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A nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory demonstrating an induction effect of astatistical nature is presented. We have shown that this thermodynamicinduction can arise in a class of systems that have variable kineticcoefficients (VKC). In particular if a kinetic coefficient associated with agiven thermodynamic variable depends on another thermodynamic variable then wehave derived an expression that can predict the extent of the induction. Theamount of induction is shown to be proportional to the square of the drivingforce. The nature of the intervariable coupling for the induction effect hassimilarities with the Onsager symmetry relations, though there is an importantsign difference as well as the magnitudes not being equal. Thermodynamicinduction adds nonlinear terms that improve the stability of stationary states,at least within the VKC class of systems. Induction also produces a term in theexpression for the rate of entropy production that could be interpreted asself-organization. Many of these results are also obtained using a variationalapproach, based on maximizing entropy production, in a certain sense.Non-equilibrium quantities analogous to the free energies of equilibriumthermodynamics are introduced.

Thermodynamic Induction Effects Exhibited in Nonequilibrium Systems with Variable Kinetic Coefficients