Onsager principle is the variational principle proposed by Onsager in his celebrated paper on the reciprocal relation.The principle has been shown to be useful in deriving many evolution equations in soft matter physi...Onsager principle is the variational principle proposed by Onsager in his celebrated paper on the reciprocal relation.The principle has been shown to be useful in deriving many evolution equations in soft matter physics.Here the principle is shown to be useful in solving such equations approximately.Two examples are discussed：the diffusion dynamics and gel dynamics.Both examples show that the present method is novel and gives new results which capture the essential dynamics in the system.展开更多
This paper focuses on studying Noether symmetries and conservation laws of the discrete mechanico-electricM systems with the nonconservative and the dissipative forces. Based on the invariance of discrete Hamilton act...This paper focuses on studying Noether symmetries and conservation laws of the discrete mechanico-electricM systems with the nonconservative and the dissipative forces. Based on the invariance of discrete Hamilton action of the systems under the infinitesimal transformation with respect to the generalized coordinates, the generalized electrical quantities and time, it presents the discrete analogue of variational principle, the discrete analogue of Lagrange-Maxwell equations, the discrete analogue of Noether theorems for Lagrange Maxwell and Lagrange mechanico-electrical systems. Also, the discrete Noether operator identity and the discrete Noether-type conservation laws are obtained for these systems. An actual example is given to illustrate these results.展开更多
基金supported by Otto Moensted Foundation to give a lecture course on soft matter physics
文摘Onsager principle is the variational principle proposed by Onsager in his celebrated paper on the reciprocal relation.The principle has been shown to be useful in deriving many evolution equations in soft matter physics.Here the principle is shown to be useful in solving such equations approximately.Two examples are discussed：the diffusion dynamics and gel dynamics.Both examples show that the present method is novel and gives new results which capture the essential dynamics in the system.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10672143 and 60575055)the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province, China (Grant No 0511022200)
文摘This paper focuses on studying Noether symmetries and conservation laws of the discrete mechanico-electricM systems with the nonconservative and the dissipative forces. Based on the invariance of discrete Hamilton action of the systems under the infinitesimal transformation with respect to the generalized coordinates, the generalized electrical quantities and time, it presents the discrete analogue of variational principle, the discrete analogue of Lagrange-Maxwell equations, the discrete analogue of Noether theorems for Lagrange Maxwell and Lagrange mechanico-electrical systems. Also, the discrete Noether operator identity and the discrete Noether-type conservation laws are obtained for these systems. An actual example is given to illustrate these results.
