On the Onsager variation principle and its generalization for nonlinear irreversible thermodynamics

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-62

  Eu, Byung Chan ^a   Ichiyanagi, M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gifu University of Economics   (Japan)

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EID: 0030528456     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.2190440103     Document Type: Article

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