{"product_id":"adiabatic-thermodynamics-of-fluids-fronsdal-christian-9789811200670","title":"Adiabatic Thermodynamics of Fluids","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the traditional approach to thermodynamics, this book begins with a brief exposition of hydrodynamics. At this stage, the development is limited to potential flows, because, until recently, that is all that could be done, but also for didactic reasons. However, the reader will find that the situation has changed radically with the discovery of Conservative Hydrodynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the core of thermodynamics is the Gibbsean minimum energy principle. In this book, it is generalized to include the hydrodynamical degrees of freedom; that is, localized as a field theory of density, pressure, temperature and entropy. The theory is referred to as local thermodynamics, as opposed to traditional, global thermodynamics where the main foundation is the variational principle of Gibbs, with a modification recommended by Prigogine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book exists because there is (or was) no satisfactory theory of the dynamical metric interacting with extended distributions of matter. It will be shown that any theory of interacting fields that includes the Einsteinian metric must be based on an action principle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis allows us, for the first time, to use \"energy\" as a precise concept in vortex dynamics. Sample applications include rotating planets, Couette flow, stresses in fluids (inside the meniscus, negative pressures), immiscible fluids, amongst others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fronsdal Christian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 981120067X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789811200670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Scientific Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.81d","brand":"Fronsdal Christian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48742775455999,"sku":"9789811200670","price":128.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adiabatic-thermodynamics-of-fluids-fronsdal-christian-9789811200670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}