Gouy-Stodola Theorem as a variational principle for open systems
Mathematical Physics
2021-11-09 v1 Dynamical Systems
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Abstract
The recent researches in non equilibrium and far from equilibrium systems have been proved to be useful for their applications in different disciplines and many subjects. A general principle to approach all these phenomena with a unique method of analysis is required in science and engineering: a variational principle would have this fundamental role. Here, the Gouy-Stodola theorem is proposed to be this general variational principle, both proving that it satisfies the above requirements and relating it to a statistical results on entropy production.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1208.0177,
title = {Gouy-Stodola Theorem as a variational principle for open systems},
author = {Umberto Lucia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.0177},
year = {2021}
}
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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1101.1312