Antonio SELLITTO | Progetti

FONDI FINANZIAMENTO ATTIVITA' BASE RICERCA 2017

In the present research project we aim at deriving a brand new nonlinear and nonlocal thermodynamical model of heat transfer at nanoscale beyond the well-known Maxwell-Cattaneo theory. As a first step in this research, the compatibility of the proposed model with second law of thermodynamic will be proved in order to be sure that our model agrees with the basic tenets of continuum mechanics. Then

A model of nonlocal heat transfer at nanoscale in rigid bodies will be considered. Depending on the relevance of the particular interaction's mechanism between the heat carriers and the lateral walls, three different strategies for the setting of the boundary conditions will be analyzed, and the consequent forms of the basic fields have been obtained, as well. From the physical point of view, the