Nonequilibrium Entropy in a Shock
In a classic paper, Morduchow and Libby use an analytic solution for the profile of a Navier–Stokes shock to show that the equilibrium thermodynamic entropy has a maximum inside the shock. There is no general nonequilibrium thermodynamic formulation of entropy; the extension of equilibrium theory to...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/7/368 |