Coupled constitutive relations: a second law based higher-order closure for hydrodynamics.

ABSTRACT: In the classical framework, the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations are obtained through the linear uncoupled thermodynamic force-flux relations which guarantee the non-negativity of the entropy production. However, the conventional thermodynamic descrip- tion is only valid when the Knudsen number is sufficiently small. Here, it is shown that the range of validity of the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations can be extended by incorporating the nonlinear coupling among the thermodynamic forces and fluxes. The resulting system of conservation laws closed with the coupled constitutive relations is able to describe many interesting rarefaction effects, such as Knudsen paradox, transpiration flows, thermal stress, heat flux without temperature gradients, etc., which cannot be predicted by the classical

SUBMITTER: Rana AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237507 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature