All the time evolution equations describing approaches to thermodynamic equilibrium states on all levels of description share a common structure. This structure has been collected in an abstract equation called GENERIC. A time evolution equation describing a particular physical system is obtained as a particular realization of GENERIC. In this paper we work out a realization describing the time evolution of a mixture of two fluids in which both non-Fickean diffusion and heat conduction take place.
Print ISSN: 0340-0204
Volume: 28, 03/2003
Pages: 23 - 50