Legendre transform in the thermodynamics of flowing polymer solutions.
We propose a Legendre transform linking two different choices of nonequilibrium variables (viscous pressure tensor and configuration tensor) in the thermodynamics of flowing polymer solutions. This may avoid some current confusions in the analysis of thermodynamic effects in polymer solutions under flow.
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Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
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