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Area of Science:

  • Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Phase Transitions

Background:

  • Standard equilibrium thermodynamics fails for nonequilibrium steady states.
  • Predicting liquid-gas configurations is difficult when gravity and heat flow conflict.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a framework for predicting stable phase configurations in liquid-gas systems under competing drives.
  • To address state selection problems in nonequilibrium steady states.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a variational principle based on extended thermodynamics, termed global thermodynamics.
  • Unified gravity and heat flow effects into a single parameter, effective gravity (g_eff).

Main Results:

  • The sign of effective gravity (g_eff) dictates the stable configuration.
  • g_eff > 0 indicates liquid at the bottom; g_eff < 0 indicates liquid above gas.

Conclusions:

  • Global thermodynamics offers a quantitative tool for predicting phase configurations under competing influences.
  • The effective gravity parameter provides a novel approach to understanding nonequilibrium system behavior.