The energetic formulation of a rate-independent system assumes that the evolution of the system is driven by two scalar-valued functions: the storage energy functional and the dissipation pseudo-potential. The evolution ...

Background: The nutritional requirements of honeybees (Apis mellifera) for their complete development need to be supplied through food sources available in the environment, since honeybees are insects that depend directly ...

The Fermi level or electrochemical signature of a molecular film containing accessible orbital states is ultimately governed by two measurable series energetic components, an energy loss term related to the charging of ...

This thesis intends to show the level of pollutant emissions in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, generated by the final consumption of energy in the many different sectors of the economy. This information was obtained ...

We derive the variational formulation of a gradient damage model by applying the energetic formulationof rate-independent processes and obtain a regularized formulation of fracture. The model exhibits dif-ferent behaviour ...