The principle of minimal resistance in non-equilibrium thermodynamics

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9969-3zbMATH Open1342.82113arXiv1501.05191OpenAlexW2141181688MaRDI QIDQ266248FDOQ266248

Authors: Roberto Mauri 

Publication date: 13 April 2016

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Analytical models describing the motion of colloidal particles in given velocity fields are presented. In addition to local approaches, leading to well known master equations such as the Langevin and the Fokker-Planck equations, a global description based on path integration is reviewed. This shows that under very broad conditions, during its evolution a dissipative system tends to minimize its energy dissipation in such a way to keep constant the Hamiltonian time rate, equal to the difference between the flux-based and the force-based Rayleigh dissipation functions. At steady state, the Hamiltonian time rate is maximized, leading to a minimum resistance principle. In the unsteady case, we consider the relaxation to equilibrium of harmonic oscillators and the motion of a Brownian particle in shear flow, obtaining results that coincide with the solution of the Fokker-Planck and the Langevin equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05191

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian density time ratenon-equilibrium thermodynamicspath integrationprinciple of minimal resistance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton-Jacobi equations (35F21) Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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