A constrained variational principle for heat conduction

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2614-2615
Journal / PublicationPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume373
Issue number31
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2009

Abstract

The heat equation is re-studied in this Letter in view of variational theory. By the semi-inverse method, a variational principle for the heat conduction is obtained, which is first appeared in the literature. The physical understanding of the obtained variational principle still needs further explanation. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Heat equation, Variational theory