Thermodynamics and Constitutive Equations [electronic resource] : Lectures Given at the 2nd 1982 Session of the Centro Internationale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) Held at Noto, Italy, June 23 – July 2, 1982 / edited by Giuseppe Grioli.

On thermodynamics and constitutive relations -- Actions for general thermodynamical systems -- Thermodynamics and the constitutive relations for second sound in crystals -- Dissipation,stabiltzation and the second law of thermodynamics -- Rational thermodynamics of mixtures of fluids -- On nonstationary thermodynamics, relativistic acceleration waves in ideal fluids -- Some thermodynamical problems in magnetic theory -- Relaxation phenomena via hidden variable thermodynamics -- Conservation laws and symmetric hyperbolic system for a thermoviscous fluid.