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Rational Thermodynamics

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  • © 1984

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  1. C. Truesdell

    1. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Hisistorical Introit. The Origins of Rational Thermodynamics

    1. Historical Introit The origins of rational thermodynamics

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 1-48

    2. Appendix to the Historical Introit

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 49-57

    3. Thermodynamics of Homogeneous Processes

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 59-81

    4. Thermodynamics for Beginners

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 82-106

    5. Internal Dissipation

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 107-122

    6. Foundations of the Clausius-Duhem Inequality

      • Martin Feinberg, Richard Lavine
      Pages 123-140

    7. Coleman’s Theorem

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 141-158

    8. Internal Constraints

      • G. Capriz, P. Podio-Guidugli
      Pages 159-170

    9. Wave propagation in dissipative materials

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 171-190

    10. Thermodynamic Effects in Wave Propagation

      • Peter J. Chen
      Pages 191-210

    11. Discontinuous Thermokinetic Processes

      • C. M. Dafermos
      Pages 211-218

    12. Thermodynamics of Diffusion

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 219-236

    13. Diffusion Models Implied by the Theory of Mixtures

      • Ray M. Bowen
      Pages 237-263

    14. Thermodynamics of Mixtures of Fluids

      • I-Shih Liu, Ingo Müller
      Pages 264-285

    15. A Theory of Multiphase Mixtures

      • S. L. Passman, J. W. Nunziato, E. K. Walsh
      Pages 286-325

    16. Applications of the Theory of Mixtures in Soil Physics

      • P. A. C. Raats
      Pages 326-343

    17. Foundations of Mixture Theory

      • William O. Williams
      Pages 344-352

    18. Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 353-364

    19. The Onsager Relations

      • C. Truesdell
      Pages 365-395
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About this book

In the first edition of this book I tried to survey in brief compass the main ideas, methods, and discoveries of rational thermodynamics as it then stood, only five years after Messrs. COLEMAN & NOLL, while in Baltimore, had written the fundamental memoir that provided for the new science the one root theretofore wanting. A survey in the same style today would require an almost wholly new book, three or four times as long. As it was in 1968, again in 1983 a consecutive treatise restricted to the foundations would be premature, for at this moment they are under earnest discussion, probing analysis, and powerful attack by several students and from several directions. Because, although in the first edition I expressed some opinions I no longer hold and made some statements I should now recast or even re­ tract, it seems even yet to offer a simple introduction to some aspects of the field that remain current, I have chosen to reprint it unaltered except for emendation of slips and bettering of the English here and there.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    C. Truesdell

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rational Thermodynamics

  • Authors: C. Truesdell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5206-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9737-6

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5206-1

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 578

  • Additional Information: Originally published by McGraw Hill, 1969

  • Topics: Thermodynamics, Complex Systems, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

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