A thermodynamic parallel of the Braess road-network paradox
Abstract
We provide here a thermodynamic analog of the Braess road-network paradox with irreversible engines working between reservoirs that are placed at vertices of the network. Paradoxes of different kinds reappear, emphasizing the specialty of the network.
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