AN AXIOMATIC FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUUM THERMODYNAMICS.

Abstract

The report presents a complete set of axioms, based upon physically acceptable gross forms of the laws of thermodynamics, which yield appropriate forms of these laws for continuum physics; and find conditions under which these reduce to the classical forms.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0649818

Entities

People

  • Morton E. Gurtin
  • William O. Williams

Organizations

  • Carnegie Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Theoretical Analysis.