TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Marin, M. A1 - Öchsner, A. A1 - Craciun, E.M. T1 - A generalization of the Gurtin’s variational principle in thermoelasticity without energy dissipation of dipolar bodies JF - Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics N2 - In our present paper, we approach the mixed problem with initial and boundary conditions, in the context of thermoelasticity without energy dissipation of bodies with a dipolar structure. Our first result is a reciprocal relation for the mixed problem which is reformulated by including the initial data into the field equations. Then, we deduce a generalization of Gurtin’s variational principle, which covers our generalized theory for bodies with a dipolar structure. It is important to emphasize that both results are obtained in a very general context, namely that of anisotropic and inhomogeneous environments, having a center of symmetry at each point. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-020-00873-5 DO - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-020-00873-5 VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 1685 EP - 1694 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER -