Irreversible dynamics, Onsager-Casimir symmetry, and an application to turbulence

Hans Christian Öttinger
Phys. Rev. E 90, 042121 – Published 14 October 2014

Abstract

Irreversible contributions to the dynamics of nonequilibrium systems can be formulated in terms of dissipative, or irreversible, brackets. We discuss the structure of such irreversible brackets in view of a degeneracy implied by energy conservation, where we consider different types of symmetries of the bracket corresponding to the Onsager and Casimir symmetries of linear irreversible thermodynamics. Slip and turbulence provide important examples of antisymmetric irreversible brackets and offer guidance for the more general modeling of irreversible dynamics without entropy production. Conversely, turbulence modeling could benefit from elucidating thermodynamic structure. The examples suggest constructing antisymmetric irreversible brackets in terms of completely antisymmetric functions of three indices. Irreversible brackets without well-defined symmetry properties can arise for rare events, causing big configurational changes.

  • Received 21 July 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.90.042121

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Hans Christian Öttinger*

  • ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, Polymer Physics, HCI H 543, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

  • *hco@mat.ethz.ch; http://www.polyphys.mat.ethz.ch/

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Vol. 90, Iss. 4 — October 2014

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