The essential postulates of classical thermodynamics are formulated, from which the second
law is deduced as the principle of increase of entropy in irreversible adiabatic processes that …

Publisher Summary Multifield theories indicate the wide range of models in which some
graphic fields must be introduced to describe the influence of material substructures on the …

Our aim is to propose a theory which goes beyond the classical formulation of
thermodynamics. This is achieved by enlarging the space of basic independent variables …

The main purpose of this chapter is to give a derivation, which is mathematically precise,
physically natural, and conceptually simple, of the quasilinear system of partial differential …

Our time is characterized by an explosion of information and by an acceleration of
knowledge. A book cannot compete with the huge amount of data available on the Web …

The aim of this book is to investigate the connection between thermodynamic restrictions
and the well posedness of initial and boundary value problems. On the one hand, we …

We now apply thermodynamic principles to field theories with memory. For general
nonlinear, nonisothermal theories, we assume that a free energy is given, this being the …

This book addresses issues of thermodynamics associated with solids from a unique point of
view. Professor Ericksen provides a perspective of thermodynamics which is based in …

Constitutive relations of the general form, dB/dt= α¦ dH/dt¦[ƒ (H)− B]+(dH/dt) g (H), with ƒ and
g piecewise linear functions, appear to give a good description of rate-independent …

We connect thermodynamics and the passivity theory of nonlinear control. The storage
function is derived from the convexity of the entropy and is closely related to the …