General constitutive equations of heat transport at small length scales and high frequencies with extension to mass and electrical charge transport

A generalized heat transport equation applicable at small length and short time scales is proposed. It is based on extended irreversible thermodynamics with an infinite number of high-order heat fluxes selected as state variables. Extensions of Fick's and Ohm's laws are also formulated. As a numerical illustration, heat conduction in a rigid body subject to fixed and oscillatory temperature boundary conditions is discussed. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.