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Hydrodynamic, electronic and optic analogies with heat transport in extended thermodynamics

  • Vito Antonio Cimmelli EMAIL logo , David Jou and Antonio Sellitto
Published/Copyright: January 26, 2024

Abstract

Over the last twenty-five years, the search for generalized equations that allow us to better understand the phenomenon of heat conduction has become an active frontier both in transport theory, and in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, due to the growing interest in nanotechnologies, thermal metamaterials and fast devices. Here we review how some mathematical analogies between generalized heat-transport equations and well-known equations in hydrodynamics, electronics and optics have been helpful to infer new forms of heat transfer arising in extended thermodynamics and to inspire the consideration of new phenomena. We also examine in each case the thermodynamic basis of the respective formulation.


Corresponding author: Vito Antonio Cimmelli, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy, E-mail:

Acknowledgment

Vito Antonio Cimmelli and Antonio Sellitto acknowledge the University of Basilicata, the University of Salerno and the Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM) of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (INδAM) for the financial support.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: All persons who have made substantial contributions to the present work have been named in the author list.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

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Received: 2023-10-28
Accepted: 2024-01-08
Published Online: 2024-01-26
Published in Print: 2024-04-25

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