On a variational principle in thermodynamics

DOI10.1007/S00161-012-0277-2zbMath1341.80009OpenAlexW4384903449MaRDI QIDQ2629162

Jochen Merker, Matthias Krüger

Publication date: 20 July 2016

Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-012-0277-2

zbMATH Keywords

contact Hamiltonian equationsvariational principle reaction-diffusion equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) PDEs in connection with classical thermodynamics and heat transfer (35Q79)

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