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Role of thermodynamics in extensions of mesoscopic dynamical theories Cover

Role of thermodynamics in extensions of mesoscopic dynamical theories

By: Miroslav Grmela  
Open Access
|May 2016

Abstract

Complex macroscopic systems (like for instance those encountered in nanotechnology and biology) need to be investigated in a family of mesoscopic theories involving varying amount of details. In this paper we formulate a general thermodynamics providing a universal framework for such multiscale viewpoint of mesoscopic dynamics. We then discuss its role in making extensions (i.e. in lifting a mesoscopic theory to a more microscopic level that involves more details).

Language: English
Page range: 56 - 80
Submitted on: Dec 12, 2014
Accepted on: May 7, 2015
Published on: May 20, 2016
Published by: Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathemathics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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