Some Recent Advances in Energetic Variational Approaches
Yiwei Wang, Chun Liu
Abstract
In this paper, we summarize some recent advances related to the energetic variational approach (EnVarA), a general variational framework of building thermodynamically consistent models for complex fluids, by some examples. Particular focus will be placed on how to model systems involving chemo-mechanical couplings and non-isothermal effects.
Topics & Concepts
Focus (optics)Isothermal processStatistical physicsComputer scienceApplied mathematicsPhysicsMathematicsThermodynamicsOpticsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsThermoelastic and Magnetoelastic PhenomenaMaterial Dynamics and Properties