中文摘要：

就流体力学中Helmholtz最小耗散原理的几种变分推导方法进行综述，利用Hodge分解定理给出一个新的推导方法．

英文摘要：

We present a novel derivation of the Stokes equations from the Helmholtz Minimum Dissipation Principle using the Hodge decomposition theorem. The advantage of the present method is that it provides more geometric insight into the structure of the solution of the Stokes equations than other existing approaches.