Peter Wapperom and Martien A. Hulsen

Thermodynamics of viscoelastic fluids: the temperature equation

Journal of Rheology 42, 1998, p. 999-1019

Abstract

From the thermodynamics with internal variables we will derive the temperature equation for viscoelastic fluids. We consider the type of storage of mechanical energy, the dissipation of mechanical energy, the compressibility of the fluid, the non-equilibrium heat capacity and thermal expansion, and deformation induced anisotropy of the heat conduction. The well-known stress differential models that fit into the thermodynamic theory will be treated as an example. Adapting a power-law scaling of the shear moduli on temperature and density, as is usual in rubber elasticity, we will derive an approximation of the temperature equation in measurable quantities. This equation will be compared with experimental results.

Keywords

temperature equation; differential stress models; thermodynamics; (positive) dissipation; energy and entropy elasticity; compressibility; non-equilibrium heat capacity and thermal expansion