Gibb's variational principles for the equilibrium of continuous systems with an interface

DOI10.1007/BF00945068MaRDI QIDQ1060110zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Romano, Raffaele Esposito

Publication date 1984

Published in ZAMP. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00945068

zbMATH Keywords

constraintsequilibrium problemFréchet differentiabilityfunctional normed spaceGibbs variational principlesystem of two fluids with an interface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

Review text

A mathematical formulation of Gibbs variational principle is supplied for the equilibrium of a system of two fluids with an interface adsorbing or not and permeable or not. These properties of the interface are represented by suitable constraints for the admissible variations.

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Cites work

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