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An Extension of the Governing Principle of Dissipative Processes to Nonlinear Constitutive Equations
Author(s) -
Verhás J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.19834950403
Subject(s) - dissipative system , extension (predicate logic) , nonlinear system , constitutive equation , variational principle , reciprocal , classical mechanics , physics , mathematics , theoretical physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , computer science , finite element method , programming language , linguistics , philosophy
A generalisation of Onsager's reciprocal relations has been proved by phenomenological methods. It is pointed out that Gyarmati's variational principle is valid in case of nonlinear constitutive equations, too.