| We recognize some universal features of macroscopic dynamics describing the approach of a well-established level of description (that is, successfully tested by experimental observations) to equilibrium. The universal features are collected in a general equation for the nonequilibrium reversible-irreversible coupling (abbreviated as GENERIC). In this paper we formulate a GENERIC, derive properties of its solutions, and discuss their physical interpretation. The relation of the GENERIC with thermodynamics is most clearly displayed in a formulation that uses contact structures. The GENERIC is also discussed in the presence of noise. In applications we either search for new governing equations expressing our insight into a particular complex fluid or take well-established governing equations and cast them into the form of a GENERIC. In the former case we obtain the governing equations as particular realizations of the GENERIC structure; in the latter case we justify the universality of the GENERIC and derive some properties of solutions. Both types of applications are discussed mainly in the following paper [Phys. Rev. E 56, 6633 (1997)].
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author = {M. Grmela and H. C. \"Ottinger},
title = {Dynamics and thermodynamics of complex fluids. I. Development of a general formalism},
journal = {Phys. Rev. E},
volume = {56},
pages = {6620-6632},
year = {1997}
}
\bibitem{MGrmela1997-56} M. Grmela, H.C. \"Ottinger,
Dynamics and thermodynamics of complex fluids. I. Development of a general formalism,
Phys. Rev. E {\bf 56} (1997) 6620-6632.MGrmela1997-56
M. Grmela, H.C. \"Ottinger
Dynamics and thermodynamics of complex fluids. I. Development of a general formalism
Phys. Rev. E,56,1997,6620-6632 |
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