Maximum Dissipation Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure

1. Short History of Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
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2. Thermostatics and Energy Methods
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3. Evolution Construction for Homogeneous Thermodynamic Systems
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4. Viscoelasticity
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5. Viscoplasticity
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6. The Thermodynamic Relaxation Modulus as a Multi-Scale Bridge from the Atomic Level to the Bulk Material
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7. Contact Geometric Structure for Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
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8. Bifurcations in the Generalized Energy Function
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9. Maximum Dissipation Evolution Construction for Non-homogeneous Thermodynamic Systems
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10. Electromagnetism and Joule Heating
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11. Fracture
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12. Conclusion
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