In this short paper, we discuss and provide constitutive relations for the stress tensor and the heat flux vector for a nonlinear density-gradient dependent (Korteweg-type) fluid. Specifically, we attempt to present a unified thermo-mechanical approach to the two models given in papers of Massoudi (International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2001, 36(1), pp. 25–37.) and Massoudi (Mathematica...

The vibration signals of rolling bearings are often nonlinear and non-stationary. Multiscale entropy (MSE) has been widely applied to measure the complexity of nonlinear mechanical vibration signals, however, at present only the single channel vibration signals are used for fault diagnosis by many scholars. In this paper multiscale entropy in multivariate framework, i.e., multivariate multiscal...

We show that size-rank distributions with power-law decay (often only over a limited extent) observed in a vast number of instances in a widespread family of systems obey Tsallis statistics. The theoretical framework for these distributions is analogous to that of a nonlinear iterated map near a tangent bifurcation for which the Lyapunov exponent is negligible or vanishes. The relevant statisti...

Abstract: Mechanics from its side and thermodynamics from its side consider evolution of complex systems, including the Universe. Created classical thermodynamic theory of evolution has one important drawback since it predicts an inevitable heat death of the Universe which is unlikely to take place according to the modern perceptions. The attempts to create a generalized theory of evolution in ...

We show how the variational principle for Gibbs States (which says that for the d{ dimensional cubic lattice, the set of translation invariant Gibbs States is the same as the set of translation invariant measures which maximize entropy minus energy and moreover that this quantity corresponds to the pressure) fails for nearest neighbor nite state statistical mechanical systems on the homogeneous...

Quantifying coherence is an essential endeavor for both quantum mechanical foundations and technologies. We present a bona fide measure of by utilizing the Tsallis relative operator (α,β)-entropy. first prove that proposed fulfills all criteria well defined measure, including strong monotonicity in resource theories coherence. then study ordering (α,β)-entropy coherence, α-entropies Rényi α-ent...

We demonstrate how Sakharov’s idea of induced gravity allows one to explain the statistical-mechanical origin of the entropy of a black hole. According to this idea, gravity becomes dynamical as the result of quantum effects in the system of heavy constituents of the underlying theory. The black hole entropy is related to the properties of the vacuum in the induced gravity in the presence of th...

As no heat effect and mechanical work are observed, we have a simple experimental resolution of the Gibbs paradox: both the thermodynamic entropy of mixing and the Gibbs free energy change are zero during the formation of any ideal mixtures. Information loss is the driving force of these spontaneous processes. Information is defined as the amount of the compressed data. Information losses due t...

entropy-stabilized oxides: Results from density functional theory calculations Zs. Rak, C. M. Rost, M. Lim, P. Sarker, C. Toher, S. Curtarolo, J.-P. Maria, and D. W. Brenner Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7907, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Center for Materials Genomics, Duke Un...