Time scales for energy transfer

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-312

  Ahlborn, Boye ^a   Curzon, Frank L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMODYNAMICS;

LOCOMOTION FREQUENCIES; POWER FLUXES; POWER FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM UNCERTAINTY;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 6444237974     PISSN: 03400204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JNETDY.2004.056     Document Type: Article

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