Abstract
In this paper we propose a definition of control contact systems, generalizing input-output Hamiltonian systems, to cope with models arising from irreversible Thermodynamics. We exhibit a particular subclass of these systems, called conservative, that leaves invariant some Legendre submanifold (the geometric structures associated with thermodynamic properties). These systems, both energy-preserving and irreversible, are then used to analyze the losslessness of these systems with respect to different generating functions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference |
| Publisher | University of Groningen, Johann Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Pages | 5977-5982 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0780395670 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- lossless systems
- contact vector fields
- Irreversible Thermodynamics
- Port Hamiltonian systems