Dynamic Phase Transitions in a van der Waals Fluid.
- 1 November 1981
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- Published by Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Abstract
This paper proves the existence of traveling wave solutions connecting liquid and vapor phases in a van der Waals fluid. The main constitutive assumptions are that the fluid be an elastic fluid(with pressure given by the van der Waals equation of state) possessing a higher order correction given by Korteweg's theory of capillarity and the fluid is a conductor of heat with large specific heat at constant volume. The main mathematical tool in the analysis is the Conley-Easton theory of isolating blocks. (Author)Keywords
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