A Lagrangian variational formulation for nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Part II: Continuum systems

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Abstract

Part I of this paper introduced a Lagrangian variational formulation for nonequilibrium thermodynamics of discrete systems. This variational formulation extends Hamilton’s principle to allow the inclusion of irreversible processes in the dynamics. The irreversibility is encoded into a nonlinear nonholonomic constraint given by the expression of entropy production associated to all the irreversible processes involved. In Part II, we develop this formulation for the case of continuum systems by extending the setting of Part I to infinite dimensional nonholonomic Lagrangian systems. The variational formulation is naturally expressed in the material representation, while its spatial version is obtained via a nonholonomic Lagrangian reduction by symmetry. The theory is illustrated with the examples of a viscous heat conducting fluid and its multicomponent extension including chemical reactions and mass transfer.

Keywords

Lagrangian formulation; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Variational formulation; Nonholonomic constraints; Irreversible processes; Continuum systems

Citation

Journal: Journal of Geometry and Physics
Year: 2017
Volume: 111
Issue:
Pages: 194–212
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2016.08.019

BibTeX

@article{Gay_Balmaz_2017,
  title={{A Lagrangian variational formulation for nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Part II: Continuum systems}},
  volume={111},
  ISSN={0393-0440},
  DOI={10.1016/j.geomphys.2016.08.019},
  journal={Journal of Geometry and Physics},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  author={Gay-Balmaz, François and Yoshimura, Hiroaki},
  year={2017},
  pages={194--212}
}

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