2023/06/11 by P. Morrison, Morrison, Philip J., Michael Updike +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2306.06787
openalex publication_date 2023/06/11 · openalex created_date 2023/06/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
An inclusive framework for joined Hamiltonian and dissipative dynamical systems, which preserve energy and produce entropy, is given. The dissipative dynamics of the framework is based on the metriplectic 4-bracket, a quantity like the Poisson bracket defined on phase space functions, but unlike the Poisson bracket has four slots with symmetries and properties motivated by Riemannian curvature. Metriplectic 4-bracket dynamics is generated using two generators, the Hamiltonian and the entropy, with the entropy being a Casimir of the Hamiltonian part of the system. The formalism includes all known previous binary bracket theories for dissipation or relaxation as special cases. Rich geometrical significance of the formalism and methods for constructing metriplectic 4-brackets are explored. Many examples of both finite and infinite dimensions are given.