Rational Extended Thermodynamics beyond the Monatomic Gas

“This research book presents a lucid explanation of rational extended thermodynamics, including most recent developments. The methodology of the book can provide important models for some applications in current advanced technology. The book, which lists up some open problems, will be of interest to applied mathematicians, physicists and engineers, and it will certainly stimulate further research on the subject.” (M. Cengiz Dökmeci, zbMATH 1330.76003, 2016)

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Mathematical Structure.- 3 Waves in Hyperbolic Systems.- 4 Survey of ET of Rarefied Monatomic Gases.- 5 ET Theory of Polyatomic Rarefied Gas and Dense Gas.- 6 Maximum entropy principle for rarefied polyatomic gases.- 7 Stationary heat conduction in a polyatomic gas at rest.- 8 Linear Wave in Polyatomic Gas.- 9 Shock Wave.- 10 Fluctuating hydrodynamics.- 11 Light scattering in Polyatomic Gas.- 12 ET6 Theory of Polyatomic Rarefied Gas and Dense Gas.- 13 Non linear ET6.- 14 Molecular ET Theory of Polyatomic Rarefied Gas.- 15 ET of dense gas with 6 moments.- 16 Mixture of Gases.- 17 Hyperbolic Parabolic Limit, Max wellian iteration and Objectivity.