scholarly journals Closure to “Discussions of ‘Estimation of Steady-State Steam Void-Fraction by Means of the Principle of Minimum Entropy Production’” (1964, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 86, pp. 251–252)

1964 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Zivi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Entropy Production ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Minimum Entropy ◽  
Minimum Entropy Production

THE THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION OF HETEROGENEOUS DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS BY VARIATIONAL METHODS: III. AN APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION TO FLUID DYNAMICS

1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1437-1446 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Kirkaldy
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Entropy Production ◽  
Thermodynamic Description ◽  
Free Fall ◽  
Dissipative Systems ◽  
Entropy Production Rate ◽  
Stable Steady State ◽  
Minimum Entropy ◽  
Minimum Entropy Production ◽  
Steady State Rate

The stable free-fall flight of a maple seed gives an exceptionally graphic demonstration of the principle of minimum entropy production. Since the rate of entropy production is proportional to the steady-state rate of loss of potential energy, it is visually obvious that the stable rotary configuration represents a minimum of the entropy production rate relative to an unstable steady-state bomblike trajectory. Regarding this phenomenon as the prototype of many practical steady-state fluid-dynamical systems involving rotational modes, we formally demonstrate the possibility of mathematically defining the stable steady-state configuration by means of this variational principle.

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