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Existence of a classical variational principle for nonlinear coupled heat and mass transport

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Using the example of nonlinear coupled heat and mass transport, we examine whether a functional exists for which the required kinetic equations follow from the condition that the functional be stationary.

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    Yu. T. Glazunov

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repeated Greek indices are summed from 1 to 3; repeated Latin indices are summed from 1 to 4; free Latin indices take values 1 and 2; free Greek indices take values 1, 2, 3.

Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 667–670, October, 1984.

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Glazunov, Y.T. Existence of a classical variational principle for nonlinear coupled heat and mass transport. Journal of Engineering Physics 47, 1238–1240 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869926

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