Accession Number:

ADA063567

Title:

Stability of Motions of Thermoelastic Fluids,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BROWN UNIV PROVIDENCE R I LEFSCHETZ CENTER FOR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

Personal Author(s):

• Dafermos,C. M.

Report Date:

1978-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

It is shown that the second law of thermodynamics induces uniqueness and continuous dependence upon initial state and supply terms of smooth thermodynamic processes of thermoelastic fluids within the broader class of thermodynamic processes with shock waves.

Descriptors:

• *THERMODYNAMICS
• *FLUIDS
• THERMOMECHANICS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• STABILITY
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE