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A note on a variational principle for crystal physics

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A variational principle for coupled piezoelectric heat conduction is derived. The bilinear convolution due to Gurtin is used to formulate a general variational function. An extended function is presented that is suitable for finite element analysis.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, 38505, Cookeville, TN, USA

    G. R. Buchanan

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Communicated by S.N. Atluri, August 4, 1986

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Buchanan, G.R. A note on a variational principle for crystal physics. Computational Mechanics 2, 163–166 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282137

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