Theory / Part I: |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |
Overview / 1.1: |
The challenge of multiple time and length scales / 1.2: |
The energy as the fundamental quantity / 1.3: |
The generalized bracket approach / 1.4: |
A simple application: The damped oscillator / 1.5: |
Symplectic geometry in optics / Chapter 2: |
Theories of optics / 2.1: |
Symplectic structure / 2.3: |
The symplectic vector space / 2.3.1: |
The symplectic transformation / 2.3.2: |
Gaussian and linear optics / 2.4: |
Gaussian optics / 2.4.1: |
Linear optics / 2.4.2: |
Geometrical optics / 2.5: |
The symplectic structure of geometrical optics / 2.5.1: |
Fermat's principle / 2.5.2: |
An overview of wave optics and electromagnetism / 2.6: |
Hamiltonian mechanics of discrete particle systems / Chapter 3: |
The calculus of variations / 3.1: |
Hamilton's principle of least action / 3.2: |
The Poisson bracket description of Hamilton's equations of motion / 3.3: |
Properties of the Poisson bracket / 3.4: |
The Liouville equation / 3.5: |
The optical/mechanical analogy / 3.6: |
A historical aside on the principle of least action / 3.7: |
Fermat's reception / 3.7.1: |
Maupertuis' contribution / 3.7.2: |
Hamilton on the principle of least action / 3.7.3: |
Equilibrium thermodynamics / Chapter 4: |
The fundamental equation of thermodynamics / 4.1: |
Other fundamental relationships of thermodynamics / 4.2: |
The fundamental equation for a multicomponent system / 4.3: |
Extensive variable formulation / 4.3.1: |
Specific variable formulation / 4.3.2: |
Density variable formulation / 4.3.3: |
Equilibrium thermodynamics of a material with internal microstructure / 4.4: |
Additivity in compound systems / 4.5: |
Poisson brackets in continuous media / Chapter 5: |
The material description of ideal fluid flow / 5.1: |
The canonical Poisson bracket for ideal fluid flow / 5.2: |
The calculus of functionals / 5.2.1: |
The continuum Poisson bracket / 5.2.2: |
The spatial description of ideal fluid flow / 5.3: |
Ideal fluid flow with constraints: The incompressible fluid / 5.4: |
Nonlinear elasticity / 5.5: |
The material description of nonlinear elasticity / 5.5.1: |
Spatial bracket derivation / 5.5.2: |
Spatial bracket in terms of a tensor with unit trace / 5.5.3: |
The relation between thermodynamics and hydrodynamics / 5.6: |
The global system / 5.6.1: |
The compound system / 5.6.2: |
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics / Chapter 6: |
Irreversibility and stability / 6.1: |
Systems with internal variables / 6.2: |
The Clausius inequality / 6.3: |
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of flowing systems / 6.4: |
The entropy balance equation / 6.4.1: |
The linear phenomenological relations / 6.4.2: |
Frame indifference and material invariance / 6.4.3: |
The principle of microscopic reversibility / 6.4.4: |
The nature of affinities and fluxes / 6.4.5: |
The Onsager/Casimir reciprocal relations / 6.5: |
Einstein's fluctuation theory / 6.5.1: |
Transformation properties of the reciprocal relations / 6.5.2: |
Affinities and fluxes for continua / 6.6: |
Density description of the entropy production rate / 6.6.1: |
Description of the entropy production rate in terms of fluxes / 6.6.2: |
The dissipation bracket / Chapter 7: |
The general dissipation bracket / 7.1: |
Definition and properties of the dissipation bracket / 7.1.1: |
Equivalence of the energetic and entropic formalisms / 7.1.2: |
The hydrodynamic equations for a single-component system / 7.2: |
The general isotropic fluid / 7.2.1: |
The incompressible Navier/Stokes equations / 7.2.2: |
The hydrodynamic equations for a polar fluid / 7.2.3: |
The hydrodynamic equations for a multicomponent fluid / 7.3: |
Applications / Part II: |
Incompressible viscoelastic fluids / Chapter 8: |
Incompressible and isothermal viscoelastic fluid models in terms of a single conformation tensor / 8.1: |
Simple phenomenological spring/dashpot-type models / 8.1.1: |
Elastic dumbbell models of dilute polymer solutions arising through kinetic theory / 8.1.2: |
Single internal variable models for concentrated polymer solutions and melts / 8.1.3: |
Dissipation and admissibility criteria for single-mode viscoelastic fluids / 8.1.4: |
The non-negative character of the conformation tensor for single-variable viscoelastic fluids / 8.1.5: |
Evolutionary character of the governing equations of single-variable viscoelastic fluids / 8.1.6: |
Incompressible viscoelastic fluid models in terms of multiple conformation tensors / 8.2: |
Guidelines on multiple-variable viscoelastic fluid models from the perspective of linear viscoelasticity / 8.2.1: |
Phenomenological multiple-variable models / 8.2.2: |
The bead/spring-chain model of kinetic theory / 8.2.3: |
Transport phenomena in viscoelastic fluids / Chapter 9: |
Compressible and non-isothermal viscoelastic fluid models / 9.1: |
Modeling of the rheology and flow-induced concentration changes in polymer solutions / 9.2: |
Single-fluid model of polymer-solution hydro-dynamics allowing for concentration variations / 9.2.1: |
Two-fluid model for polymer solutions / 9.2.2: |
Comparison of various theories for polymer solution hydrodynamics / 9.2.3: |
Surface effects on the microstructure and concentration in incompressible and isothermal viscoelastic fluid flows / 9.3: |
Derivation of the governing equations in terms of the Hamiltonian / 9.3.1: |
Determination of the Hamiltonian functional / 9.3.3: |
Calculations with the resulting model equations / 9.3.4: |
Comparison with available experimental data and previous theoretical work / 9.3.5: |
Effects of surface adsorption / 9.3.6: |
Non-conventional transport phenomena / Chapter 10: |
Relaxational phenomena in heat and mass transfer / 10.1: |
Flux-relaxation models / 10.1.1: |
The bracket formulation of relaxational phenomena in heat conduction / 10.1.2: |
The bracket description of relaxational phenomena in mass diffusion / 10.1.3: |
Heat and mass flux relaxation in the kinetic theory of gases / 10.1.4: |
Relaxational mass transfer in polymeric systems / 10.1.5: |
Phase transitions in inhomogeneous media / 10.2: |
The kinetics of phase transitions / 10.2.1: |
The bracket description of the kinetics of phase transitions / 10.2.2: |
The inertial description of incompressible viscoelastic fluids / 10.3: |
The dynamical theory of liquid crystals / Chapter 11: |
Introduction to liquid crystals / 11.1: |
Thermodynamics of liquid crystals under static conditions / 11.2: |
Equilibrium thermodynamics of homogeneous liquid crystals / 11.2.1: |
The Oseen/Frank description of non-homogeneous nematic liquid crystals / 11.2.2: |
The LE and Doi models for flowing liquidcrystalline systems / 11.3: |
The Leslie/Ericksen theory / 11.3.1: |
The scalar/vector theory / 11.3.2: |
The Doi theory / 11.3.3: |
The Leslie coefficients: Implications for flow behavior and molecular determination / 11.3.4: |
The bracket description of the LE theory / 11.4: |
The inertial form / 11.4.1: |
The non-inertial form / 11.4.2: |
The conformation tensor theory / 11.5: |
Comparison of the conformation tensor theory to previous theories / 11.5.1: |
Reduction to the Leslie/Ericksen theory / 11.6.1: |
Reduction to the scalar-vector theory / 11.6.2: |
Reduction to the original Doi theory / 11.6.3: |
Reduction to the extended Doi theory / 11.6.4: |
Equivalent Leslie coefficients for the general conformation tensor theory / 11.6.5: |
Concluding remarks / 11.7: |
Multi-fluid transport/reaction models with application in the modeling of weakly ionized plasma dynamics / Chapter 12: |
Elements from the modeling of weakly ionized plasma dynamics / 12.1: |
Multi-fluid descriptions of nonlinear kinetics / 12.1.2: |
The non-dissipative multi-fluid system / 12.2: |
The dissipative multi-fluid system / 12.3: |
Chemical reactions in a multicomponent single-fluid system / 12.4: |
Chemical reactions in multi-fluid systems / 12.5: |
Weakly ionized plasma model / 12.6: |
Conclusions / 12.7: |
Epilogue |
Introduction to differential manifolds / Appendix A: |
Differential manifolds / A.1: |
Curves / A.2: |
Tangent spaces / A.3: |
Differential forms / A.4: |
Symplectic forms and symplectic transformations / A.5: |
The Lagrangian manifold / A.6: |
The Hamiltonian vector field / A.7: |
The Poisson bracket / A.8: |
The Legendre dual transformation / Appendix B: |
Poisson brackets for arbitrary second-rank deformation tensors / Appendix C: |
Calculations of the random-flight model / Appendix D: |
Calculation of the end-to-end distribution function near a solid surface / D.1: |
Calculation of the partition function / D.2: |
Bibliography |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Theory / Part I: |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |
Overview / 1.1: |
The challenge of multiple time and length scales / 1.2: |
The energy as the fundamental quantity / 1.3: |
The generalized bracket approach / 1.4: |