Minimum principles for the trajectories of systems governed by rate problems

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1885-1904

  Conti, S ^a   Ortiz, M ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissipative systems; Metastability; Minimum principles; Rate problems; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SCALING LAWS; THIN FILMS;

DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS; METASTABILITY; MINIMUM PRINCIPLES; RATE PROBLEMS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 41749090440     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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