کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1733630 | 1016143 | 2012 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
A variational principle for heat conduction is formulated which results in the steady state heat conduction equation established from the Fourier law. Furthermore based on the thermodynamics in terms of entransy a more general functional is defined for incompressible fluids. We show that extremizing this functional gives rise to the state described by the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations with vanishing substantive derivatives of the temperature and velocity field. In this sense one may conclude that this variational principle is consistent with the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations. Therefore the variational principle developed in the present work demonstrates a great advantage over the minimum entropy production principle.
► A variational principle for heat transfer of incompressible fluid is established in terms of entransy.
► For pure heat conduction the variational principle leads to the classical steady state heat conduction equation.
► For heat convection the variational principle is consistent with the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations.
Journal: Energy - Volume 44, Issue 1, August 2012, Pages 973–977