M. Grmela, THERMODYNAMICS OF DRIVEN SYSTEMS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 48(2), 1993, pp. 919-930
A geometrical formulation of thermodynamics is carried in this paper t
o a domain that includes dynamics and driven systems. Let it be known
from experience that the behavior of an externally unforced or a drive
n system is well described in a state space N. The thermodynamics of t
he system is a geometrical structure in N that arises from an analysis
of the time evolution in a more microscopic (i.e., depicting more det
ails) state space M. If in particular the system is externally unforce
d then the state space N can be chosen to be the state space N(ET) of
equilibrium thermodynamics. The geometrical structure in N(ET), obtain
ed by analyzing the time evolution in a more microscopic state space M
, appears to be the geometrical formulation of classical equilibrium t
hermodynamics. The general formulation of thermodynamics introduced in
this paper is illustrated by the example of a k-component system unde
rgoing a chemical reaction.