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Abstract
We present an overview of the modern approaches to continuum nonequilibrium thermodynamics from the perspective of their connection with the problem of heat conduction with finite speed. The celebrated Cattaneo and Guyer–Krumhansl equations for the evolution of the heat flux are reinspected in the framework of the different thermodynamic theories which, in such a way, are reviewed and compared.
Received: 2009-07-30
Accepted: 2009-09-04
Published Online: 2010-01-11
Published in Print: 2009-December
© 2009 Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York
