TY - CHAP
T1 - Hydrodynamics of superfluid 4He without dissipative effects
AU - Mongiovi', Maria Stella
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This review paper is the first of a series of papers focusing on the singular behavior of superfluids. Here, we will consider the laminar flow of superfluid $^4$He. It is shown that the properties of helium II can be explained both considering it as a two-fluid mixture or as a single fluid with extremely high thermal conductivity and extremely small viscosity. More specifically, in this paper is shown that the anomalous effects in helium II are, in a large measure, a consequence of entropy conservation. Indeed, it will be shown that these effects can be explained imposing entropy conservation in a two-fluid mixture as well as in a single fluid described by extended thermodynamics. Firstly, the rational theory of mixtures of ideal fluids is applied to describe the anomalous behaviour of superfluid helium II. Then, rational extended thermodynamics is applied to a fluid where entropy is conserved. The paper is not exclusively a review of already published works, but it contains several new results and proposals which are formulated in it for the first time.
AB - This review paper is the first of a series of papers focusing on the singular behavior of superfluids. Here, we will consider the laminar flow of superfluid $^4$He. It is shown that the properties of helium II can be explained both considering it as a two-fluid mixture or as a single fluid with extremely high thermal conductivity and extremely small viscosity. More specifically, in this paper is shown that the anomalous effects in helium II are, in a large measure, a consequence of entropy conservation. Indeed, it will be shown that these effects can be explained imposing entropy conservation in a two-fluid mixture as well as in a single fluid described by extended thermodynamics. Firstly, the rational theory of mixtures of ideal fluids is applied to describe the anomalous behaviour of superfluid helium II. Then, rational extended thermodynamics is applied to a fluid where entropy is conserved. The paper is not exclusively a review of already published works, but it contains several new results and proposals which are formulated in it for the first time.
KW - Rational extended thermodynamics
KW - Superfluid 4He
KW - Rational extended thermodynamics
KW - Superfluid 4He
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/100210
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-88-548-6942-4
T3 - VI
SP - 105
EP - 140
BT - Bollettino di Matematica pura ed Applicata
ER -