Synthesis of Thermodynamics and Continuum Mechanics
On the basis of a unified theory of the processes of transfer and transformation of any form of energy, called “energy dynamics” by the author, the possibility of synthesizing the methods of non equilibrium thermodynamics and continuum mechanics is shown. A unified substantiation of the main provisions of both the theory of irreversible processes and classical mechanics, free from postulates and hypotheses, is given. At the same time, a new method for studying real processes is proposed, which does not exclude from consideration any (reversible or irreversible) part of them. This made it possible to generalize all three Newton’s principles, to find a short-range form of his law of gravity, and for the first time to substantiate the principle of least action, which mutually enriches both thermodynamics and mechanics.
