The geometry of some thermodynamic systems
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Publication:6356003
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-77957-3_13arXiv2012.07404MaRDI QIDQ6356003FDOQ6356003
Authors: Alexandre Anahory Simoes, David Martín de Diego, Manuel Laínz Valcázar, Manuel de León 
Publication date: 14 December 2020
Abstract: In this article, we continue the program started in our previous article of exploring an important class of thermodynamic systems from a geometric point of view. In order to model the time evolution of systems verifying the two laws of thermodynamics, we show that the notion of evolution vector field is adequate to appropriately describe such systems. Our formulation naturally arises from the introduction of a skew-symmetric bracket to which numerical methods based on discrete gradients fit nicely. Moreover, we study the corresponding Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism, discussing the fundamental principles from which the equations are derived. An important class of systems that is naturally covered by our formalism are composed thermodynamic systems, which are described by at least two thermal variables and exchange heat between its components.}.
Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Discretization methods and integrators (symplectic, variational, geometric, etc.) for dynamical systems (37M15) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05)
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