Note on the thermodynamic consistency of the integral pom-pom model

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 291-299

  van Meerveld, Jan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GENERIC; Pom pom model; Thermodynamic consitency

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATE SPACE METHODS; TENSORS;

IRREVERSIBLE DYNAMICS;

ENTROPY;

FLOW MODELING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037203411     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(02)00135-0     Document Type: Article

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