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| 6th International Workshop on Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and 3rd Lars Onsager Symposium IWNET 2012 |
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ScopeThe application of thermodynamics to non-equilibrium systems is by no means obvious. Therefore, it is not surprising that there have been a number of theoretical developments following various approaches to deal with such systems: Classical nonequilibrium thermodynamics with internal variables, Lagrangian methods, bracket formulations, continuum or rational thermodynamics, variational formulations, extended irreversible thermodynamics, the matrix model, network thermodynamics, the GENERIC formalism and finite-time thermodynamics.The aim of this series of workshops is to bring together and unify this variety of approaches and to achieve a common framework, suited for applications. A first workshop was organized in 1996 in Montreal to discuss this matter (Workshop report by M. Grmela, JNNFM 69 (1997) 105-107). The common opinion was that it should be possible now to combine the various approaches in some kind of common generalized theory. In order to achieve this, a second, third and fourth international workshop were held in Oxford, 2000, Princeton, 2003 (Workshop report by A. Beris and B.J. Edwards, JNNFM 120 (2004) 1-2) and Rhodes, 2006 (Workshop report by V. G. Mavrantzas, A. N. Beris and Ath. Tzavaras, JNNFM 152 (2008) 1). The fifth international Workshop took place in Cuernavaca, 2009 (report by L. Garcia-Colin-Scherer, M. Lopez de Haro and F. Vazques Hurtado), and the sixth shall now take place in Norway, at Røros, close to Trondheim. The proximity to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) means that workshop is also the 3rd International Lars Onsager Symposium. The 1st was held in 1993 on the issues of Phase transformation and transport. The 2nd was on Transport, dissipation and turbulence in 2003. Onsager's contrbution to non-equilibrium thermodynamics is tremendous and it is of importance to NTNU to honor his name in the country where he was born. The workshop will continue the efforts of bringing non-equilibrium thermodynamics to the same level of clarity and usefulness as equilibrium thermodynamics. The workshop is expected to highlight recent advances in the field, in particular, new theoretical developments and state-of-the-art modelling/simulation techniques founded on or guided by principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Particular emphasis will be given to areas of possible applications that open up new challenges and perspectives as well as the more traditional topics. The first include
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