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The time evolution during which macroscopic systems reach thermodynamic equilibrium states proceeds as a continuous sequence of contact structure preserving transformations maximizing the entropy. This viewpoint of mesoscopic thermodynamics and dynamics provides a unified setting for the classical equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics. One of the illustrations presented in the paper is a new version of extended nonequilibrium thermodynamics with fluxes as extra state variables.
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nonequilibrium thermodynamics; nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; contact geometry; GENERIC
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1800 Chemical engineering > 1800 Chemical engineering 3150 Theoretical physics and chemistry > 3155 Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics |
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| Department: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| PolyPublie URL: | https://publications.polymtl.ca/3452/ |
| Journal Title: | Entropy (vol. 16, no. 3) |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| DOI: | 10.3390/e16031652 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.3390/e16031652 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2019 15:23 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2022 09:55 |
| Cite in APA 7: | Grmela, M. (2014). Contact geometry of mesoscopic thermodynamics and dynamics. Entropy, 16(3), 1652-1686. https://doi.org/10.3390/e16031652 |
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