%0 Journal Article
%A Kirkpatrick, T. R.
%A Ortiz de Zárate Leira, José María
%A Sengers, J. V.
%T Fluctuation-induced pressures in fluids in thermal nonequilibrium steady states
%D 2014
%@ 1539-3755
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33688
%X Correlations in fluids in nonequilibrium steady states are long range. Hence, finite-size effects have important consequences in the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of fluids. One consequence is that nonequilibrium temperature fluctuations induce nonequilibrium Casimir-like pressures proportional to the square of the temperature gradient. Hence, fluctuations cause a breakdown of the concept of local thermal equilibrium. Furthermore, transport coefficients become dependent on boundary conditions and on gravity. Thus nonequilibrium fluctuations affect some traditional concepts in nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
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