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This book deals with aspects of thermodynamic restrictions in modern continuum mechanics and with particular problems of the kinetic theory and statistical mechanics. It stresses the interplay between statistical and phenomenological modelling of physical phenomena including homogenization techniques for media with microstructure. Diverse approaches to either derivation or justification of macroscopic models by microscopic theories are presented. From the kinetic theory, the problem of existence of solutions to the Boltzman equation and particular solutions to the discrete velocity models are also considered. The book includes papers concerning viscoelasticity treated within the framework of both rational and extended thermodynamics. Phenomenological theories of hyperbolic heat conduction in solids and fluids are also discussed.

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Author:   W Kosinski (Polish Academy Of Sciences, Poland) ,  Angelo Morro (Dibe, Univ Of Geno, Italy) ,  Wieslaw Larecki (Polish Academy Of Sciences, Poland) ,  Henryk Zorski (Polish Academy Of Sciences, Poland)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Edition:   Illustrated edition
Volume:   12
ISBN:  

9789810209308

ISBN 10:   9810209304
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 March 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Einstein-Smoluchowski promeasure, Z. Banach and S. Piekarski; evolution hyperbolic equations for heat conduction, V.A. Cimmelli and W. Kosinski; second sound waves in superfluid helium, W. Fiszdon; extremum principles for the quasi-static problem in linear viscoelasticity, C. Giorgi and A. Marzocchi; stochastic systems modelling the hydrodynamic equations, M. Lachowicz; equations of heat transport based on approximate kinetic description of phonon processes, W. Larecki; extended thermodynamics of viscoelasticity, I-S. Liu; thermodynamics of linear viscoelasticity, A. Morro; the shock-wave structure by four-velocity model of the Uehling-Uhlenbeck equations, K. Piechor; some remarks on a derivation of equations of balance for microstructured continua from Maxwell's statistical mechanics, M. Pitteri; shocks and changes of shape of second sound signals in a rigid heat conductor, T. Ruggeri; averaged thermodynamics of nonelastic composite materials, C. Wozniak.

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