Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Scale Invariance

A variant of continuous nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory based on the postulate of the scale invariance of the local relation between generalized fluxes and forces is proposed here. This single postulate replaces the assumptions on local equilibrium and on the known relation between thermodynamic...

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Main Authors: Leonid M. Martyushev, Vladimir Celezneff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/3/126