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Lagrange Equations Coupled to a Thermal Equation: Mechanics as Consequence of Thermodynamics

Gruber, Christian  
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Bréchet, Sylvain  
2011
Entropy

Following the analytic approach to thermodynamics developed by Stuckelberg, we study the evolution equations of a closed thermodynamic system consisting of point particles in a fluid. We obtain a system of coupled differential equations describing the mechanical and the thermal evolution of the system. The coupling between these evolution equations is due to the action of a viscous friction term. Finally, we apply our coupled evolution equations to study the thermodynamics of an isolated system consisting of identical point particles interacting through a harmonic potential.

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Type
research article
DOI
10.3390/e13020367
Web of Science ID

WOS:000287733800004

Author(s)
Gruber, Christian  
Bréchet, Sylvain  
Date Issued

2011

Publisher

MDPI AG

Published in
Entropy
Volume

13

Start page

367

End page

378

Subjects

thermodynamics

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Lagrange equations

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point particles

URL

URL

http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/13/2/367
Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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Available on Infoscience
December 16, 2011
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