@inproceedings{b2b7df2418fc44de8a807c9261f5e0de,
title = "On the interconnection structures of irreversible physical systems",
abstract = "An energy balance equation with respect to a control contact system provides port outputs which are conjugated to inputs. These conjugate variables are used to define the composition of port contact systems in the framework of contact geometry. We then propose a power-conserving interconnection structure, which generalizes the interconnection by Dirac structures in the Hamiltonian formalism. Furthermore, the composed system is again a port contact system, as illustrated on the example of a gas-piston system undergoing some irreversible transformation.",
keywords = "HAMILTONIAN-FORMULATION, DYNAMICS",
author = "Damien Eberard and Bernhard Maschke and Schaft, \{Arjan J. van der\}",
note = "Relation: http://www.rug.nl/informatica/organisatie/overorganisatie/iwi Rights: University of Groningen, Research Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science (IWI); 3rd IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear ; Conference date: 19-07-2006 Through 21-07-2006",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-540-73889-3",
series = "LECTURE NOTES IN CONTROL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "209--220",
editor = "F Bullo and K Fujimoto",
booktitle = "Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 2006",
}