Generalized hydrodynamical equations obeying the entropy principle

Three generalizations of classical hydrodynamic theories that are compatible with equilibrium thermodynamics and that are suitable for an appropriate macroscopic dynamical theory of polymeric liquids are considered. The strain tensor, the stress tensor and the chain segment distribution function (introduced in the network theory of polymeric liquids) are accepted as new state variables. We find that the generalized hydrodynamic equations are compatible with equilibrium thermodynamics provided certain conditions restricting the freedom of choice of constitutive relations are satisfied. In some particular cases the conditions are known from other considerations. We say that a dynamical theory is compatible with equilibrium thermodynamics, or equivalently, that it obeys the entropy principle if the properties listed in section 2.1 are satisfied.     

About Clapeyron's Theorem in Linear Elasticity

We examine some elementary interpretations of the classical theorem of Clapeyron in linear elasticity theory. As we show, a straightforward application of this theorem in the purely mechanical setting leads to an apparent paradox which can be resolved by referring either to dynamics or to thermodynamics. These richer theories play an essential part in understanding the physical significance of this theorem.     

Fundamentals of two-phase flow by the method of irreversible thermodynamics

The paper explores thermodynamic aspect of modelling two-phase systems by the methods of irreversible thermodynamics in both classical (CIT) and extended (EIT) formulation. The conservation laws for two-phase model-continuum are derived. Then, the entropy production is analysed for two-fluid and homogeneous systems. Different equations of state are taken into consideration, namely that corresponding to the accompanying equilibrium state of physical element and more complex resulting from EIT. Obtained expressions for rate of entropy production per unit volume allow to identify the dissipative mechanisms in the two-phase system and suggest the forms of phenomenological relations to be adopted in the constitutive equations.     

Analysis of heat conduction in a rarefied gas at rest with a temperature jump at the boundary by consistent-order extended thermodynamics

In the context of the first- and second-order theories of consistent-order extended thermodynamics, a systematic approach is established for analyzing the temperature jump at the boundary through studying one-dimensional stationary heat conduction in a rarefied gas at rest. Thereby an approach to the free boundary-value problem in general is explored. Boundary values of temperature are assumed to be in the form of power expansion with respect to the Knudsen number, based on which analytical expressions of the temperature jump aswell as entropy production at the boundary are derived explicitly. Dependencies of these two boundary quantities on both the Knudsen number and accommodation factor are also extensively discussed. The present analysis is expected to be the basis for the study of higher-order theories of consistent-order extended thermodynamics.      

An extended thermodynamics modeling of non-Fickian diffusion

The problem of non-Fickian diffusion in a two-component mixture at uniform temperature is studied in the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics (EIT). The basic idea underlying this formalism is to complement the space of classical variables (here the mass density, mass concentration and barycentric velocity) by dissipative fluxes (here the diffusion flux). The evolution equation for this extra variable is derived by using the Lagrange multipliers method of Liu. After solving the problem in the case of the linear regime, we extend our analysis to a non-linear situation. In the linear case, one recovers the classical Fick’s law and the Cattaneo–Maxwell equation for the diffusion flux. In the non-linear case, our results are comparable with those obtained by using a Hamiltonian formalism.     

Onset of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in gases - classical and extended thermodynamics

This paper deals with the determination of the critical parameters that induce instability in the Rayleigh-Bénard arrangement, viz. a gas confined between two rigid plates and heated from below. In order to compute the critical values of the parameters, classical thermodynamics with the Navier-Stokes and Fourier constitutive relations and extended thermodynamics with thirteen moments are used. Linear stability analysis is performed. The results of both theories are illustrated and compared.Received: 26 August 2003, Accepted: 1 September 2003, Published online: 5 December 2003     

A model for twinning

The modelling of twins in crystals with strain gradient theories provides interesting problems both in thermodynamics and in the calculus of variations. Here, Dunn and Serrin's thermomechanical theory of interstitial working is used to obtain a variational principle that governs the equilibria of materials with non-convex Helmholtz free energy. In some geometries, this principle reduces to a novel calculus of variations problem; an example is described in which symmetry-related uniform equilibrium states can be connected by nonconstant extremals which realiselocal minima of the free energy. Certain implications of different definitions of local minima are also discussed.     

Important aspects in the formulation of solid–fluid debris-flow models. Part I. Thermodynamic implications

This article points at some critical issues which are connected with the theoretical formulation of the thermodynamics of solid–fluid mixtures of frictional materials. It is our view that a complete thermodynamic exploitation of the second law of thermodynamics is necessary to obtain the proper parameterizations of the constitutive quantities in such theories. These issues are explained in detail in a recently published book by Schneider and Hutter (Solid–Fluid Mixtures of Frictional Materials in Geophysical and Geotechnical Context, 2009), which we wish to advertize with these notes. The model is a saturated mixture of an arbitrary number of solid and fluid constituents which may be compressible or density preserving, which exhibit visco-frictional (visco-hypoplastic) behavior, but are all subject to the same temperature. Mass exchange between the constituents may account for particle size separation and phase changes due to fragmentation and abrasion. Destabilization of a saturated soil mass from the pre- and the post-critical phases of a catastrophic motion from initiation to deposition is modeled by symmetric tensorial variables which are related to the rate independent parts of the constituent stress tensors.     

The mathematical representation of driven thermodynamic systems

A general framework for the treatment of driven systems in nonequilibrium thermodynamics is discussed for two selected theories and a simple model system. The framework is based upon the of modeling and control of general physical systems proposed by van der Schaft and co-workers. The crucial concept is the notion of a Dirac structure representing the dynamical equations of motion as well as the power conserving interconnection structure of the system. We applied the framework to two existing theories and a very simple model system. The two selected theories are the “General Equation for the Non-Equilibrium Reversible-Irreversible Coupling” (GENERIC) formalism of Grmela and Öttinger and the Matrix model of Jongschaap; the model system is a viscous gas in a cylinder and an externally driven piston. It is shown that the new approach provides not only a common framework for both theories, but also useful extensions, in particular, an extended GENERIC treatment of driven systems.     

类固体非晶态材料的变形与失效

自20世纪70年代以来, 类固体非晶态材料变形与失效的理论模型相继出现, 这些模型基于应力驱动分子重排从而在局部流动缺陷处发生剪切转变这一物理图像. 该图像是现代剪切转变区理论的基础, 也是本综述的焦点. 我们将首先概述该理论框架并给出一些应用案例, 特别是块体金属玻璃应力−应变测量结果的阐释, 剪切带数值模拟分析和剪...     

Quantitative measurement of solids distribution in gas–solid riser flows using electrical impedance tomography and gamma densitometry tomography

An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) system has been developed to non-invasively measure particle distributions in the riser of a pilot-scale circulating fluidized bed (CFB). Although EIT systems have often been applied to yield qualitative information about gas–solid flows, the present EIT system yields quantitative information that is validated by comparison to a gamma densitometry tomography (GDT) system. EIT and GDT were applied to the CFB riser (14-cm inner diameter, 5.77-m height) containing fluid catalytic cracking particles in air. The flows examined were annular with a dilute core and had average and near-wall solids volume fractions up to 0.25 and 0.66, respectively. For all cases, the average and near-wall solids volume fractions from EIT and GDT agreed to within 0.03 and 0.07, respectively. This good agreement suggests that, where feasible, EIT can be used in place of GDT, which is advantageous since EIT systems are often safer, less expensive, and faster than GDT systems.     

Important aspects in the formulation of solid–fluid debris-flow models. Part II. Constitutive modelling

This article points at some critical issues which are connected with the theoretical formulation of the thermodynamics of solid–fluid mixtures of frictional materials. It is our view that a complete thermodynamic exploitation of the second law of thermodynamics is necessary to obtain the proper parameterizations of the constitutive quantities in such theories. These issues are explained in detail in a recently published book by Schneider and Hutter (Solid–Fluid Mixtures of Frictional Materials in Geophysical and Geotechnical Context, 2009), which we wish to advertize with these notes. The model is a saturated mixture of an arbitrary number of solid and fluid constituents which may be compressible or density preserving, which exhibit visco-frictional (visco-hypoplastic) behavior, but are all subject to the same temperature. Mass exchange between the constituents may account for particle size separation and phase changes due to fragmentation and abrasion. Destabilization of a saturated soil mass from the pre- and the post-critical phases of a catastrophic motion from initiation to deposition is modeled by symmetric tensorial variables which are related to the rate independent parts of the constituent stress tensors.     

考虑温度效应的弹性损伤一般理论

现有的各种损伤理论基本上都是关于等温问题的 ,且在不同程度上依赖于某些经验假设。本文在严格的不可逆热力学理论基础之上 ,建立了考虑温度效应的弹性损伤一般理论。推导出热弹性各向同性与各向异性损伤材料全部本构方程的一般形式 ,其中包括应力 应变关系、熵密度方程、损伤对偶张量表达式、热 固 损伤耦合的热传导方程和损伤演化方程。它们的特殊形式包含了等温各向同性与各向异性弹性损伤的本构方程     

A thermodynamic approach to non-linear viscoelasticity

We show that Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics (EIT) may be regarded as a unifying thermodynamic scheme which generates a variety of non-linear viscoelastic equations of state. In particular, we show how the so-called eight-constants Oldroyd model, with all its invariant properties, may be derived from the postulates of EIT. It is also shown that the structure of the thermodynamic based rheological equations of state is in complete agreement with that of the representation theorems formulation of constitutive relationships originally proposed by Rivlin and Ericksen. We discuss how more complex rheological models can be derived from higher order approximations of the theory. Finally, the connections between our approach and other related works are briefly discussed.     

Kinetic theories and mesoscopic models for solutions of nonhomogeneous liquid crystal polymers

We present a systematic derivation of hydrodynamic theories for nonhomogeneous nematic liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) by approximating the molecules as rigid ellipsoids, which can be either uniaxial molecules (spheroids) or biaxial ones. The short range interaction is assumed to be dominated by the excluded volume effect. Additional molecular properties with ellipsoidal molecules, e.g., a dipole–dipole interaction in extended nematics and chiral molecular structure in cholesterics, are accounted for through additional intermolecular potentials. Long-range molecular interaction is implemented through an averaged mean-field potential characterized by interaction functions. The extra elastic stress tensor is calculated using an extended virtual work principle consistent with conservation of angular momentum on the material volume, whereas the extra viscous stress is obtained by Batchelor’s volume averaging method. In the isothermal case, the theories are shown to satisfy the second law of thermodynamics, i.e., they admit positive production of entropy or energy dissipation. In the case of cholesterics, the kinetic theory reduces to the Leslie–Ericksen theory in the limit of weak translational diffusion, weak long range interaction, and weak flow.     

Emergence of constraint in self-organizing systems

Practitioners of agent-based modeling are often tasked to model or design self-organizing systems while the theoretical foundation of self-organization in science remains to be set. This paper explores self-organization in the context of an agent-based model of ant colony food foraging. We gather specific measures of order-creation and constraint construction particular to leading theories of nonequilibrium thermodynamics that purport to govern self-organizing dynamics. These measures are used to explore three claims: (a) Constraints are constructed from entropy-producing processes in the bootstrapping phase of self-organizing systems; (b) positive feedback loops are critical in the structure formation phase; and (c) constraints tend to decay. The continued presence of far-from-equilibrium boundary conditions are required to reinforce constraints in the maintenance phase.     

近代塑性力学发展概况

经典塑性理论研究在50年代已经成熟,主要结果已总结在Hill的名著“塑性数学理论和Prager & Hodge的名著“理想塑性的固体理论”中。近15年来,非经典塑性理论突破了经典理论的先验限制,在下述六个方面有独特的发展:①由微小变形向有限变形发展,确立了有限塑性变形理论;②由宏观唯象理论向细观深度发展,确立了塑性细观力      

RENEWAL OF BASIC LAWS AND PRINCIPLES FOR POLAR CONTINUUM THEORIES (Ⅸ)-THERMOMECHANICS

The existing fundamental laws of thermodynamics for micropolar continuum field theories are restudied and their incompleteness is pointed out. New first and second fundamental laws for thermostatics and thermodynamics for micropolar continua are postulated. From them all equilibrium equations and the entropy inequality of thermostatics as well as all balance equations and the entropy rate inequalities are naturally and simultaneously deduced. The comparisons between the new results presented here and the corresponding results demonstrated in existing monographs and textbooks concerning micropolar continuum mechanics are made at any time. It should be emphasized to note that, the problem of why the local balance equation of energy and the local entropy inequality could not be obtained from the existing fundamental laws of thermodynamics for micropolar continua, is believed to be clarified.     

RENEWAL OF BASIC LAWS AND PRINCIPLES FOR POLAR CONTINUUM THEORIES(Ⅸ)—THERMOMECHANICS

The existing fundamental laws of thermodynamics for micropolar continuum field theories are restudied and their incompleteness is pointed out. New first and second fundamental laws for thermostatics and thermodynamics for micropolar continua are postulated. From them all equilibrium equations and the entropy inequality of thermostatics as well as all balance equations and the entropy rate inequalities are naturally and simultaneously deduced. The comparisons between the new results presented here and the corresponding results demonstrated in existing monographs and textbooks concerning micropolar continuum mechanics are made at any time. It should be emphasized to note that, the problem of why the local balance equation of energy and the local entropy inequality could not be obtained from the existing fundamental laws of thermodynamics for micropolar continua, is believed to be clarified.