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2 Infonnation Theory S= kB[Nlnz+ ßU + LAiiVP;)' + LLAijVP;;]. 44) This equation is the main result in this section; it gives an explicit expression for a nonequilibrium entropy dependent on the shear stress, and which is not limited to secondorder non-equilibrium contributions, thus providing a generalization of previous results on thermodynamics of fluids under shear stress. 0 Vpt2/ U Fig. 1. Non-equilibrium contribution to the entropy as a function of the ratio V lj;/U. 44) whereas the dashed line corresponds to its second-order approximation in V lj;/U.
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