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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-03-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/3/126 |