamics.

Appendix F: Solutions to Exercises.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.