4th International workshop on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex fluids

	IWNET 2006	4th International workshop on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and complex fluids 3-7 september 2006, Rhodes, Greece

Home Scope Location Speakers Program Abstracts Author index Organizing Committee Scientific Committee Venue & Accomodation Registration News Contact		ORAL PRESENTATION Session: 5 Non-equilibrium thermodynamics: Approaches and formalisms (scheduled: Wednesday, 09:15 ) Extended thermodynamics of polymers and superfluids D. Jou¹, J. Casas-Vazquez¹, M. Criado-Sancho², M.S. Mongiovi³ ¹ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain ² UNED (Universidad Nacional de Education a Distancia), Madrid, Spain ³ Universita di Palermo, Palermo, Italy The viscous pressure tensor may be used as a thermodynamic independent variable in a variety of situations. This leads to evolution equations for the viscous pressure tensor, and to generalized non-equilibrium entropy and chemical potential depending on the viscous pressure. We will illustrate the application of this extended thermodynamic formalism to polymer solutions and blends, and to quantum turbulence in superfluids. For polymer solutions, we will deal with shear-induced effects on the stability of the solution and phase separation, for superfluids, we will focus our attention on quantum turbulence induced by a combination of a heat flux and rotation. © IWNET 2006

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